Rochdale earmarks 1,000 homes on Green Belt for consent

CBRE’s Manchester-based development team has been appointed by administrators to sell a 178-acre site in Leigh, which has outline planning consent for 1,800 homes.

The Salford housing association has said that it is on target to create 50 homes through the conversion of empty and abandoned buildings.

The March planning meeting of Bolton Council has been put back from next week following a deluge of correspondence on the controversial plans by Peel to create a golf course and 1,000 houses at Hulton Park.

A £10m project to protect 2,000 of Salford’s homes from flooding, alongside the creation of a 12-acre wetland nature reserve, has been completed.

Greater Manchester and Cumbria have been chosen as two of four national “green pioneers” as part of the Government’s 25-year environmental strategy, outlined by the Prime Minister and environment secretary Michael Gove this week.

Historic England has named Rochdale town centre as one of eight Heritage Action Zones selected for funding support of up to £500,000 in the second wave of the Heritage Action Zone programme.

Dock-free bike-sharing service Mobike has said that it is moving to the next phase of its development programme, following the launch of its pilot scheme in Manchester in June.

Planning permission has been granted for Veterans Garage, a facility for military veterans transitioning back to normal life, at the Barton Aerodrome in Eccles.

A report commissioned by Peel Environmental has claimed that developing a hydrogen economy in the North West could unlock £1.6bn GVA by 2050 and create 2,300 jobs while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 10m tonnes per year.