Manchester: A beeline for housing growth

Co-founder Tim Heatley is keen to ensure his company, remains a disruptor and maintains its edge as it seeks to make a mark in all corners of the country.

Having lost two appeals recently, the council’s director of planning has reminded members about the potential consequences of rejecting more proposals.

The housebuilder has secured consent for a 167-home development branded Cobblestone Wood from Warrington Council.

After serving as interim chief executive for the past seven months, Julie Murphy has formally taken on the role.

SES’s innovative event shows it’s serious about partnerships, bringing together manufacturers, consultants and subcontractors to work differently and more closely.

The construction firm headed up by Russell Schwarze has bought a site off Duncan Street with permission for 85 apartments.

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A newly formed joint venture between Hay Wain and TriOffice has picked up the nearly 32,000 sq ft building on the edge of St Peter’s Square.

The banking group’s private rental and shared ownership division has agreed a forward contract with Barratt Redrow to acquire the homes, which are due to be delivered by 2029.

Preferring to focus on partnerships with the public sector, the developer has exited the two joint ventures it had with Kamani Property Group.

Robert Bramwell-Carr has been brought on to lead the multi-disciplinary consultancy’s latest offering, joining from Tetra Tech.

The addition of an external staircase will allow the events venue to increase the maximum number of people it can accommodate at one time from 5,000 to 7,000.

Sophie Bevan has left the city council to take up a role as the housing provider’s project director of joint ventures and renewal.

Caddick Construction Group is boosting its marketing and business development in a programme of targeted activity with Place Media Group in 2027.

Salford City Council has approved plans for the development of 53 acres south of Leigh Road next to the horticultural destination.

The county will go from having 15 councils to four unitary authorities, pending Parliamentary approval.

The housebuilder has lodged plans to build a mix of apartments, terraced, semi-detached, and detached houses on a 6.5-acre plot in the Cheshire village.

Westmorland Farmshop & Co, the business behind Tebay Services and Gloucester Services, has secured an eight-figure funding package from the bank to support the development between Junction 7 and 8 of the M56 in Cheshire.

Also on the receiving end of a green light from Flintshire County Council: Castle Green’s second try at an affordable housing development at Quarry Farm and a padel complex in Buckley.