Scaled-down Pioneer Place up for approval

Plans for a 215,000 sq ft office earmarked to house up to 2,500 civil servants has taken a step closer to reality after councillors backed the proposals. 

Housing provider Calico Homes, with architecture studio Brock Carmichael, has drawn up designs for 90 extra care apartments and a community hub on four acres of derelict land at Burnley General Hospital.

Blackpool Council’s development partner is seeking consent for a 215,000 sq ft office on King Street, to be occupied by an unnamed Government department. 

The fashion e-commerce company is embarking on a project to bring into use several empty warehouses it owns at the Heasandford Industrial Estate in Burnley.

Holiday park operator Pure Leisure Group has struck a deal with the council allowing it to progress plans to build a golf course with 500 lodges, a 102-bedroom hotel and other facilities on a 67-acre plot near Poulton-le-Fylde.

Towns such as Bolton, Cheadle, Preston and Southport were awarded a share of £186m from the Government’s £3.6bn Towns Fund, but the Budget stopped short of allocating significant new money for North West projects. 

Developer BXB Cottam Properties' proposal for a mixed-use scheme at a former brickworks in Cottam has been given the go-ahead by the city council.