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U+I boss Richard Upton’s an impressive character, with an intense style of public speaking that puts one in mind of Terrance Stamp. So even if the ‘meanwhile’ use for the former Mayfield station didn’t look good, he’d manage to big it up.

While certainly not to be encouraged, it’s hard not to be left open-mouthed at the recent antics of two urban free climbers who decided to scale, and dangle off, Allied London’s 19-storey No.1 Spinningfields.

It’s rare for developers to ever actually say a market’s healthy, however one of the hints that we’re in the sun-kissed uplands of a cycle is the re-emergence of projects mothballed once things got sticky.

Major schemes proposed by Pochin and Bentley Motors are to go before Cheshire East’s planning committee on 1 February with recommendations for approval.

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Plans to convert the former Knutsford Crown Court building into a hotel and restaurant are to go before Cheshire East’s planning committee on 11 January with a recommendation for approval.

Place North West looks back at the stories most popular with readers this year. The news was dominated by tall buildings, controversial developments, big office requirements, and of course, Brexit.