Work starts on Halton Curve rail project
Network Rail has started work on the 1.5 mile-long stretch of rail track intended to unlock leisure and business opportunities between the Liverpool city region, its airport, Cheshire and North Wales.
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Cheshire East ends long wait for Local Plan approval
A planning inspector has backed Cheshire East’s Local Plan for shaping development in the borough up to 2030, bringing examination of the plan to a close and ensuring formal adoption of the plan is only weeks away.
Cheshire East suspends chief executive
Mike Suarez has been suspended from his position as chief executive of Cheshire East Council.
Manchester gets lion’s share of £556m Northern funding
The Government has announced how the North’s £556m latest Local Growth Fund allocation will be split across 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships, with Greater Manchester receiving the highest award at £130m.
EVENT | Place North West & Morgan Sindall MIPIM reception
Register your interest in attending this exclusive reception, as Place North West partners with Morgan Sindall for our first event in Cannes on Tuesday 14 March.
CWAC attempts to inject urgency into devolution talks
Cabinet members at Cheshire West & Chester Council are being urged by the leader and chief executive to support the move towards a combined authority with a directly elected mayor and spending controls transferred from Whitehall.
AS 2016: Science audits to spotlight Northern capabilities
The Government named its next four science and innovation audit areas in the North, as part of a £4.7bn push into research and development initiatives.
AS 2016: EU project guarantees subject to test
The government gave a mixed message on its stance towards EU-funded projects, Hammond saying that guarantees would be extended to all contracts “signed after the Autumn Statement and before the UK’s departure from the European Union”, but only if they were deemed important enough to the country.
AS 2016: EU funding deadline lifted
The government appears to have offered a lifeline to bidders for EU funding by relenting on a deadline of today’s Autumn Statement for applications to be approved in order to secure guarantees from the UK in the wake of the referendum result.
Cheshire East plans 2018 start on £90m link road
Cheshire East Council is to shortly begin procuring for a design-and-build contractor to deliver the £90m Congleton link road, and is assessing methods to allow preparatory works to start in January 2018.
