Land Studio boosts ecology team

The Wrexham Gateway Partnership, borne out of Wrexham Council, Transport for Wales, Wrexham University, and the Welsh Government, is set to deliver an improvement project along the Mold Road corridor.

Warrington Council Leader Hans Mundry and Welsh Government capital investment lead Rhys Parry will be among the speakers at Place’s June event, highlighting opportunities for development.

Westchurch Homes, Bury Council, and Keepmoat are among the latest to support Mind the Gap, which aims to spur the government into providing meaningful grant support to unlock stalled projects and get the North building.

The Xplore Science Discovery Centre is looking for funding support to help realise the vision for seven new learning zones.

Stena Line-owned property company Anglesey Land Holdings’ intends to repurpose a derelict aluminium smelting site into an R&D, office, and data centre facility, known as Prosperity Parc.

Small and medium sized housebuilders are uniquely placed to play a starring role in addressing the UK’s housing crisis and contribute to the government’s ambitious homes target, according to Andrew Evans and John Wybar of VM Finance.

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Increased in ambition from a proposal approved in 2022, the 5,500-capacity stand has been designed by Populous, the current darling of venue architecture.

Replacing the derelict Bee Hotel with a college building is proposed as the initial phase of Abergele Western Gateway, plans for which are now with Conwy Council.

The next phase of the Morlais Tidal Energy project would increase the scheme’s grid capacity from 18MW to 240MW, giving it the potential to power 180,000 Welsh homes.

A combined project will see upgrades across Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum, while the Venue Cymru scheme will enhance the largest Welsh arts centre outside Cardiff.

Housing provider ClwydAlyn has said that work to demolish the Penrhos Polish Village in Pwllheli and deliver 107 replacement homes will begin “imminently” following the appointment of a contractor for the scheme.

Education provider Coleg Cambria has proposed the construction of a student accommodation building to Denbighshire Council at its Llysfasi campus, near Ruthin.

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Known as Glöyn Byw, or ‘Butterfly’, the solar array would be built on land to the south of Wrexham and have the potential to power more than 33,000 Welsh homes.

The 5,500-capacity stand has been designed by Populous, the architect behind the new Wembley and the £1.2bn Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Ambition North Wales and both local authorities have welcomed the Chancellor’s rubber-stamping of a £160m investment over 10 years, earmarked to grow advanced manufacturing in the area.

Allsop has put a guide price of £1.9m to £2m on the 109,000 sq ft White Rose shopping centre, which goes to auction on 6 February.

Councillors led by Cllr Marc Jones have reacted angrily to a Welsh Government appeal to the Supreme Court, the latest stage of a long-running row over Wrexham’s local plan.