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An inquiry conducted by the Planning Inspectorate will begin on 15 November to see whether or not Bolton Council was right in rejecting the developers’ Creams Mill and Hall Lane project.

The housebuilder’s Harrow Estates division has lodged plans for a 16,603 sq ft local retail centre to serve new homes at the former airfield site.

Wanted: a company to design, engineer, and deliver the nearly 27-acre Chamber House Solar Farm in Heywood.

Mark O’Mullane has been recruited from Lothbury Investment Management to join the urban regeneration company.

Both the University of Cumbria’s £77.5m transformation of the historic city centre site and a new Kingmoor Park base for the parcel distributor have been greenlit.

With business case approval for the £75m Southport destination now agreed, investigatory works are to begin, enabling finalisation of designs.

Plans have been lodged for a new special needs secondary school in Cheadle Hulme and to move Audenshaw’s Hawthorns School to a new site in Mottram in Longdendale.

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Ongoing efforts to improve safety standards have seen Intelligent FS secure a £3.5m contract to reclad Milliners Wharf in Manchester, while Morgan Sindall could face a £50m repairs bill.

Simon Humphreys has been appointed director of regeneration and place at the Wirral company, heading up its new urban regeneration team.

“We cannot continue to repeat the mistakes of the past – failing to invest in central Manchester’s rail links has led to rail chaos across the North time and again,” said Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Peter Jackson has joined the project management consultancy after five years as a director at Turner & Townsend.

The Chester law firm will move to a 6,400 sq ft office off Newgate Street in September.

The developer and contractor has had plans for a fully affordable 127-home project in Clayton-le-Moors approved.

Apart-hotel developer IStay has purchased 17-21 Castle Street for £1.6m.

The skyscraper developer noted a 12% decrease in turnover in its financial report for the year ending 31 October.

Katie Daniels has been promoted to director at the town planning consultancy after three years with the Cheadle Hulme-based company.

The retirement living specialist intends to build 48 apartments and 19 bungalows on land at Yew Tree Farm in a mixed-tenure project.

Developer Citihaus wants to convert former office, retail and library space at the Altrincham town centre site to 68 apartments in a remodelling and extension.