Wirral pushes on with revamp schemes

The housebuilder is seeking reserved matters approval for the last residential plot at the former Prysmian Cables factory site, taking development across the scheme to 666 homes.

Housebuilders Redrow and Bellway are looking to separately develop hundreds of homes across four plots close to the railway line at Halewood, in schemes tipped for approval by the council next week.

Following its appointment, the housebuilder has lodged early-stage plans to build the 258-unit first phase of the residential development in St Helens.

The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.

The council is to acquire properties from Sandway Homes, the housing development company it set up in January 2019, as part of a drive to re-enter the social housing market for the first time in almost 15 years.

The volume housebuilder has been granted planning permission to build 227 homes in Prescot, Knowsley.

The national land management charity has signed a collaboration agreement with Knowsley Council that will see it take ownership and manage green infrastructure and drainage network at Halsnead Garden Village.

The developer, part of housebuilder Keepmoat Homes, with regeneration specialist Torus, has acquired a vacant site at Lancots Lane to redevelop into 63 homes.

The need to deliver more homes shows no signs of abating and the need to build affordable homes continues to rise as targets for the construction of social housing go unmet, writes Victoria Alderton of Paddock Johnson.