Chester set to launch Gateway project

Applications that would bring a total of 1,700 homes to the market are recommended for approval by the council next week.

ISG has begun the process of demolishing the former main building at Chester fire station as a £5.5m scheme to redevelop the site reaches its third phase.

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

Cheshire West & Chester is set to start work on the long-awaited project in the New Year but has warned its delivery cost has increased by nearly £10m, with funds to be diverted from elsewhere within the council’s budget.

Developer Morbaine has put forward plans for a seven-storey, 244-bed hotel on Hoole Way on a site where a similar proposal for student accommodation was refused consent in 2017.

With the Ice Cream Farm set to open at Northwich's Barons Quay, Place North West spoke to its owner and founder Jonathan Fell about leisure-led retail, and how retail will have to adapt to survive.

The family-run hotelier has acquired two sites in Chester and Ormskirk as it looks to ramp up its presence in the North West.

Engie Regeneration has put in a planning application for 138 homes on Smokehall Lane in Winsford to Cheshire West & Chester Council.

Plans for 164 homes are set to be approved at Cheshire West & Chester’s planning committee next week.