Parkgate Village wins long-awaited consent

The McGoff Group subsidiary has lodged plans to increase the number of bedrooms at its consented care home in Wilmslow to 63, the latest event in a lengthy battle with Cheshire East Council over the scheme.

The housebuilder acquired the 40-acre plot at Glebe Farm in Cheshire from Willsgrove Developments for an undisclosed sum and has planning consent to build 400 homes there.

The council has published a video outlining the extent of its £180m plan to regenerate the town centre, including proposals for an HS2 hub station, the £48m Royal Arcade leisure development and an art history research hub opposite the town hall. 

Work has started on the £10m second phase of infrastructure works at Peel L&P Environmental’s Cheshire energy hub, while site clearance has begun for Powerhouse Energy Group’s site within the development’s Plastic Park.

A scheme to deliver 125,000 sq ft of employment space across 13 industrial units at Artis Park has received a £5m loan from the Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership to spur its delivery.

The developer is due to start work on the next phase of the Ma6nitude logistics scheme early next year following a spike in demand for speculative industrial space.

Housebuilder Bloor Homes has opened a public consultation on proposals to build 650 homes across 97 acres close to Crewe Hall Enterprise Park, east of the town centre. 

Enviroo has submitted a planning application for its proposed plastic recycling facility at Peel L&P Environmental’s 133-acre energy hub near Ellesmere Port.

The developer has reduced the height of its 550-home mixed-use Warrington scheme from 25 storeys to 12 after the council raised concerns about its scale.