Julia Hatmaker

Situated next to Story House and opposite Chester Market, Kirkton House and its surrounding Hunter Street properties have been targeted for demolition applications for more than two decades. The latest attempt reimagines the site as 19 apartments.

Armed with a £650m commitment from national government, the combined authority is launching an independent economic review to outline the power and potential of the region – and plot out a course for its future.

Paul Thornton has joined the housebuilder’s Yorkshire team from Crest Nicholson.

It has been more than a decade since plans to redevelop the Royal Alexandra Hospital were put forward – and now the project is lined up to complete next summer.

Cumberland Council has passed the Department for Education’s application to demolish the school’s existing seven buildings and replace them with two new-build facilities totalling 137,000 sq ft.

The third time was, in fact, the charm, with Lancaster City Council voting on Tuesday to approve the housebuilder’s third rendition of plans for a neighbourhood on 12 acres of fields off Highland Brow.

For the fourth time in six years, the city has brought in more foreign direct investment projects than Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, or Newcastle upon Tyne, according to research by EY. However the number of FDI projects has dropped.

Rochdale Council and Rochdale AFC have partnered together to make over Bowlee Playing Fields, improving the 27-acre site’s drainage issues and creating the infrastructure needed for community sport to thrive.

The current profit-based model for building housing has not worked, argued the party’s deputy leader Rachel Millward at Housing 2026 in Manchester yesterday. Her solution is this: a new approach one that focuses on housing as a human right and as public infrastructure.

With the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority in play, Crewe is getting a much-deserved rethink, with a focus on not just the town centre but where it sits in a broader regional picture.