Luxury apartments planned in Dunham

Air service provider Dnata has agreed a deal for a £30m, purpose-built facility at the airport, due to be built by contractor McLaren.

Proposals for the mixed-use development, part of Bolton’s £1.5bn masterplan, will be showcased at a consultation next week, with a contractor and office occupiers already in the frame.

The council has started the search for a partner to help deliver a £125m overhaul of The Galleries, the 440,000 sq ft shopping centre it bought in March last year.

In a move that will see staff relocate from Middleton and Blackburn, international lift company Otis has signed up for 5,800 sq ft at the business park in Swinton.

The council will release a masterplan in the New Year for the area around the town’s railway station with the potential to provide thousands of homes and commercial space.

The site of the St John’s medical practice, which has now relocated to the town’s healthcare hub opposite the market, has been bought for redevelopment at auction.

Consultant RPS has hired Katherine Putnam as associate planning director to lead its planning team in the region.

The team behind Altrincham Forward, an important part of the Trafford town's renaissance, has formed a consultancy to help revitalise other town centres around the UK.

St Cuthbert's Church and its vicarage are proposed for demolition to create 24 homes in Fitton Hill in Oldham.