Planit wins further Salford work

Bridgemount Developments’ hopes of building a neighbourhood at the former Fisons site in Holmes Chapel are likely to be scuppered by the Jodrell Bank observatory’s objection on astronomical grounds.

The near 14-acre plot off Myerscough Smithy Road in the village of Mellor Brook could host a neighbourhood should South Ribble Council grant the housebuilder consent to develop the land.

Hyndburn Council’s cabinet has signed off a compulsory purchase order process and the appointment of Eric Wright Civil Engineering as pre-construction contractor to open up a site earmarked for 1,800 homes.

The city council has appointed CBRE as it looks to take the recently acquired, long-problematic site to market for a mixed-use regeneration scheme.

Portal Construction NW has finished the £7.5m warehouse and distribution unit on a three-acre site within Knowsley Business Park.

Delivered in Prestatyn by the contractor for Denbighshire County Council, the flood protection works have been finished nine months ahead of schedule.

Primary Health Properties has outbid rival team KKR and Stonepeak with a shares and cash offer valuing the Altrincham-headquartered healthcare property business at £1.79bn.

Stockport Council will consider proposals from Happy Valley Camping to add to its permitted 60 days a year of business.

Bring the curtain down on the first half of the year in style and take the chance to relax and unwind at Place’s Manchester get-together in July – an unmissable event that doubles up as a party marking sole-sponsor GIA’s 10th year in the city.

The facility will support the relocation of storage and removals firm P Fahey and Sons from sites in Trafford and Holt Town that are earmarked for regeneration.

Having changed hands earlier this year, the Promenade hotel is now the subject of multi-million-pound overhaul plans that could see it reopen next year.

Sculptures, Romans, and vinegar.

The housebuilder’s plans for a sustainable community in Christleton are being put to locals to inform a planning application for the 25-acre site, which Bloor hopes to submit later this year.

McLaren Construction has handed over a 92,000 sq ft unit at World Freight Terminal to Columbia Threadneedle.

A hybrid application for the construction of 12 supported housing units alongside a 70-bed care home in Congleton has been put to Cheshire East Council.

A facility that would have produced 28MW of power from the gas for industrial use, tying into the HyNet pipeline network, has been effectively shelved after it was not selected for a Low Carbon Hydrogen Agreement.

The developer secured outline consent for a up to 560,000 sq ft on a 26-acre site at Heywood Distribution Park in May and has now firmed up its intentions for the scheme.

Once a neighbourhood housing Polish servicemen and women during and after the Second World War, the Llyn Peninsula site is now to undergo a ClwydAlyn-led redevelopment, with contractor Bala Homes ready to start work on the 44-unit phase one, working towards the complete 107-home scheme.

The publication of the 106-page document served to reaffirm several initiatives already announced but revealed little new about Labour’s plans to fix the foundations of the nation.