Persimmon progresses 450-home Wirral proposal

The developer has enlisted SimpsonHaugh as its architect for One St John’s, aiming for 385 homes at the vacant Albert Shed site at New Quay Street.

Cabinet minister and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy insisted the council’s opposition to some large-scale employment schemes in the Green Belt does not mean the authority is anti growth.

Construction work has started on a £5m dialysis centre at Aintree University Hospital, where the NHS is working with Fresenius Medical Care.

The Labour chancellor promised a new age of British industrialisation today, as he outlined the government’s focus on AI, advanced manufacturing and defence ahead of his first budget.

Three new-build blocks and the redevelopment of the distinctive 100,000 sq ft Ardwick building are planned for the Hathersage Road site.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund has completed the sale of its 50% interest in th build-to-rent element of the Manchester development to joint venture partner Vita Group.

Ahead of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech at the party conference on Tuesday, the government has announced a trio of programmes to get the housing market moving, support community businesses, and bring vacant properties back into use.

Set across 430 acres of brownfield stretching from the city centre’s waterfront to Everton FC’s Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool North Docks Mayoral Development Corporation will help lead the delivery of up to 17,000 homes and 5m sq ft of commercial and employment space.

Following the success of Stockport’s mayoral development corporation, Greater Manchester Combined Authority gave the go-ahead on Friday for four more to turbocharge regeneration across the north of the city region.

Starting in March, the rail operator will return to public ownership.

Zentra Group has signed a replacement building contract with the firm to complete a 129-apartment Manchester development following the administration of former main contractor Torsion Construction.

Main contractor Galliford Try is lined up to begin work on the Planit-led redesign of the Manchester public space, now that planning permission has been granted by the city council.

Located on Liverpool’s King Edward Street, the facility printed its last newspaper in 2008.

HEIM Global Investor is in advanced talks to fund both apartment blocks within one of the first schemes to come forward in the £7.3bn Old Trafford Regeneration masterplan.

Having worked locally, regionally and nationally – and across housing, economic development, health, and public service reform – it’s frustrating to see how we fail as a country to deliver the places (and homes) people need, writes Mike Palin.

With the two-year exclusivity deal between Sefton Council and the resort developer having concluded, the local authority is off to see if there’s a better option for the former park and ride on the town’s Esplanade.

Fast food, talking trees, and captain contributions.

After nearly two months of spirited back-and-forth between the two companies, the Rotherham-based developer’s board has succumbed to Peel’s persistence in becoming the majority shareholder after receiving a best and final offer.

The hospitality giant has triggered the addition of hotel rooms at the Sir Henry Segrave on Lord Street, with the ground floor pub also set for a refurbishment.