£135m Warrington shed given the go-ahead

Practical completion has been reached on the 131,000 sq ft Manchester Science Park building, billed as Bruntwood SciTech’s most scientifically capable asset in the city.

Great Places Housing Group has wrapped work on Dovecote House off Laystall Street, two years after main contractor Eric Wright Construction started on site.

A new-build scheme just off Winckley Square and conversion of the Miller Arcade’s upper floors are joined by a site in Broughton, with each of the proposals set to be signed off next week.

The partnerships housebuilder has handed over the redeveloped former Foxfield School site in Moreton.

Hear from Bruntwood, Kings Chambers, Manchester City Council, the National Wealth Fund, CBRE, Trafford Council, Allies and Morrison, GMCA, and Asteer Planning at this popular annual briefing on Thursday 3 September in Manchester.

Main contractor Conlon Construction gave the 1970s East Estate building a much-needed refresh, giving it a full internal strip-out and reconfiguring the educational facility to include a mix of modern seminar rooms, a Bloomberg Suite, informal study areas, café, and more.

Providing 560,000 sq ft of outdoor storage space, the Ditton Road site is let to Jaguar Land Rover.

After a decision on the application was deferred earlier this month so that a site visit could be conducted, the city council’s planning committee will determine plans to convert Chestnut House Care Home for education use next week.

A trio of sites around the housing provider’s East Manchester headquarters off Oldham Road are earmarked for redevelopment into 154 affordable homes.

Plans to convert a vacant 35,000 sq ft warehouse off Sherbourne Street into an indoor sports facility featuring eight courts for the fast-growing game have been refused.

The conversion of Breeden House and Regency Court will bring 108 apartments to the town centre. Elsewhere, a 101-home proposal for Holmes Chapel was rejected, with concerns raised by neighbouring employer Bespak joining an objection from Jodrell Bank.

Plans have been lodged for a 23,000 sq ft joint facility for Flintshire and Denbighshire’s councils, to be delivered next to the Theatr Clwyd in Mold’s civic quarter.

In the spotlight over recent defeats at appeal, the council’s planning committee has voted in line with officers in refusing one scheme, and gone against them in opposing another.

Acting for Recognise Bank, receiver Watling has sold the Merseyside residences to the Liverpool-based investor and developer.

Bridgemere Group and subsidiary Castle Green Homes have been granted permission to challenge the Department for Transport’s decision to delay the approval of the developers’ 330-home scheme on land in Warrington that could accommodate a section of the proposed Northern Arc rail scheme.

Boost your ‘back to school’ preparations now with a glance at our calendar of Place events, featuring development briefings on the Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire markets, as well as the North of England at MIPIM Update, and much more.

A 65-bed capacity nursing home and 84 apartments across two schemes have been rubber-stamped by the city council’s planning committee.

Having officially ditched plans for a school on the site earlier this year, the council has appointed Cheshire Leisure to restore the 1930s building and bring it back into use as a community fitness facility with a pool.

Liverpool Football Club must try again to win council backing as it looks to make permanent a road closure behind the expanded Anfield Road stand.