Steel frame up at £25m Lancaster student scheme

Pochin’s has started on the 130,000 sq ft asset management facility for BAE at Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone in Lancashire, set to complete in 12 months’ time.

Places For People has drafted in Allenbuild to deliver a 73-home modular scheme on Alaska Street in Blackburn, after previous contractor Forrest entered administration late last year.

Plans have been submitted for three accommodation blocks in the centre of Ormskirk, reaching between four and five storeys, for Edge Hill University students.

The contractor has been picked ahead of rival bidder Bam to deliver the Hawkins\Brown-designed building in Preston, set to provide nearly 80,000 sq ft of education and amenity space, Place North West understands.

Holiday park operator Pure Leisure Group has revealed proposals for a leisure village at Larbreck in Fylde, featuring nearly 500 holiday lodges, a hotel, and a golf course, backed by former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.

The 20,000 sq ft expansion of the University’s sports centre, designed by JMArchitects and including a sports hall with seating for 500 spectators, is set to secure planning permission.

The insurance giant has put forward proposals to build a 50,000 sq ft office along with a 17,200 sq ft Aldi store at a site on Ovangle Road, near the White Lund Industrial estate in Morecambe.

Working with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, architect Gilling Dod has put forward proposals to add a 17,000 sq ft acute medical unit at Royal Blackburn Hospital.