THING OF THE WEEK

Join the 150 property professionals who have already booked their tickets, with six weeks to go until the North West PRS Conference on Thursday 17 January.

Trafford Council has held a fresh consultation into Sale Moor’s Warrener Street car park, a site long mooted for development. Place North West attended the consultation event to find out the next steps for the area.

If we truly want to be a global economic powerhouse with connectivity to match, the sub-standard digital infrastructure of all our rural areas needs to be addressed urgently, writes Annette McDonald of Tatton Group.

Blackpool Council has unveiled plans for a £300m leisure-led development on the town’s Central Station site, working alongside developer Nikal, featuring what it claims will be a “UK-first” entertainment offering.

An application by Redsun Developments for three industrial buildings on a 4.9-acre site on the edge of Wirral International Business Park is to go before Wirral’s planning committee with a recommendation for approval next week.

A masterplan to improve Runcorn’s Town Park has been set out by Halton Council, including the development of three visitor hubs and “substantial investment” in the park’s existing ski slope and facilities.

Aldi is set to relocate to a larger store opposite Altrincham Retail Park on a site formerly home to B&Q in a move which will vacate its existing store on the junction of Davenport Lane and George Richards Way.

Developer Landmark Living and architect Calderpeel have won planning consent for a residential scheme in an area along Manchester Road currently undergoing significant development.

Developer Elliot Group has drafted in Vermont to complete its £100m Aura project on the former Erskine Industrial Estate in Liverpool, replacing troubled contractor Forrest on the job.

The developers behind Sci-Tech Daresbury have started the search for a contractor to deliver the £13m Project Violet, the next phase of speculative development at the site in Cheshire.

St Helens Council’s cabinet will next week be asked to approve the draft of the borough’s Local Plan, a key feature of which is a reduced target for housing completions, from 570 per year to 486.