Green light for Gulliver’s

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

Natural England is set to secure approval to build a Corten-clad observation tower at the 220-acre nature reserve in Warrington after a previous look-out point was destroyed by a fire.

Christine Gaskell, chair of the Cheshire & Warrington LEP, told an event at MIPIM that the region has the potential to create the world’s first zero carbon industry cluster, based around its Energy Innovation District proposition.

The Environment Partnership has expanded the urban design team at its Warrington head office with a series of appointments and promotions.

A report commissioned by Peel Environmental has claimed that developing a hydrogen economy in the North West could unlock £1.6bn GVA by 2050 and create 2,300 jobs while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 10m tonnes per year.

Energy and property businesses have combined to brand a range of assets from Ellesmere Port to Runcorn, along with sites capable of welcoming further development, as the Energy Innovation District.

Fifty acres in the centre of the Omega development in Warrington have been handed over to the Land Trust, a national land management charity, to be remodelled as a park in the coming years.