Salboy tops out at £195m Waterhouse Gardens

Joint applicants Bod Hotels and CCA Land want to turn the derelict 2.2-acre Plas Ifan Hotel off Northop Road into a residential care scheme with a dementia-focused floor.

Urban Splash Residential Fund and investment adviser SURE Capital Partners have secured a £50m debt facility with the bank.

The consultancy has strengthened its residential sales team in Cheshire with the appointment of Rosie Rickett as head of office.

Strong connections are a speciality in Bolton. Whether that’s through partnership working, unrivalled transport links that place 60% of UK businesses within two hours of the town, or its reputation as the nation’s friendliest town, writes  Cllr Nick Peel, Leader of Bolton Council.

The council’s planning team is asking members to grant permission to redirect £400,000 earmarked for off-site discounted homes to pay for “sizeable drainage improvements” close to Barratt and Taylor Wimpey’s 450-home scheme at Broken Stone Road.

Numbers compiled by Planning Portal operator TerraQuest Solutions show a positive housebuilding trend and cause for “cautious optimism”.

A reserved matters application has been lodged for 104 homes at Cardwell Farm in Barton, the second and final phase of a development that has been in the works since 2019.

An island site at the heart of the Stockport office location, previously marketed for offices, is being lined up for 54 homes in plans now lodged with the local authority.

With one of the largest transformation programmes in the UK, there is a reason why large developers and investors are turning their attention to Britain’s favourite seaside resort, writes Nick Gerrard of Blackpool Council.

Flintshire County Council will rule on whether the Anwyl Homes development, which would act as an extension of Croes Atti in Flint, should proceed.

The council is consulting with the public for a second time on a 20-year plan to deliver housing on 250 acres off Brownhill Drive north-east of the town centre.

It is no coincidence that, back in 1988, when SMEs built almost 40% of all new homes in the country, England managed to deliver 202,000 new dwellings – more than at any point for two generations, writes Patrick Hickey of MAKE NW. 

Armed with an initial £90m from Homes England to get the project going, Blackpool Council is seeking permission in principle to use compulsory purchase powers to assemble around 10 acres off Central Drive for the first phase.

The site of the former medieval-inspired theme park in Lancashire could become a 350-home development if the local council decides to change its tune on the attraction’s redevelopment after previous rejections.

The submitted plans detail an enhancement of the town centre with a mixed-use development and the introduction of a civic square.

West Lancashire Council’s development arm, Tawd Valley Developments, has moved its plans for the £200m regeneration of Skelmersdale forward with the award of a £14m construction contract for part of the project.

Greater Manchester wants to create its next Mayoral Development Corporation to drive forward the largest allocation in the 17m sq ft Atom Valley.

Beluga Group is seeking to overturn Cheshire West and Chester Council‘s decision to reject plans for a residential scheme at a disused farm on the strength of objections from Jodrell Bank, which claimed it would impact its ability to study space.

The housing association is working with main contractor Caddick to build 69 social rent homes for over 55s and a GP surgery on 2.5 acres of disused land on Arrow Street in Broughton.