Prescot garden centre homes look to be built

Plans from developers Urban Generation Crosby and Penny Lane Builders to redevelop the site of the former Central Buildings into apartments have been knocked back by the council over a lack of public amenity space. 

The Merseyside coastal town has unveiled further proposals for its interconnectivity “refresh”, including 300,000 sq ft of new public spaces in the town centre and waterfront, and improved pedestrian and cycling routes.

There are always places and sectors that buck trends, even in challenging times, so which parts of the Liverpool city region’s economy are charging ahead, asked a Place North West event.

Southport-based developer 79th Homes has acquired the Art Deco former cinema on Park Road East for an undisclosed sum and plans to convert it into up to 30 apartments.

The Liverpool-based affordable housing provider has bought from Knowsley Council an 8.5-acre site off Knowsley Lane and Astley Road in Huyton that has approval for 131 homes. 

St Helens Council is to determine its position on the 1.8m sq ft industrial scheme next week, ahead of an inquiry by the secretary of state at which the proposal will be considered alongside three similar applications called in this year.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust expects to win consent to build a low secure mental health unit on a 6.4-acre plot of undeveloped land at Villas Road near Maghull.

The second stage of a consultation to inform an emerging blueprint for the future of planning and development in the city region launched today, focussing on placemaking, communities and job creation.

Wirral Growth Company plans to start knocking down the retail complex before the end of the year, now that the sale of the asset has completed.