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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.

Phase two of a masterplan for the town centre, comprising the Pier Link and Garden Street schemes, has been put into motion this week with contractor George Cox & Sons now on site.

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.

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

The city council’s cabinet meeting next week is set to rubber-stamp a £4m package of highway improvements, part of its wider £250m regeneration programme for the Anfield area.

What can a new town in Worcestershire learn from the Indian city of Chandigarh? And can the would-be planners of Adlington, Cheshire pick up a few tips from Paris? A new report from the town planners’ institute certainly thinks so.

Singaporean real estate investment trust Elite UK has secured consent for a data centre located next to the Department for Work and Pensions’ Peel Park campus.

Proposals have been lodged for a 171-space multi-storey car park on Waterloo Road, a move that follows an application for a new footbridge over the River Tame.

The highway improvements project forms part of a wider regeneration package, for which Cumberland Council has secured £33m in government funding.

With Balfour Beatty nearing completion on phase one of the Southport Eastern Access scheme, a pair of cycle and footway schemes have been approved as phase two preparation gathers pace.

Plans for 42 affordable homes off Close Lane have been ditched by a hefty majority verdict, with questions over outfall from the site at the heart of the matter.

A consultation process is live for Peak Cluster, a project led by four cement and lime companies aiming to capture the carbon dioxide they generate and store it permanently under the Irish Sea.

In the works since 2015, the replacement of a double roundabout on the A582 near Farington Moss is part of a wider programme set for Department for Transport backing.

Delivery of a railway station serving the Liverpool district will be delayed from the initial target date, with Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram  now hoping for completion in 2029.

Full approval is sought for the redevelopment of retail and associated parking at Station Road, the second phase of the southern gateway scheme at Citadel station.

Overcoming the backlog maintenance headache, the role of NHS facilities in regeneration, and how a move towards a community-based model of care could shape our places were discussed at a recent roundtable hosted by Morgan Sindall Construction.

Maple Grove Developments, part of the Eric Wright Group, is preparing the way for 250,000 sq ft of logistics space close to Junction 41 of the M6.

Paving the way for the submission of an outline business case next autumn, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation has applied to Cheshire East Council for permission to build its new 1.4m sq ft campus.

Rachel Reeves said government changes to planning laws will tear down barriers to growth after a raft of planning reforms received Royal Assent.