Julia Hatmaker

Kellen Homes, Great Places Housing Group, and Sigma Capital Group will work together with Peel Land to deliver the Mosley Common masterplan, which includes a series of distinctive neighbourhoods, three parks, and a transport hub in Tyldesley.

Councils will have 12 weeks from today to ensure new local plans are up-to-date with the revised National Planning Policy Framework, which reintroduces mandatory housing targets, requires Green Belt reviews, and increases the number of years for which authorities must demonstrate a housing land supply.

Property professionals across the North universally welcomed the revised National Planning Policy Framework, especially its changes to the Green Belt.

Story Contracting Cubby Construction, and SGC Civil Engineering are three of the companies to land a spot on the water company’s list of approved contractors for infrastructure improvements.

Poor structural conditions mean that the current bridge linking North Wales and the North West has a limited lifespan. With 68,400 vehicles utilising the bridge a day, building a new one will be mandatory.

Housing applications that comply with local plans could be decided by council planning officers rather than politicised committees according to proposals unveiled by deputy prime minister Angela Rayner yesterday.

Designed by Planit, the city council’s proposed 2.25-acre park on the former Central Retail Park site in Ancoats would include terraced gardens, play areas, and a lawn.

Energy company EDF has committed a further £1.3bn investment into its five nuclear power stations in the UK, increasing the operational life of four facilities in the process.

The JD Sports brand will open a 12,000 sq ft store next weekend at the popular shopping centre off Market Street in the city centre.

Replacements for Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary could be built on land near Farington and in Bailrigg East, respectively.