Built Environment Networking Blog: North West News

Plans for Fallowfield campus redevelopment approved

The approved proposal will create modern, high-quality, purpose-built student accommodation on the Fallowfield campus. It forms part of a phased redevelopment to increase the supply of modern bedrooms and student socialising spaces to provide a supportive residential experience. The University of Manchester’s proposal to redevelop the Fallowfield Campus to provide more high-quality, modern student accommodation has […]

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Plans for mixed residential neighbourhood in Stockport revealed as first conversation launches with local community

Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) and the English Cities Fund (ECF) – a joint venture between Homes England, Muse and Legal & General – have launched the first community conversation on the £250million plans to create an exciting mixed residential neighbourhood to the west of Stockport town centre, currently known as Stockport 8. Located on […]

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Plans in for North West science park expansion

Plans for two new buildings for lab and office space at Alderley Park in Cheshire have been submitted totalling around 200,000 sq ft. Bruntwood SciTech is also seeking to redevelop an office building into 109 flats for graduates working in life sciences and technology sectors. Bruntwood SciTech wants to build 100,000 sq ft of lab […]

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Plans released for Manchester’s tallest skyscraper

Renaker, leading Manchester based developer, has unveiled plans for a 70-storey building in Manchester city centre. The plans include a 71-storey tower on plot D of the Great Jackson Street Development Framework, and would be higher than the 47-storey Beetham Tower and Deansgate Square East Tower in Manchester. The building will include 642 apartments, a […]

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Plans submitted for 23-storey Manchester BtR scheme

Plans have been lodged for an exciting new multi-million-pound sustainable build-to-rent (BTR) development in Manchester. Property investment and development company Zephyr X has submitted proposals to Manchester City Council for a 23-storey residential scheme at the corner of Carnarvon Street and Cheetham Hill Road in the city centre. The proposals by Zephyr X, which has […]

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Plans submitted for Crescent Innovation North

Following a major community consultation exercise, plans have been submitted to Salford City Council by The English Cities Fund (ECF) and the University of Salford to bring forward Crescent Innovation North – a key part of the wider £2.5bn, 252-acre Crescent masterplan. The Crescent Innovation North application covers an area of approximately 29 acres and […]

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Plans submitted for Multiversity campus

Plans for a new state of the art education campus in Blackpool town centre have been submitted. An outline planning application for a new Multiversity campus for Blackpool and the Fylde College has been submitted to Blackpool Council, showing a five storey campus on Cookson Street which could bring up to 3,000 new staff and […]

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Plans submitted for next stage of ‘transformational’ Stockport Exchange

Plans have been submitted to create the next chapter of the award-winning Stockport Exchange development. Stockport Council, working alongside national placemaker Muse, has submitted a planning application, which updates the previously approved masterplan for Stockport Exchange, and sets out detailed plans for the next phase – 4 Stockport Exchange, as well as outline planning for […]

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Plans submitted for Oldham health centre

The three-storey Shaw and Crompton Health & Wellbeing Hub would be able to provide medical care to more than 13,000 patients. If approved by Oldham Council, the United Healthcare Developments project would become the Oak Gables Partnership and Village Medical Practice. Both are currently based at Crompton Health Centre, a 1970s building with no room […]

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