Preston approves 75 homes, community centre

Celeb spotting, Lagertowns, and summit scalings.

Permission has been secured for the proposals, which will enable the retailer to push forward with plans for more than 1.6m sq ft of development at Wrexham Industrial Estate.

Wheels have started turning once more on one of the most prominent plots within the Baltic Triangle, with landowner Davos Property Developments and build-to-rent developer Brickland lodging an environmental impact assessment screening opinion for the site bound by Chaloner Street and Upper Parliament Street.

Trinity Renovations has been appointed to lead the conversion of the former hotel on Third Avenue into apartments.

Having given a 2025 consent for 24 apartments above The Albert and The Lion pub, the council has now approved a further 38 residences on the top floors.

The housebuilder is asking for feedback on plans for safeguarded land off Cronton Lane, with redevelopment of the former JLR sports club alongside.

Major Padel Club is in talks to occupy more than 40,000 sq ft at Vauxhall Trading Estate off Greg Street.

Luis North has been promoted to operations director at the Stockport-headquartered civil and structural engineering firm.

The new-build 32,500 sq ft automotive and construction-focused facility will be around 50% larger than the buildings it will replace at the Coleg Llandrillo site off Cefndy Road.

A planning inspector has agreed that 95 homes off Garstang Road would represent a major development in a rural setting, rebuffing appellant Gladman’s bid to overturn an October 2025 refusal.

The latest part of Manchester City’s £300m Medlock Square entertainment complex is tipped for approval next week, along with a Cornbrook office conversion and a North Manchester mosque.

Chester Road roundabout is due to become grocery central, provided the discount retailer secures permission from the county council to build a 21,200 sq ft store just a few minutes’ walk from its supermarket rivals in the village of Broughton.

The 134-acre Ince site was acquired last March to enable expansion of the Protos energy park.

The £69.4m Old Adelphi would see three blocks of apartments, including 112 affordable homes, built on a three-acre site that was once home to two notable and now-demolished structures: the listed Adelphi Building and the Stirling Prize-winning Centenary Building.

Linden Hill Capital Management can press ahead with plans to speculatively redevelop the former John Mason International facility off Wilson Road close to both the M57 and M62.

Spread across three sites in Cumbria and Lancashire, the government’s housing delivery vehicle estimates that the plots have capacity for 287 homes.

With the utility services company taking an additional 8,600 sq ft, the first two phases of the Tandem Investment-owned office block in Stockport are 97% let.

Industrial cleaning supplies business Davis & Moore has acquired a 42,500 sq industrial building as part of an ongoing expansion strategy.

The 81-bedroom Mercure-branded hotel and spa in Castleton, close to Rochdale, is up for sale.