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Park-and-ride capacity will triple for commuters of the Leigh Guided Busway in Greater Manchester, once main contractor Jamieson Contracting completes the enhanced travel hub in October.

Hailed as the flagship of Wrexham University’s Campus 2030 vision, the 6,000 sq ft student union and start-up incubator hub is set for a September 2028 opening – nearly a decade after it received outline planning permission.

The mixed-use regeneration of the former shopping centre will get investment from the £2bn Good Growth Fund, the combined authority has said.

Network Rail has invested £20m in the critical year-long infrastructure project, a four-way roundabout joining central Stockport to Edgeley by road over the mainline railway.

The housing firm’s land arm has filed an Environmental Impact Assessment scoping report as plans for 500 homes at Lostock Hall Farm come together.

A consultation on new regeneration powers for Middleton, Oldham, and Ashton and Stalybridge will begin shortly.

Due to launch in the next few weeks, the Growth and Housing Accelerator Fund will provide local authorities with cash to build the transport infrastructure required to deliver previously unviable housing and commercial projects.

HSBC UK has become a strategic lender for the Liverpool-based registered social landlord, following completion of a five-year £60m loan facility.

Councillors made a bold stand against government’s Grey Belt policy during the latest planning committee meeting, voting to refuse Rowland Homes’ plans for a neighbourhood off Arthur Lane.

All 422 homes proposed in the first phase of the £500m regeneration of the area have been given the go-ahead following consent for the redevelopment of the former Alpha House site.

Manchester’s Maybrook House is to be refurbished as a 240-bed hotel under plans being worked up by landlord Deansgate Ventures.

Lovers, cakes, and inverted abodes.

After receiving either outright objections or concerns from all five local authorities that would ultimately host Glyndŵr National Park, the Welsh Government has decided to bring in Planning and Environment Decision Wales to evaluate the proposals.

As enabling work at the 50-acre Red Bank neighbourhood within Victoria North nears completion, the city council and development partner FEC have proposed a second temporary system to treat polluted ground water discovered in 2023.

Mark Rendell has joined the North West consultancy, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience honed while working on commercial, historic, health, and educational buildings in the UK and the United Arab Emirates.

More than 16,000 property professionals and public sector leaders will be gathering at Leeds’ Royal Armouries in May. Place can help you make the most of the convention, with an array of services to help your business stand out.

Having secured more than £40m from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to make the vision for redevelopment of the Longfield Centre a reality, the developer has tabled revised plans for more homes, a larger library, and a more generous public square.

Part of a wider £27bn investment in Britain’s roads over the next five years, the programme also includes upgrades to the perma-congested Simister Island in Bury as well as a link road in Wigan that could unlock thousands of homes.

Kellen Homes and Jigsaw Homes want to redevelop the Kirkmanshulme Road site into 152 affordable properties.