
Design team named on Chester City Gateway
London-based architect 5th Studio has been appointed to draw up a masterplan for the area around Chester's train station, working alongside Arup, CBRE and Faithful+Gould.
London-based architect 5th Studio has been appointed to draw up a masterplan for the area around Chester's train station, working alongside Arup, CBRE and Faithful+Gould.
The council is seeking permission to use compulsory purchase orders to acquire 56 acres of land to bring forward the North West Crewe package, a £36.5m infrastructure project to open up development sites for 1,350 homes.
Preparatory work has begun on £60m motorway improvements being delivered by a joint venture between Amey and Sir Robert McAlpine in Cheshire.
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
Cheshire East has granted planning consent for an 800-space car park on Green Belt land for Manchester Airport, after deferring a decision earlier this year.
Cheshire East will submit its final bid for Government funding for the £51m link road, designed to join the A6 Manchester Relief Road to the A523, although a start date still hinges on the outcome of a High Court challenge.
Cheshire East’s consultation into the future of Crewe station, including options for a road bridge and the potential to bring forward up to 3.8m sq ft of commercial space, will close on 3 September.
The fate of the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail project, and associated large-scale developments around Manchester and Crewe, will be decided by the autumn after the Government confirmed it has commissioned a review into “whether and how HS2 should proceed”.
Network Rail has completed works to a stretch of track between Altrincham and Ashley to boost journey times between Manchester and Chester via Northwich.
A planning application for a major overhaul of Crewe railway station will be submitted next summer as the town prepares for the arrival of HS2.