More Winsford industrial set for approval

Retail group Pets at Home has moved into a 22,700 sq ft head office in Stanley Green, Handforth, taking its occupation of Orbit buildings in the area to three. 

Cheshire East Council is to move its action plan for the area around Crewe station to the next stage of consultation, which will see plans revealed to the public in February and March.

Northwich’s Barons Quay, developed by Cheshire West & Chester at a cost of £71m, is approaching nearly two-thirds full after retailer Card Factory agreed a move from its nearby premises in Weaver Square.

Movianto has signed up for 153,000 sq ft in Runcorn, the healthcare provider’s third major industrial deal in the North West in the past six months

Persimmon’s proposals to build 370 homes in Middlewich have been dealt a blow after Cheshire East planning officers recommended the scheme for refusal, citing the loss of open countryside.

Liverpool-based property developer Promenade Estates will bring forward a residential development in Ellesmere Port after buying a 10-acre site from Hansteen Holdings.

Latimer, the development arm of housing association Clarion Group, will begin work on 165 houses off Abbey Road in Sandbach, its second major scheme in the North West.