Plans in for Bury office-to-resi

Wrightcare Developments, a subsidiary of Eric Wright Group, has applied to Cheshire East Council to develop and subsequently manage a 24-hour residential care facility on the same plot where a similar facility was set alight in 1996.

Working with WSP, the insulation business intends to build a 160,000 sq ft rock mineral wool manufacturing facility at Shotton.

The local business has applied for permission to build 85 apartments in two six-storey blocks in the city’s Pumpfields district.

Full planning permission for the residential scheme is sought from South Ribble Council, with Story Homes offering a mix of one- to six-bedroom homes, while keeping 30% of the properties affordable.

Morgan Sindall Construction has reached the highest point of English Cities Fund’s 23-storey C2 tower, which is backed by CBRE Investment Management.

The housing association’s 88-home project will feature 40% affordable provision.

Standing 32 storeys tall and representing a £195m investment, One Port Street is now gearing up to welcome residents in February 2026, with all but five of its 477 apartments sold.

The former Apollo Pub off Varley Street could be redeveloped into a three-to-four-storey affordable block hosting 32 homes by a partnership between Jigsaw Homes and Manchester City Council.

Developer Stonebond Properties, registered provider Great Places, and landowner Stockport County are working together on a two-phase plan to redevelop nine acres of former playing fields off Grove Lane in Cheadle Hulme.

There is a growing need for purpose-built care homes driven by an ageing population, ever-evolving healthcare standards, and stretched budgets, writes Chris Appleton of LNT Care Developments.

Cumberland Council has green-lit the development of an 81-acre neighbourhood off Wigton Road in Morton.

Work has begun at Dock Road, where the housebuilder is reviving a long-vacant brownfield site with a £30m development offering a blend of open-market sale and affordable rent homes.

While changes to the planning system and NPPF are a cornerstone of the Labour government’s attempts to kick-start the economy, arguably even more important are the forthcoming changes to local plan making, writes Mat Evans of Gladman.

Liverpool City Council has given consent to both Ascot Luxury Living’s application for a 194-apartment block, and the plans for Carnatic Halls’ regeneration into a 143-home neighbourhood.

Casey, Grasscroft Property, Barratt Redrow, Kellen Homes, and Wain Homes are seeking public feedback on plans to redevelop 169 acres around Beal Valley and Broadbent Moss. 

The more than 200-year-old market off Great Homer Street has been earmarked as the centre point of a housing, transport, and green space regeneration initiative in Vauxhall and West Everton.

Applicant Demicon wants to convert and extend the former law courts and police station into offices, a café and 25 apartments.

The city council’s planning committee opted to follow officers’ recommendations on every scheme put before them last week, with the most significant plans, for nearly 100 homes, rejected.

There has been no shortage of announcements during an eventful first year in power for Keir Starmer’s party but the industry, while largely positive about the last 12 months, is awaiting detail about how promises will become reality before passing judgement.