Cityheart chosen for £60m Widnes resi scheme 

The inquiry into Parkside Regeneration’s proposed 1m sq ft industrial estate in St Helens has concluded and the developer has begged Northern Powerhouse secretary Grant Shapps to approve the scheme.

The redevelopment of the 400,000 sq ft shopping centre Sefton Council bought for £32.5m in 2017 has been pushed back due to the “severe impacts” of the pandemic.

Following its appointment, the housebuilder has lodged early-stage plans to build the 258-unit first phase of the residential development in St Helens.

HBD Barnfield has secured detailed consent for a Euro Garages service station at its 11.5-acre Beacon 62 development, following the autumn completion of an Aldi supermarket at the site.

The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.

The Planning Inspectorate is to decide whether to allow developer Parkside Regeneration to create a 1m sq ft industrial estate on Green Belt land in St Helens, after the scheme was called in for review last spring. 

Construction of a 13,500 sq ft Lidl supermarket on Thursby Road has started after planning permission was granted by Wirral Council last year.

The council has purchased the 70,000 sq ft retail building for £2m, to help facilitate the next part of its regeneration of the town centre.

The housebuilder has been granted planning permission to build 12 homes at Egerton Street in Sutton, aimed at people with particular needs or who have been homeless and wish to live independently.