Design lead appointed for Kirkham revamp

The housebuilder has completed the purchase of a former RSPCA centre in the Liverpool City Region for a 162-unit housing development to be billed as Wilbury Park.

The toys and giftware company has acquired the 158,000 sq ft former base of Geometric Furniture, a 7.44-acre site on Townley Street.

Developer City Centre Projects Holdings has won consent for its 10-storey apartment building on the corner of Mersey Street and Bank Street, known as Bank House.

Internal controls were not “sufficiently robust” to enable accurate financial reporting, said PricewaterhouseCoopers, which resigned from auditing the Newcastle-based developer’s accounts leading it to appoint a different firm.

Cheshire football club Macclesfield FC has set out the next stage of its ground improvement project, with a new building for club and community use the stand-out element.

The developer and contractor has applied to replace an earlier consent for 32 or 33 apartments on Irwell Lane with a larger affordable housing scheme on the same plot.

Reserved matters approval is expected next week for 116 affordable homes, the next phase of the 1,700-unit masterplan at the former Horwich Loco Works site to come forward.

The longstanding chief executive of the Preston-based housing association is to retire on 31 March 2022, after 24 years in post.

The developer has submitted its long-awaited application to Salford City Council to build 485 co-living apartments and a 171-bed hotel on the Gorton Street plot it is buying from Network Rail.

The Israeli investor has completed its acquisition of No.8 First Street in Manchester from the Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund and investment manager Patrizia.

The developer’s plans to build 121 homes at the former school site in central Macclesfield are tipped for approval, following completion of its deal to buy the site in February.