Sefton demurs on Formby Hall lodges

The developer has put forward proposals to add a further 43,250 sq ft over two plots at Knowsley Business park, including employment space and a petrol station.

FI Real Estate Management has secured a double deal at the site in Prenton, with two tenants taking 10,100 sq ft between them.

Sefton Council is set to back proposals to build 11 woodland lodges at Formby Hall Golf Resort, the latest in a series of major investments in the Green Belt site.

Mulbury and Magenta Living have put forward fresh plans for the 19-acre site, more than halving housing numbers from a previous application which would have seen the delivery of 624 homes.

A 28-apartment block replacing The Dell pub and a McDonalds restaurant in Prenton, both of which have attracted significant local opposition, are set to be signed off by the council next week.

Columbia Threadneedle has sold a 117,000 sq ft building in Birkenhead town centre to Gape Equity, which plans to deliver an office-to-residential conversion on the upper floors.

Element, the £8m second phase of development at Network Space’s Alchemy Business Park in Knowsley, has been completed by Caddick Construction.

The construction of a waste transfer station in Hale Bank has halted, after the parish council was granted permission to challenge Halton’s approval of the scheme in the High Court.   

Caddick Construction and developer Redsun have started work on the 125,000 sq ft project at Hooton Park after securing £7m from the North West Evergreen Fund and the Cheshire & Warrington LEP.