Fourteen Northern neighbourhoods to get £20m ‘trailblazer’ cash

Great Places and chief contractor Rowlinson have celebrated the start of work at the extra care facility, which will provide 80 one- and two-bedroom social rent apartments for over 55s, as well as 40 shared ownership flats.

Business Improvement Districts in Manchester and Liverpool have raised concerns about calls for a visitor tax by combined authority mayors including Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram.

Stockport Council’s central area planning committee is also expected to approve 245 apartments at the Fletcher Street car park site at its meeting next week, a proposal from Progressive and Picture This.

Comprising 54 apartments across two buildings, Poplar and Juniper House off Phoebe Street have been made available through LSH.

The grade two-listed former bank on Railway Street could become a showroom for The Rusland Movement’s handmade artisan furniture, should Trafford Council approve the plans.

Are Cheshire and North Wales starring in a development fairytale to emulate that of Wrexham Football Club? As the script for an elected mayor evolves, how can this region take centre stage in the Devolution Priority Programme? Place North West’s annual exploration of the area put the spotlight on the changing times ahead.

Wirral Council will consider proposals to redevelop the Wallasey secondary school, a project with confirmed Department for Education backing.

Plans for a scheme spanning an area the size of more than 20 football pitches have been put to Cumberland Council.

The Sale-based plant and machinery installation and relocation company has moved to the scheme, meaning the estate in Trafford Park is now fully let.

Planned upgrades at the 12 Quays Terminal are aimed at increasing freight parking capacity.

Those who joined our six-month campaign to address the North’s viability crisis will have had a close eye on the spending review and most will agree we are better equipped today to overcome the barriers to growth than we were yesterday.

Dean Langton, currently strategic director of finance and resources at Blackburn with Darwen Council, will take over at the neighbouring local authority in October, resuming a position he left in 2021.

Global beauty distributor Ecotrade Europe has agreed terms on the space at Lawnhurst Trading Estate, taking the Stockport park to 95% full.

The council’s outline plans to construct the hangars for aviation use and one 5,000 sq ft commercial unit have been green-lit, and full consent has also been granted an access road at the 356-acre Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves described the Labour government’s spending review as heralding “national renewal”. Providing some forward-planning certainty for housing might be its most important element, according to experts from across the North.

The developer is close to acquiring the site of one of DeTrafford’s failed projects, the 421-Wavelength apartment scheme.

A commitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail and a promise to overhaul Green Book spending rules “to ensure no region has treasury guidance wielded against them”, were among the chancellor’s pledges.

The developer has submitted plans for a 144,000 sq ft block, rising to 10 storeys, fronting Vauxhall Road in the Pumpfields development area.

Sefton Council has put forward plans to sensitively transform the public gardens into an improved, safe, and creative space for musicians, dancers, artists, and more, a project heavily influenced by the families of the girls murdered in the 2024 Southport attack.