Halton’s financial situation ‘unsustainable’ as budget shortfall widens

Owned by the HBD and Feldberg Capital joint venture Origin, the two sheds leased to the online wine retailer are based at the £100m APTUS.

Leaving Studio Power, Jyh Lee has joined the Ashton-under-Lyne-based firm as director of design and architecture.

Citing challenging trading conditions across the industry as well as cash-flow pressures caused by project delays, the Oldham-based light gauge steel frame specialist announced today that it had filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.

The former Swinton Park Golf Club off the East Lancs Road could be redeveloped into 700 homes under plans worked up by the land promoter, which acquired the site nine years ago. 

The initial stages of work are underway at the 300-acre residential scheme, with Manchester and Cheshire Construction kicking off the creation of a gateway to the development a couple of weeks ahead of schedule.

Thirteen acres of Green Belt land off Shakespeare Road on the southern fringe of the Stockport town are the subject of plans for a mix of one- to four-bed affordable properties. 

The local council has had its decision to reject plans for a log flume and 77-metre tall fairground ride upheld by the Planning Inspectorate.

The housebuilder has submitted plans for 192 homes as part of a wider 1,500-home masterplan east of Royton in Oldham.

Lawrence Kenwright has been banned from running companies until 2031 just weeks after the Serious Fraud Office dropped an investigation into the Liverpool property developer.

Vote before the end of 26 August to have your say on the building that has had the greatest impact on the city.

Eric Wright Construction is making headway on turning the grade two-listed Amounderness House into offices, having installed a mezzanine deck. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice is looking to convert offices in the nearby Marshall House into a series of hearing courts.

The HSBC building on Victoria Square is now owned by the local authority as it presses ahead with plans to overhaul the town centre in partnership with Federated Hermes.

Interested parties have until 28 September to weigh in on the strategic spatial framework before the document is set to government for examination.

Liquid Funding Business, which owns the former Stocktons Furniture store site, and JV partner Relentless Developments have worked with SimpsonHaugh Architects to come up with revised proposals for the build-to-rent scheme.

Siding with the developer over the city council, the Planning Inspectorate has permitted the development of a 50,600 sq ft care home, a 4,300 sq ft community hall, and up to 167 homes on 25 acres of open countryside in Broughton.

The three North West local authorities will now have to treat residential planning applications with a presumption in favour of approval, formulate an action plan to stimulate residential delivery, and add a 20% buffer to their housing land supply.

A community facility serving Broughton’s Orthodox Jewish community, alongside 24 houses, and five assisted living flats, is proposed on a long-vacant plot off Bury New Road.

A comprehensive assessment of the condition of the grade two-listed former Everton Library on the corner of Beacon Lane and St Domingo Road is to begin next month and will support plans to restore the building.

Arup has been appointed by the local authority to update the masterplan for the wider station area and to formulate a strategic outline business case envisioning how its buildings, concourse, and public realm could be improved.