Approval due for £15m Bamber Bridge business park

United Utilities has lodged an EIA scoping report with Trafford Council for a river water abstraction scheme, along with associated treatment works and a service reservoir on land between Warburton and Broadheath.

“One party is going to be happy and one party is going to be unhappy,” that was the message from the planning committee chair ahead of the tense deliberation of divisive plans to redevelop Regent Retail Park, which include a 70-storey tower. In the end, nobody left satisfied.

Having joined the planning consultancy in 2016, Louise Leyland will now take up a role as a key cog in the firm’s executive management team.

Approval next week for infrastructure including a new footbridge will set in motion a wider improvement programme at the town’s transport interchange.

Hear from Stephen Young for the first time in his new role as Salford City Council’s chief executive about his priorities for the city at Place North West’s September conference.

ECF is seeking a green light from the local authority for scale, layout, and appearance of the project’s second phase, recommended for approval at next week’s planning committee meeting.

Owned by Merseyside Pension Fund, the Liverpool office building is set to receive a £5m refurbishment to bring it up to modern standards.

Having secured planning approval for an 80-bed scheme directly opposite the Toffees’ new stadium earlier this year, the owner is now looking to sell the site on.

A new record rent for the region in Warrington and 1.8m sq ft of deals across sheds larger than 50,000 sq ft were among the highlights of the first six months of the year, according to research by agency BOX4 Real Estate.

The 229-bedroom hotel off Rochdale Road is being built by GMI Construction and is on course for an autumn 2026 opening.

Sandbach-based Rhino UK has decided to build a 16,000 sq ft office and warehouse from scratch having tried and failed to find any suitable existing stock close to its current base.

Placed on Historic England’s heritage at risk register more than 13 years ago, the blighted Empress Conservation Area in Old Trafford is now the subject of an attempt to “stimulate investment”.

Town Deal-funded, the project covers structural upgrades and a layout change to accommodate more stalls and F&B outlets.

Prior approval is sought by Long View Estates to convert commercial space at Lester House into 28 town centre apartments.

Emma Alexander will take the top job at the troubled council in November when she joins from Derbyshire County Council, where she is currently managing director.

This week on Scheming, Planit co-founder Pete Swift lifts the lid on Liverpool’s UNESCO debacle and designing gardens for the Japanese mafia.

The builder will deliver high containment level three labs for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in Mount Pleasant, which will allow the school to provide advanced robotic labs with AI and automated systems able to handle the danger of researching on and with deadly pathogens.

The building’s owners, Melcotton, want to modernise the 1980s office to improve the appearance of the main entrance and its thermal performance under plans designed by PRP Architects to be led by project manager OBI.

A report to the council’s policy & resources committee has confirmed that the likely final cost of the public realm and highways programme will be close to £24m, around double the original estimate.