Mark Crabtree, the man behind local music technology manufacturer AMS Neve, is to fund the redevelopment of Burnley Grammar School into a collaborative workspace for digital start-ups, with an opening date of September inked in.
Four units have been disposed of at Vision Park in Burnley, following the completion of the phase one industrial units in February, with deals close on a further three units.
Four visitor attractions in the Lake District, and a proposed museum in Blackpool, have received a share of the £15m Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund.
Burnley Council has agreed to appoint Maple Grove Developments to develop a leisure and retail scheme on the town centre’s former Pioneer site in Curzon Street.
Stuart Sage and Mark Vaughan have left Government agency Homes England to co-found Hive Land & Planning, a Manchester-based consultancy providing development advice to the public and private sector.
Developer Metacre has overturned a decision by Wyre Borough Council to refuse plans for a 93-home rural development near the village of Great Eccleston in Lancashire.
Central Lancashire stands ready to welcome many more companies, with infrastructure investments helping boost economic growth and transform the region as a place to live, work and do business.
The industrial agent has negotiated a 15,000 sq ft lease for Alden Green with French aerospace supplier Prevost, and sold a 2.7-acre site on behalf of Maro Developments which will be used for the construction of a new school.
Procurement is to start in April for a contractor to deliver the hotel and underpass that will be the next stage of Talbot Gateway, Blackpool’s £100m flagship regeneration scheme.
Developer Blackmore Group has opened a show home at its Alston Bank scheme overlooking Alston Reservoirs in Longridge, declaring that the first phase of the 54-home scheme will be completed this summer.
