Local children and staff from Woodhouse Park Family Centre in Wythenshawe joined the MIX MANCHESTER team to install a series of special bug hotels for the mini beasts at the 60-acre site at Manchester Airport. The children, aged 5-11, and their care team helped to create and decorate 20 bug … [Read more...]
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Manchester Airport Transformation Programme reaches latest milestone
Work on Manchester Airport’s £1.3 billion Transformation Programme has reached its latest milestone with the installation of a two-storey link bridge at Terminal Two. The bridge will connect the existing terminal building to a new ‘pier’ currently under construction, which will offer extra … [Read more...]
Luxury Prestbury apartments set to be among the North’s most expensive flats
A development of six luxury apartments in Prestbury are expected to become among the most expensive flats in the entire North of England when they complete later this year. The Fairways scheme, overlooking Prestbury Golf Club has been designed and built by Prestbury Estates, with backing of a … [Read more...]
Work begins on new Local Plan for Cheshire East
Cheshire East Council has begun work on a new Local Plan for the borough, which will help inform planning decisions and development through to the 2040s. A 12-week consultation is underway to hear from residents, businesses and other stakeholders as to the issues future local planning policies … [Read more...]
Cheshire East Council completes Handforth road improvement scheme ahead of schedule
Cheshire East Council has completed the second phase of the Handforth road improvement scheme two and a half weeks ahead of schedule. Work began on 8th January to deliver enhanced enhanced cycling and pedestrian provision, with wider footways, new drainage, kerbing, road markings and additional … [Read more...]
Work starts on latest phase of Handforth highway improvements
Cheshire East Council has begun the latest phase of highway improvements to roads in Handforth to enhance provision for cyclists and pedestrians. Cheshire East Council completed the first stage of works between Spath Lane in Handforth and the A555 Manchester Airport Link Road ahead of schedule in … [Read more...]
Cheshire East Council to update planning guidance to protect natural habitats and biodiversity
Cheshire East Council is urging developers to follow new guidelines for protecting natural habitats and promoting biodiversity. The council is conducting a four-week consultation on a draft supplementary planning document that aims to reduce the impact of new housing and commercial property … [Read more...]
Key construction sectors poised for recovery, finds industry monitor
Planning activity in the key sectors is showing signs of an upturn in the economy according to construction industry monitor, Glenigan. Analysis by Glenigan has found that there is a significant volume of schemes in the UK expected to start in the next 12 months in the key sectors of … [Read more...]
New training schemes launch to improve skills in low-carbon heating
Two new government-backed training schemes have launched that could see up to 12,000 people in England gain skills in installing insulation and low-carbon heating. Up to 8,000 people, including current installers and those new to the industry, will be able to develop skills needed to retrofit … [Read more...]
Planning approval for Macclesfield apartment scheme
Cheshire East Council has approved plans for 47 apartments and two retail units to be built on the site of the derelict Old Kings Head pub on Chestergate in Macclesfield town centre. Plans will see the existing structures on the site demolished, with a four-storey apartment building built in … [Read more...]
£1.6 million upgrade complete at Wilmslow Station
£1.6 million worth of restoration work to Wilmslow Station's Victorian platform canopies has now completed after work began in February 2022. Network Rail teams have been undertaking the upgrades across all four platforms at the station, which first opened in 1842. When repair work began at the … [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...]