Blackpool makes its Towns Fund case
Each of the seven projects put forward for funding has been cleared at local level and submitted to government, with decisions on the first three expected in December.
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Senior living scheme lined up for Blackburn
Developer Urban Village has continued its move into healthcare, filing proposals for an 88-bed home by the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
Blackpool assesses options after Levelling Up Fund blow
The council has missed out on government funding and may have to find an alternative way to plug a £7m viability gap on its plans to redevelop the grade two-listed former Abingdon Street post office into a 148-bedroom hotel.
Huncoat Garden Village progresses
Hyndburn Council is in talks with landowners and developers about individual schemes within the 1,500-home masterplan, and expects the first planning application to come forward within the next 12 months.
Stanley pushes on with next upgrade
Football League club Accrington Stanley FC is looking to improve its facilities with a new changing room and facilities building.
Blackpool approves DWP office and £25m Abingdon Street hotel
The 215,000 sq ft civil service hub, as well as Ashall Projects' plan to convert an 111-year-old post office into a 148-bedroom Indigo hotel were both granted planning consent on Tuesday.
Contractor picked for £21.5m Blackpool scheme
Local company RP Tyson Construction will build 131 homes on the town’s Grange Park estate, a project being developed by the council.
Place Capital to revamp 850-home Blackburn neighbourhood
The regeneration company is to work in partnership with Together Housing Group to redevelop Shadsworth estate, part of a wider project to improve 36,000 homes across the North.
Taylor Wimpey to start work on 426-home Clitheroe scheme
The housebuilder said construction would begin this month now that it has completed purchasing the nearly 42-acre site.
DWP confirmed for 215,000 sq ft Blackpool office
Muse Developments and Blackpool Council have agreed a deal with the Department for Work and Pensions to relocate 3,000 civil servants into the £50m Talbot Gateway building.
