Dan Whelan

Manchester, Salford

Deputy Editor at Place North West

Deputy editor @PlaceNorthWest. Writing about the built environment 🏗️ 🏢 [email protected] Views are mine

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Articles

Aldi appeals Bolton rejection

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

The supermarket giant was refused permission to build 20,000 sq ft store close to Bolton Wanderers’ Toughsheet Stadium last year. Aldi has appealed this rejection, which was handed down by the committee against the recommendation of officers two and a half years after the application was submitted. Bolton Council will now have to decide whether to contest the appeal. Defeat could incur significant costs to the authority.
Agents appointed to sell ‘once-in-a-generation' Salford Quays resi site

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

Frogmore is looking for a buyer for Cotton Quay, a site earmarked for 1,500 homes that the developer has previously described as “the best” in Salford. CBRE and Vandermolen Real Estate have been instructed to sell the eight-acre Cotton Quay on Salford’s waterfront. Posting on LinkedIn, CBRE director Will Atherton described the site as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape a new waterfront destination in Manchester”.
THING OF THE WEEK

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

FRANKLY SPEAKING… It’s difficult not to love Frank Rothwell, the charismatic owner of Oldham Athletic FC who three years after rescuing his hometown club saw them return to the Football League last weekend. Already in the record books as the oldest man to row the Atlantic solo, Rothwell’s latest slightly madcap scheme is to bring a giant steel gear wheel, signifying Oldham’s history, to a site close to the M60 in Hollinwood.
Chorley planning department off govt naughty step

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

The council was admonished in 2023 for its record on determining planning applications but has since made sufficient improvement to warrant having its powers reinstated. Then-secretary of state Michael Gove designated Chorley Council in December 2023 for “persistent under-performance” in relation to its planning department. At the time, Chorley had seen more than 15% of its refusals overturned at appeal between October 2020 and September 2022.
M&G banks more than £80m for pair of Greater Manchester office assets

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

101 Embankment in Salford and One Portland Street in Manchester have been sold to investors Melford Capital and Midos respectively. In the last few days, M&G has finalised deals to offload a combined 240,000 sq ft of office space in Manchester across two buildings. The 180,000 sq ft 101 Embankment sold for around £75m, while One Portland Street was bought for £7.5m. Melford, based in Guernsey, has snapped up 101 Embankment for £5m under the asking price.
Great Places secures £225m financing

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

The housing association will use 10-year facilities from Natwest, Santander, and Nationwide to build 4,000 new homes and refurbish its existing stock. Great Places Housing Group, one of the region’s most active registered providers when it comes to delivering new-build homes, has borrowed £50m from NatWest, £75m from Santander, and £100m from Nationwide.
Homes England picked for Liverpool’s Canning Place regen

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

The government’s housing agency has been selected as the preferred bidder for the site, located next to Liverpool ONE and viewed as one of the region’s most attractive development opportunities. Merseyside’s police and crime commissioner has chosen Homes England out of 13 bidders for the 2.64-acre Canning Place, which houses the police force’s former HQ.
VIDEO | Crescent Salford: Inclusive growth in action

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

The £2.5bn Crescent Salford masterplan is one of the country’s largest and most ambitious regeneration schemes. Project partners ECF, Salford City Council, and the University of Salford are hard at work turning the vision into a reality for the benefit of local people. Featuring 1.5m sq ft of innovation workspace, 2.5m sq ft of new and improved public realm, and 3,000 homes, the masterplan aims to transform a chunk of the city that has for years punched below its weight.
Mayoral clout to unlock glut of GM mega-projects moves closer

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

Next week, Salford City Council’s cabinet is expected to approve the creation of a Mayoral Development Zone for the Western Gateway growth location, which encompasses several large regeneration projects in the city and neighbouring Trafford. The Western Gateway has been identified as having “significant potential” for a “transformative programme of employment space, housing, and culturally led regeneration”, according to a Salford City Council cabinet report.
Liverpool approves ‘critical’ Pall Mall intervention

3 weeks ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

The city council has agreed to use £15m of government funding to get the first phase of an office development in the central business district away, a move the authority hopes will boost investor sentiment. Place North West revealed at the end of May that Liverpool City Council had put together a strategy to deliver the 111,000 sq ft first office at Pall Mall, which had stalled due to viability constraints.