Rochdale tips dementia care home for consent

A total of eight North West local authorities claimed £92,300 each from the Development Management Fund to help power through housing applications.

The Department for Education has appointed the contractor to replace 70,000 sq ft of teaching space with a 75,000 sq ft new-build block at the educator’s Rochdale campus.

Almost £90m for the Carrington Relief Road, £70m for a potentially Ryder Cup-clinching highway, and £60m for a new Metrolink station in North Manchester are among the projects given a significant equity boost.

Mark Robinson, director of economy and place at Rochdale Council, and Richard Jones, Northern Cities Executive at Arcadis, discuss two major developments in the borough.

We’ve spent the best part of a year taking a virtual tour around Greater Manchester – punctuated by my charity Wanderwalk tour in July – exploring how each local authority is approaching regeneration and housing delivery to meet their own local needs, writes Euan Kellie of Euan Kellie Property Solutions.

Friday saw the reopening of the venue,  more than a year after it was shuttered for a much-needed refresh by Rochdale Development Agency, the council-controlled investment company.

Procurement is underway for a design-and-build contract to deliver a secondary school for 64 students with social, emotional, and mental health needs off Mayfield Street.

The online retail superpower has agreed a lease for Cabot 116 within Kingsway Business Park, according to market sources.

Rochdale Council and Bury Council are due to sign off a draft framework for the 242-acre Simister Bowlee area over the next few weeks, with a public consultation to follow soon after.

Taylor Wimpey has been waiting more than three years for a decision on its 35-acre Smithy Bridge Road scheme.

Recapturing the potential of the UK’s coastal communities requires regeneration projects that go beyond just bricks and mortar, writes Phil Marsden of Muse.

Successful regeneration stories run on ambition and partnership – two themes that should filter straight through from the masterplan to the project level, write Angela Mansell and Darren Perkins.

Public procurement in the UK is undergoing a seismic shift. This could be a gamechanger for the North West, writes Eleanor Hinds of SCAPE.

The local authority has allowed Bloor Homes to bring forward its vision for a residential extension to Littleborough, while Muller Property Group can proceed with its care home and townhouse scheme.

In the property and construction sector, the focus is overwhelmingly on bricks, schedules, and budgets. But if we want to build stronger, more resilient organisations, we need to recognise that one of the most critical foundations is how people feel, connect, and show up at work, writes Nick Rusling of the Greater Manchester Wellbeing Series.

Despite generating more than 1,000 objections, the scheme is recommended for approval by Rochdale Council’s planning team, which insists it conforms with the Greater Manchester spatial plan.

Situated north of Waterfold Business Park and just outside Bury’s border, the 128-bed hotel is due a four-storey extension after receiving planning permission from the local authority.

Work has begun at last on building 81 homes on the 4.7-acre plot, nearly seven years after the council purchased the site for £13.2m.

The Benjamin Rudd Building is due to be demolished – but only after its slightly larger replacement is built.