Grosvenor gets nod for Chester car park leisure

Wirral Council has awarded the Knowsley-based company a £610,800 pre-construction services agreement to line up the trading hall’s move to the former TJ Hughes building.

Simon Butler has been appointed as managing director – regional building at the multidisciplinary contractor, heading a host of internal promotions.

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has selected the Nobu-branded scheme, which features a 133-home social housing block, for a sizeable cash injection.

A busy day for NatWest: the bank has a launched a national £250m Section 106 Loan Fund and has also committed to a multi-million-pound loan to the Kendal-headquartered housing association to support the building of 253 affordable rental homes.

Wain Homes has secured a go-ahead vote from the council’s planning committee to build a neighbourhood on 14 acres of fields east of Prescot Road in Aughton.

The local authority has rubber-stamped a £1.3m improvement programme for the Fleetwood venue, also approving a grant to explore a training centre at the Hillhouse tech enterprise zone.

As it readies to begin the local plan process anew, the local authority is seeking suggestions for land to enable it to meet its 1,602 homes a year target.

Online Home Shop has secured a 327,000 sq ft fulfilment centre to support its growth ambitions.

Colloco is the latest commercial scheme to benefit from a cash injection from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s £2bn Good Growth Fund.

SES Engineering Services, which partners with Tier One contractors on complex jobs, has embarked on an annual campaign of marketing and business development services with Place North.

Blackpool Council is hoping to appoint a contractor by September to deliver a sports complex next to Bloomfield Road stadium.

Wain Homes and Quwwatul Islam Preston Muslim Society both secured positive votes for their projects, while Aylward Town Planning will have to wait longer to receive a verdict on its bid to convert the Preston Odeon Cinema into self-storage units.

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.