Controversial schemes in central Manchester at 20-36 High Street and Central Retail Park both secured approval at yesterday's planning committee, despite vocal challenges from the gallery and councillors.
After a contentious battle between councillors, campaigners, and The Christie, the replacement for the fire-damaged Paterson building has won approval at Manchester City Council’s planning committee, while a 12-storey student block was refused, and a conversion of Pearl Assurance House into a hotel was deferred.
The city region’s leadership has joined with Government in publishing the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy, the long-term plan aimed at increasing productivity.
Greater Manchester leaders and residents of at-risk buildings have said that the Government’s pledge of £200m to replace ACM cladding on private buildings stops short of addressing the problems they face.
Built Environment Communications Group has joined Savills as a sponsor of Place North West Question Time: Manchester's New Agenda, set to be a highlight of the event calendar taking place in October.
This one-off event puts the leaders shaping Manchester on the same stage for the very first time, to answer the tough questions about the past, present, and future of the city.
Walter Menzies, a pioneering figure in sustainable development, has died aged 69.
It’s been over four months since Andrew Western became leader of Trafford Council. One of his first acts was to withdraw major development plans at Turn Moss, and set a firm line against potential loss of the borough’s Green Belt at Flixton, however he insists he will not be running “a Nimby council”.
The controversial Manchester city centre development is to go ahead after Secretary of State James Brokenshire notified the St Michael’s Partnership that the application will not be called in for a public inquiry.
The Government’s announcement that it will fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding by councils and housing associations, estimated at £400m, has been met with approval by one of the region's key social landlords.
