£350m Stockport 8 clears first bats, buses hurdles

Claire House Children’s Hospice off Honey’s Green Lane in West Derby will increase in size significantly as the charity bids to grow its reach amid rising demand.

Having secured approval at appeal in 2023, the developer is now seeking to make a start on the 75-apartment Blackbird Yard.

Tries, tickets, and tents.

After a nervous, nearly six month-wait, Sefton Council has received confirmation that the money promised to mend the grade two-listed structure has been signed off by the Department for Business and Trade.

Optimising road layouts, improving traffic signal junctions, and upgrading pedestrian accessibility are the core components of the Town Centre Access Scheme, which began this week.

The Manchester neighbourhood was one of 40 communities to secure a place on the expanded Pride in Place programme, which will see a total of 284 areas receive financial support for improvement works over the course of 10 years.

Imperial Court, located off Exchange Street and once home to HMRC, is to be converted into 106 apartments under plans drawn up by Seth Real Estate.

BAM, Morgan Sindall Construction, Robertson Construction, Mountain Earth, Wates, and Krol Corlett Construction were among the 53 contractors named to the North West framework, which is managed for Wirral Council.

The landlord of the grade two-listed Eastgate Street venue said it stands ready to invest in the asset after operator Bespoke Hotels announced plans to close it later this year.

The Lancashire-based developer has built 1,000 homes since its foundation in 2020 and is planning another 64 off Bolshaw Road in the Stockport suburb.

Dechra is understood to be close to agreeing terms on a 15,000 sq ft deal at £48/sq ft at Bruntwood SciTech’s No3 Circle Square.

The strategic land company has sought outline permission to build on a seven-acre greenfield site off Church Road in the village of Weeton.

Set to be home to almost 9,000 civil servants once complete in 2032, the two-building scheme will be constructed on part of the former Central Retail Park.

Bolton is turning years of concepts and plans into real places that are transforming the town centre, the council’s leader said at a conference marking the start of a new wave of regeneration.

Plans have been submitted for a mix of 248 apartments and townhouses surrounding a nearly two-acre park on the shopping centre site, a project that has received £24m from the £2bn Greater Manchester Good Growth Fund.

A site from Onward Homes and another from Torus Developments will become testbeds for a national programme to provide digitally manufactured, standardised kits of parts to speed up the delivery of sustainable social housing, schools, hospitals, and more.

With the first phase of workspace within the Manchester scheme fully let at the city’s highest rents, Relentless and Salboy are anticipating similar appetite for phase two, where rents are expected to exceed £55/sq ft.

The grade two-listed building in Moses Gate Country Park is to be brought back into use as a visitor centre run by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust.

VINCI Building’s work on phase one of Sefton Council’s flagship regeneration programme will enable a new Mons Square and improvements around the Salt and Tar events space, which could also be added to with a permanent indoor venue.