Blackpool picks partner for £10m housing scheme

Plans for 129 homes on a greenfield site in the Burnley borough of Cliviger have been recommended for approval at next week's planning committee, despite proving controversial locally.

A public consultation has begun on the largest brownfield site in St Helens Council’s emerging Local Plan, Cowley Hill Works, where plans are being brought forward to build more than 800 homes.

The housebuilder has started work on 82 homes on a plot purchased from Network Space, opposite the developer’s 162,000 sq ft employment scheme in St Helens.

The council will give its backing to a masterplan covering a plot near Forton, due to be released for housing development under the borough’s Local Plan.

Working with Trafford Housing Trust and L&Q, Seddon Construction has kicked off a two-year build which will see an initial 120 homes delivered in Whalleys South, Skelmersdale.

The housebuilder has put forward a hybrid application for up to 280 homes as part of Blackburn’s wider Gib Lane masterplan.

PWA Planning has gained planning approval for 174 homes on behalf of Kier Living, within a larger development in Farington Moss.

Anwyl Homes has bought three acres on Ladybank Avenue in Fulwood from Homes England, and has started on site with the construction of 34 homes.

One Vision Housing has been granted permission to build 51 affordable homes in Euxton, in partnership with Mulbury.