Affordable housing for over 55s gets ministerial welcome

The developer has scaled back plans to redevelop the site of a disused multi-storey car park next to its West Point co-living scheme from 360 apartments to 309.

The contractor would prepare the construction management plan and design and build Millom’s £10m Iron Line project.

London-based developer Kam Fei Fong can now move forward with converting the vacant grade two-listed cotton mill into 135 flats and constructing an apartment block next door.

Enabling SMEs to deliver more homes may be the answer to our housing problem, according to Phil Cooper of Hope Architects and Anna Relph of Turley.

Refusing to back down, the local authority has resubmitted its final business case to national government for the 1.6-mile single carriageway – despite losing match funding from the axed HS2 Northern leg.

Work began on the six-acre Preston project this week, and the site is expected to be completed in summer 2026.

Supplementary planning documents for the 808-home Barrow-in-Furness project are facing public consultation until 19 September.

A 20-acre site off Junction 3 of the M66 in Heywood would be redeveloped under proposals from St Modwen and Industrials REIT, which merged recently.

Proposals to redevelop a vacant bank into a purpose-built student accommodation scheme have been submitted to Manchester City Council.

Mossley Station and Greenfield Station are set for new looks, with Network Rail revealing their possible future appearances ahead of a public consultation later this month.

The three-tower Slate Yard in Salford’s New Bailey has hit the market for £110m.

Manchester United, Trafford Council, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority have inked a strategic partnership aimed at ensuring the redevelopment of the stadium maximises the regeneration opportunities in the area.

MADE Partnership will be master-developer of residential-led developments with between 1,000 and 10,000 homes. MADE is initially backed by £150m equity provided equally by its partners.

On Thursday, Wirral Council planning committee has been recommended to approve the 12-acre development from Persimmon Homes.

Proposals for a development in Wythenshawe that will provide temporary accommodation for families without a place to live have been lodged with the city council.

Book your ticket to Place North West’s Innovation in Property, where we will dig deep into the role of artificial intelligence in the built environment’s future – as well as the latest research on sustainable housing.

Millennium Care’s Porritt Care Village will include a 12-bed, male-only dementia unit and a bird-watching observatory.

Unsporting mayors, loads of burgers, and healthy holidays.

Tameside Council will decide on Wednesday whether to grant permission to Casey Group for the transformation of a former power station into a 31-acre park and 162 homes.