GALLERY | Nexus completes Liverpool resi

Intending to hand over the last property in September 2028, partners L&Q, Lovell, and Trafford Council have banded together to build a mix of affordable and market residences on the former Tamworth Estate.

The garden village, one of the area’s largest housing allocations in Places for Everyone, will return to the council’s planning committee on 18 March after a letter of complaint was filed over councillors’ decision to reject the scheme in January.

Persimmon Homes Lancashire has commenced delivering a mixture of apartments, bungalows, and houses on 81 acres off Wigton Road in Morton, a suburb of the Cumbrian city.

With an integrated settlement due to land in April, increasing inward investment, and a growing pipeline of potentially transformative projects to deliver, now is the time for the city region to hit the accelerator, according to participants at a roundtable discussion hosted by Robertson Group.

A further 195 homes are recommended for approval at the council’s next strategic planning board, although proposals to expand a pub and hotel’s offering in Mere face rejection.

A 72-bed facility on a former hospital site has been rejected, while committee approved a visitor centre and other works for the Iron Line coastal path, along with Carlisle housing.

Leveraging a lack of five-year housing supply, the developer has put in for permission to build up a neighbourhood and accompanying spine road on 49 acres south of Nantwich.

Growth across the 10 boroughs that make up GM is outpacing the national average but leaders in places like Bolton, Oldham, and Rochdale are still fighting hard to overcome intracity region disparities. Participants at a roundtable discussion hosted by Euan Kellie Property Solutions explored how best to close the gap.

A draft supplementary planning document will go to consultation, as the council looks to prepare the way for up to 1,700 homes across Beal Valley and Broadbent Moss.

Consent has been established for the restoration of the fire-damaged 1750s building in a project that also includes new-build housing in the 17-acre grounds.

The nearly four-acre site off Ditton Lane will stay in council ownership, with the local authority exploring options on preserving it as a wetland habitat.

The group’s order book has also swelled to £19.1bn over the last 12 months, while revenue rose 10% to more than £5bn.

Icon Heritage wants to convert the upper floors of Preston’s historic shopping mall into 46 apartments.

The council is looking to partner with a housing association to redevelop the site of the former Greenhale House into a 100% affordable scheme.

As Greater Manchester lines up equivalent zones across the city region, its first Mayoral Development Corporation will see its boundary tripled to cover the whole town centre.

Embassy Village will provide 40 homes for rough sleepers beneath 22 railway arches in Castlefield after more than 130 organisations contributed to the creation of the project.

Branded as Lyme, the 16-storey block is one of three residential buildings being brought forward at the developer’s Stopford Park scheme.

Council members will decide on Monday whether or not to revoke an agreement to sell a nearly four-acre site off Ditton Lane in Moreton after a campaign group made the case for the environmental benefits of keeping the plot development-free.

MSA Business Developments wants to build 10 townhouses and 28 apartments on the site of a showroom on the A6.