PLANNING | Lymm green belt homes on Warrington agenda

Emerald Bay Construction has finished work on the £5m office-to-residential conversion of Kings Court in Warrington.

Redrow Homes is to build 158 houses and flats on Omega South, Warrington following the granting of reserved matters consent.

The executive board of Warrington Council has approved a town centre public realm project and a road improvement scheme to support the ongoing highway works at junction 8 of the M62, the key junction for the Omega distribution hub and Lingley Mere.

Galliford Try Partnerships has appointed Jonathan Peasant as director of development from fellow housebuilder Countryside Properties.

Work is underway on a 66-home development in Birchwood for Your Housing Group’s private rental arm Nuvu Living.

Palmus Developments, part of the Tyneside-based High Street Group, has revealed proposals for a £45m mixed-use development in John Street, close to Warrington Central station.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and West Lancashire Council have published a draft Strategic Housing and Employment Land Market Assessment, a key stage in putting together its Single Spatial Framework to guide development up to 2037.

Bellway Homes has acquired 14 acres off land on Liverpool Road in Great Sankey from United Utilities, with planning permission for 140 homes.

More than 1m sq ft changed hands in 2016, totalling £92m across 27 deals, according to Warrington & Co's nineteenth property review.