Eden and Lancaster Uni strike partnership deal

Godwin Developments has acquired a 1.3-acre site within the Trinity Quarter intervention area for an undisclosed sum.  

Manchester City Council’s executive is to agree a strategic regeneration framework for the area between Blackfriars Street and Bridge Street, including plans to improve Parsonage Gardens and demolish the 18-storey Albert Bridge House.

The budget supermarket chain has earmarked a string of locations in which it wants to open stores as part of plans to grow its UK portfolio.

A consultation has opened on a masterplan for Southport that proposes new leisure attractions, investment in conferencing and theatre space, waterfront living, a transport interchange and high street regeneration.

Plans for 117 homes across 12 acres in Briercliffe, north-east of Burnley town centre, have been approved after the developer scaled back its proposal following refusal last November. 

Three sites are to be added to Manchester's First Street development framework, providing scope for more than 1m sq ft of commercial space, including an office tower at Little Peter Street. 

The body responsible for the city’s innovation district has launched a strategic vision to guide its direction and expansion over the next five years.

Manchester City Council is pulling together a bid for financial support from Whitehall to help it progress key regeneration schemes including the £1.4bn Mayfield and the £1bn Northern Gateway.

The decision to grant planning permission to Zip World for a £4m scheme to install a 400-metre wire between St Johns Beacon to Liverpool Central Library has met with criticism from commentators.