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Planning approval for 72,000 sq ft Bredbury logistics scheme

Developer Chancerygate, has been granted planning permission to build 72,000 sq ft of Grade A logistics and warehouse units in Bredbury. The Cromwell Park scheme will comprise nine units ranging from 2,300 sq ft to 59,500 sq ft, next to Allied Bakeries' manufacturing site on Bredbury Park … [Read more...]

The Forum Theatre to close temporarily

Performing arts organisation, NK Theatre Arts and Stockport Council have announced the temporary closure of The Forum Theatre due to the presence of Reinforced Aerated Autoclave Concrete (RAAC). The UK Government issued revised guidance on the treatment of RAAC in education settings on 31st … [Read more...]

Vita Group acquires First Street Estate site

Urban regeneration specialist and owner of Stockport County, Mark Stott's Vita Group has completed a deal with Manchester-based developer, Ask Real Estate, to acquire plot 10 at their First Street Estate. It follows Vita Group’s recently successful planning application to develop its first House … [Read more...]

85-bed nursing home proposed for former Marple call centre

A planning application has been submitted to turn a disused Marple office building into an 85-bed high dependency nursing home after having lain empty since 2010. Westwood Trading Estate was previously occupied by insurance call centre, Call 24/7, until 2008, and WNS until 2010 when the business … [Read more...]

Public engagement process begins on Marple Active Communities Hub

Following March's award of £20 million of Capital Levelling Up funding, Stockport Council has revealed that an engagement process on the Marple Active Communities Hub has now started. In the Council's latest update on the scheme, it revealed it will hold a series of stakeholder meetings with … [Read more...]

Construction monitor reveals continued decline in project starts

Construction sector monitor, Glenigan, has revealed a significant decline in construction starts in the three months to the end of July 2023 compared to the same quarter last year. Glenigan's quarterly index of construction starts saw only private housebuilding up on the previous quarter's … [Read more...]

New plans announced to accelerate development of new homes

Housing and Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove, has set out new plans to accelerate the development of new homes in areas where there is already local consent. Proposals aim to focus new development on inner-city and urban areas, rather than eroding countryside at the edges of towns, as well as … [Read more...]

Essential repairs progress at Merseyway Car Park

Stockport Council has begun the latest phase of essential structural repairs to the Merseyway Car Park in Stockport town centre. Work to the 'Orange Zone' of the car park (the main area of parking accessed from St Petersgate and the bridge over Chestergate) will take place from July through to … [Read more...]

Muse secures Great Place to Work certification for second year

Placemakers and development partners on Stockport Exchange, Muse, have secured Great Place to Work certification for the second year running. After first earning the certification in 2022, alongside being named one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, the regeneration specialists have again … [Read more...]