Next chapter for long-vacant Whitefield Library

Armed with approval from the Welsh Government, the county council can start designing a 900-place replacement for the in-need-of-repair Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi in Holyhead.

Three years on from securing a resolution to approve, an amended pitch for 115 homes at Quernmore will go before members next week.

Wigan councillors voted yesterday to approve the transformation of the grade two star-listed building into a 59,300 sq ft mixed-use arts and culture facility.

Void property poses several challenges for housing associations and social housing providers, but Andy Thompson, auctions expert and director at BTG Eddisons, argues that the solution to these could be found under the hammer.

A discount food store, variety retail store with garden centre, and petrol filling station make up part of the developer’s 77,300 sq ft vision for the 11-acre site in Lytham St Annes.

The latest edition of the local authority’s register of previously developed land includes 148 plots, whose potential for homes can count towards the borough’s housing land supply.

Revised proposals for 117 homes off Cross Croft have been lodged by the Cumbrian housebuilder, with the proportion of bungalows increased and affordable housing introduced.

The Swedish on-road load handling equipment company will relocate its UK headquarters from Shropshire to Wrexham Industrial Estate, following a county council vote to approve the development.

Applications from Davos Property Developments and Westchurch Homes, which have a cumulative estimated development cost of £74m, are recommended for approval by city council officers ahead of the planning committee meeting next week.

Plans have been lodged for the demolition of the former Minstrel pub, to be replaced by a two-storey special education facility.

Having secured the 44-acre disused course in March, the housebuilder has wasted no time in seeking a reserved matters consent for 244 homes, 50% of them affordable.

The Salford venue will receive £8.5m as the government announced £127.8m of grants for 130 bidders nationally, the initial wave of schemes to be backed by the £1.5bn fund.

Stuart Rogers has taken on a national role at the regeneration specialist, becoming operations director. Meanwhile in the North West office, Alan McBride has become director of project management, Max Bentham has been promoted to director of development management, and Sarah Chicken has been appointed senior development manager.

With an estimated development cost of £13.7m, the mixed-use project from Hasaza Estates would see Everest Pharmacy secure larger premises within a 50,400 sq ft block on the corner of Lane End Road and Kingsway in the Manchester suburb.

Following the January purchase of a former abattoir site in Ashton-under-Lyne, the partners have lodged plans for 139,000 sq ft across five units ranging from 9.300 sq ft to 54,000 sq ft.

Grid connection availability was cited as one of the main reasons for the renewable energy company’s decision to abandon the project, which had been estimated to be capable of powering more than 34,000 homes.

The developer has lodged proposals for 93 homes off Chester Road in the south-west Cheshire market town.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero company has signed a two-stage contract with Rolls-Royce to ready the North Wales site for three small modular nuclear reactors.

The high-rise residential specialist has reported that sales climbed to £280m and pre-tax profit to £9.7m in 2025.