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Livv completes 49 affordable Sandymoor homes

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Charlie Valentine

Knowsley-based Leedex Construction led the £9.9m build, which will provide affordable rent homes for over 55s in Runcorn. To be known as Sandymoor Court, the apartment block, which now stands on four acres off Otterburn Street, will offer 44 one- and two-bedroom apartments and five accessible two-bedroom bungalows on nearby Pitts Heath Lane. The project, designed by PRP Architects, is Livv Housing’s first in Halton and was supported by both Halton Council and a £3m grant from Homes England.
Conwy care home to be demolished, rebuilt, and expanded

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Charlie Valentine

Rosewood Healthcare Group has pitched a replacement three-storey block with 50 en-suite bedrooms, a ground floor kitchen, a staff room, and amenity areas to the local authority. Proposals to be considered by Conwy County Council seek to demolish the existing care home building and replace it with a purpose-built, larger facility on the same half-acre plot at 13-17 Kenelm Road in Rhos-on-Sea.
Allan joins Gateley Legal as director

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

Richard Allan has left Irwin Mitchell after five years to join a rival firm. Gateley Legal has appointed Allan as legal director in its construction team. He will work alongside 220 colleagues out of the firm’s Manchester office. Allan will lead on dispute resolution in the construction, engineering, and energy sectors as well as providing advice to clients on fire safety issues in light of the Building Safety Act.
Hall & Co to clean up bleach works with 32-home project

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Charlie Valentine

Next week, Rochdale Council’s planning committee will consider proposals outlining the development of more than four acres of brownfield land off Bury and Rochdale Old Road into a residential neighbourhood. Hall & Co Developments wants to build a range of house types on the former Tack Lea Bleach Works site – three terraces, grouped in fours, would offer eight three-bed and four four-bed houses.
Oldham to approve 120-home snooker hall redevelopment

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

An apartment block rising to 11 storeys on the site of the former Riley’s building on King Street is expected to get the green light next week. Applicant Properties Ade 4, headed up by Mohammed and Saeed Aldallal, is already underway with the demolition of the former snooker hall and is seeking permission to build a 120-apartment block in its stead. Oldham Council has recommended the project for approval ahead of its planning committee meeting next week.
Wagamama lands unit at Preston’s £46m Animate

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Charlie Valentine

The Japanese restaurant chain will occupy a 4,125 sq ft unit at the Preston City Council-owned leisure scheme, which was delivered by Maple Grove Developments and opened in February. Wagamama has signed a 15-year lease for the unit that slots between Taco Bell and the Mad Giant Food Hall. Retail and leisure property specialists Bradys and Smith Young were the joint agents for the scheme. Work on the fit-out will begin imminently, with customers set to arrive by early summer.
ClwydAlyn’s £10m affordable Anglesey resi cracks on

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Charlie Valentine

St Asaph-based K&C Construction has broken ground at the site and will take on the MMC build, aiming to complete the project by spring 2027. Welsh developer ClwydAlyn invested £10.2m into the affordable scheme in partnership with Anglesey County Council, which will deliver 54 homes to Cae Bothan, off Porthdafarch Road in Holyhead. The development will offer potential Holyhead residents a range of 10 two-, 12 three-, and six four-bedroom houses.
Eccles regeneration gathers pace with £2.75m grant

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

Salford City Council wants to deliver 273 homes within the first phase of the redvelopment of the town’s shopping centre. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority will provide £2.75m from its brownfield housing fund to support the first phase of the Eccles regeneration project. According to a GMCA report, phase one will feature 215 homes for market sale and 56 designated as affordable, which is capped at 80% of market rate. Salford City Council was contacted for comment.
Liverpool approves PBSA to homeless accommodation switch

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Dan Whelan

A student scheme on Lower Gill Street developed less than 10 years ago is set to be transformed into emergency housing after the city council approved a charity’s plans for the building. Charity and housing provider YMCA Together lodged plans to convert the six-storey Pembroke Studios earlier this year amid dwindling demand from students. Developed in 2016 by Barry Ramm, the scheme, provides 61 student studios as well as 33 short-term lets on the upper two floors.
Third time’s a charm for Baltic Triangle block, BCP to take on stalled Devon Street

1 week ago | placenorthwest.co.uk | Charlie Valentine

Two schemes that could deliver around 400 flats in the city centre have been recommended for approval at next week’s Liverpool City Council planning committee meeting. Ascot Luxury Living has revived plans to demolish the existing one-storey carpet warehouse buildings on New Bird Street and redevelop it to provide a nine to 10-storey block hosting 194 apartments and six ground floor commercial units.