IN FOCUS | Sheds are changing. Harworth is ready

Work to demolish 130,000 sq ft of units at the end of their lifespan has completed. The construction of £26m of replacement stock is set to begin in the new year.

Three industrial units totalling 92,000 sq ft are proposed at the business park.

The warehousing and logistics developer has acquired a portfolio of sites, including a 199,000 sq ft shed in Knowsley, from Cilldara Group and Graftongate.

Signing a 15-year lease for Knowsley 108, generic medicine manufacturer RelonChem has increased its distribution space in Merseyside by 40%.

After acquiring the 7.8-acre plot off Aviator Way in September, the developer has now lodged its plans to bring forward 115,000 sq ft of last-mile units to the logistics hub.

A 96-acre swathe of land fronting the Mersey between Fiddler’s Ferry and the Mersey Gateway Bridge could be redeveloped into units ranging from 1,000 sq ft to 500,000 sq ft.

Etonbrook Andrews wants to redevelop a 23-acre two-parcel vacant site off Manor Lane in Hawarden into an industrial scheme designed by PACE Architecture.

The place-based growth initiative aims to tackle health inequality and deprivation in one of the lowest ranking areas in the country for social value with a £1bn mixed-use development comprising thousands of homes and employment space.

Cheshire East Council was collectively content with both applications discussed at yesterday’s planning committee, allowing the drug company and housebuilder to get on with delivery in Holmes Chapel and Winterley.

The local authority’s cabinet has approved the commitment of funds granted by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to deliver designs, plan demolition, and achieve vacant possession of the Longfield site.

GB Europe has been granted permission to redevelop the 50-acre former Prinovis site off Dakota Drive into a 950,000 sq ft industrial unit for Uniserve.

Both Trafford Council and Cumberland Council are looking to set up business improvement districts to drive economic growth, with one further down the process than the other.

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has warned local authorities currently working without an adopted local plan that central government could use intervention powers to take over the process.

The builder has broken ground at the joinery and kitchen business’s Runcorn site, which will expand to 700,000 sq ft.

Plans for the creation of a rail freight terminal at Acton Grange next to the Manchester Ship Canal have remerged 15 years after they were approved, with a couple of warehouses now thrown into the mix.

Bolton Council has launched a consultation on the draft SPD documents, which outline a plan to develop the 456-acre plot within the NorthFold growth corridor into a regional employment hub.

Simon Edwards has left William Fishwick & Son after more than 18 years, joining the investment firm’s co-founders Chris Lloyd and Richard Rees.

Having taken steps to soften the impact of the £96m scheme on the local highway network, GB Europe is hopeful of securing consent for the redevelopment of the 50-acre former Prinovis site next week.

The builder has handed over the keys to the 77,200 sq ft Wirral distribution centre to Timpson Group, which acquired the photo printing business in 2008.