Weaver Shipyard steers onward course

Cheshire East Council is trying to unlock land to build 1,500 homes but needs to unpick a complicated set of issues involving third party rights of way and other barriers to development. 

The pharmaceutical giant has won approval to build a manufacturing facility off Hulley Road at its Hurdsfield complex in Macclesfield, subject to resolving concerns over possible site contamination. 

Outline plans for 83 homes and a marina south of Saxons Lane are expected to be approved next week.

After completing enabling work, construction of the £70m development is underway with Vinci continuing on site.

Hotel developer YP Group wants to covert the 9,500 sq ft former Parrs Bank on Winwick Street into a 16-bedroom hotel. 

The developer has bought land in Runcorn from Homes England for an undisclosed sum, and intends to bring forward a £75m residential scheme.

The retirement homes developer emerged victorious from a two-hour debate among Cheshire East councillors over whether the scheme, to be built on part of the King’s School estate in Macclesfield, should be given permission. 

Several towns and cities plan to tap into the Government’s latest offer of funding to progress property and infrastructure schemes, with council-led partnerships in Blackpool, Wyre, Cheshire and Warrington among those readying bids.

Cheshire West & Chester Council is progressing its bid for Winsford to receive £10m from the Government's Future High Streets Fund, confirming plans to contribute £11.7m to the town's regeneration itself.