Raft of cycling schemes added to Bee Network plan

Wirral Council and Muse Developments have completed legal negotiations in order to form the Wirral Growth Company, created to take forward a £1bn regeneration plan across the borough.

Consultation on the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has just three days to run, bringing to a close a two-month process examining a plan described this week by Mayor Andy Burnham as supporting “ambitious levels of growth”.

A motion has been submitted by the local authority’s Conservative group ahead of Trafford Council’s meeting next week asking leader Andrew Western to pressure the Greater Manchester leadership over its proposed spatial framework.

Plans for a bus layover hub at Old Haymrket in Liverpool city centre have been approved, in the face of opposition from councillors and business figures including Signature Living’s Lawrence Kenwright.

Mayor Andy Burnham has issued a statement in response to comments made in Parliament by the minister of state for housing and planning over the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.

Sefton Council is on the hunt for a new chief executive after incumbent Margaret Carney announced she would step down in May.

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter has called for a major public housebuilding programme, as it reported that delivery of social homes in the North West has plummeted from 2,963 homes in 2009-10 to 519 in 2017-18.

Walter Menzies, a pioneering figure in sustainable development, has died aged 69.

The Preston city region is to receive £50,000 to develop a business case for transport improvements as it seeks to secure a share of £2.5bn Government funding.