Housing approvals fall 21% across England

Wain Homes’ plans for 240 residences on the edge of Ellesmere Port return for a verdict, while 86 homes south of Kelsall are likewise recommended for approval.

Clearance has been given by the Building Safety Regulator for Anchor Residency’s 208 homes, triggering an immediate start onsite.

Bentry Capital’s in-house contractor Mellior Construction will begin work in October on 241 homes in phase one of the Liverpool development.

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook acknowledged the development industry’s travails but is hopeful the Your First Home initiative, coupled with other interventions over the last two years, will begin to move the dial on delivery in spite of factors beyond the government’s control.

Also signed off by the council’s planning committee: a series of improvements to Grace Park in Halewood.

The developer has enlisted SimpsonHaugh as its architect for One St John’s, aiming for 385 homes at the vacant Albert Shed site at New Quay Street.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund has completed the sale of its 50% interest in th build-to-rent element of the Manchester development to joint venture partner Vita Group.

Ahead of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech at the party conference on Tuesday, the government has announced a trio of programmes to get the housing market moving, support community businesses, and bring vacant properties back into use.

Having worked locally, regionally and nationally – and across housing, economic development, health, and public service reform – it’s frustrating to see how we fail as a country to deliver the places (and homes) people need, writes Mike Palin.

Working with social provider First Choice, the firm can go ahead with 147 homes at the Southlink site. Less fortunate was Redwaters Estates, refused permission for a hotly-contested Failsworth proposal.

With consent secured in June for 122 homes on 13.7 acres east of Prescot Road, the housebuilder has finalised the site’s acquisition.

Work can begin in earnest on the £30m Nexus House, a 364-bedspace student living project, following clearance from the Building Safety Regulator.

21 Living’s take on the famous New York landmark and Taylor Wimpey’s plans to build houses in the Green Belt are both in line to be given consent next week.

To be delivered by Domis Construction, Plot A1 at New Bailey in Salford will be the final residential part of the Salford Central masterplan, bringing 189 affordable apartments across 21 storeys.

Four years on from submission, outline plans for 160 homes off Hayclose Road have approval.

Salford City Council has approved plans by CERT Property and ForHousing for affordable flats and townhouses off Albert Street on the site of a former garage.

With three applications adding up to 460 homes already in the works across the borough, the firm is looking to nearly replicate that number with a single application for a site next to Culcheth High School.

The Arch and The Electra, totalling 341 units, have been acquired by a JV between Aboria Capital and Partners Group, along with schemes in Newcastle, London, and Cambridge.

Labour’s Dan Price and Conservative’s Ben Fletcher agree on one thing: building homes must be a priority for the future leader of the sub-region. How they approach the issue, however, is different.