Reds suffer defeat at committee

The housebuilder successfully won over the city council’s planning committee to secure a unanimous vote of approval for its proposals to build 44 homes off Ashton Road.

West Lancashire Council has told the developer that an environmental impact assessment will be required as it seeks to advance plans for 360 homes in Aughton.

EEH Ventures has let 150,000 sq ft to the operators within the shopping complex’s former Debenhams and M&S stores, as the shift from retail to leisure takes hold.

Going forward, a sharper focus on the country’s top 20 student cities, including Newcastle and Manchester, will see the student accommodation provider sell more than £300m of assets this year.

The contractor has completed a 10,000 sq ft modular outpatients facility next to the main entrance of the Crewe hospital.

The Great Portwood Street home to Dreams and B&M has changed hands, with the Cheshire company picking up the 18,500 sq ft complex for an undisclosed price.

HG Construction can commence building Far East Orchard’s 239-studio Apex scheme off Plymouth Grove.

The Planning Inspectorate’s decision to overturn the council’s rejection of Harrow Estates’ 84-acre extension of Woodford Garden Village has been upheld – but the legal challenge is not over yet.

Plans for 130 homes next to the Kings Moat garden village strategic allocation have been lodged with Cheshire West and Chester Council by the housebuilder.

A seven-acre triangular slice of brownfield land between St Helens and Sutton can be developed into a mix of two-, three-, and four-bed homes.

Plans submitted could see 302 homes, retirement and care provision, and community facilities brought to a site of close to 40 acres in the seaside Lancashire town.

Located close to Manchester Airport, the Whitbread-owned asset is to be increased in size from 87 rooms to 123.

Administrator FRP Advisory has tasked Sanderson Weatherall with finding a buyer for St Gerard’s in Bangor, which closed this month.

Industrial agency specialist John Sullivan has left Colliers after 10 years to join Cushman & Wakefield as a partner.

There has been radio silence on Arrowsmith Management’s plans for a 26-storey residential scheme next to the Britons Protection pub since they were lodged in 2022. Four years on, the proposal has been scrapped.

Part of the Department for Education’s Gen Zero Pathfinder programme, the 900-place secondary school’s structure will be made of cross-laminated timber.

Meridian 6 has secured its first occupier. Dino Decking is due to take 60,500 sq ft at the 517,400 sq ft complex, which is the subject of three recent reserved matters applications.

The 2.7-acre St Catherine’s Wood, part of the emerging 5,000-home Red Bank neighbourhood within Victoria North, welcomed its first visitors on Friday.

Fylde Council has granted the housebuilder permission for 40 homes off Bryning Lane, a scheme that dates back to 2016.