Sovini plans affordable apartments in Birkenhead

Infrared Capital Partners has proposed a 147,000 sq ft industrial development at Triumph Business Park in Speke, which if approved would bring the total business park to almost 1m sq ft.

Long-awaited plans to regenerate an area destroyed by a gas explosion in New Ferry in 2017 have taken a step forward as the council continues its search for a development partner.

A fire station changing into office and retail, a bank becoming an aparthotel, and Bellway's 127 homes on an industrial park, were among schemes approved under delegated powers.

The grade two-listed Ravenswood House, which sits within a 20-acre site due to be developed into 200 homes by Torus, will have to undergo “urgent” stabilising works after a blaze, according to Wirral Council.

The North Wales-based housebuilder is to work with developer Torus to deliver around 200 homes on the site of the former Rock Ferry High School in Wirral.

The owner and operator of The Heath, a 57-acre business park in Runcorn, is seeking funding to improve and expand the park, to deliver a "futuristic, multi-use and net carbon-free environment".

One Vision Housing, part of Sovini Group, has completed its latest rent-to-buy scheme, comprising 47 homes in Birkenhead.

A police and fire station residential conversion, and a Home Bargains store are also expected to receive planning permission next week.

Following the closure of one of the pools in April last year, repair works have completed and the sports facility is set to reopen on Monday 9 March.