South Tyneside delivered 505 homes against a target of 949 and North Tyneside 1,504 against 2,306, putting both below the…
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Oldham has had no leader since May, and the government has now stepped in
Five failed votes since the May elections have left Oldham Council without a leader. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and…
Read MoreThe Trafford Centre is worth £1bn again, and a Canadian pension fund owns it
The Trafford Centre has been valued at £1.057bn, up £56.8m in a year, with footfall reaching 23.5 million visits. It…
Read MoreWigan pulls 5m sq ft of Green Belt employment land and tells Peel its masterplan is wrong
Wigan Council has withdrawn four Green Belt sites totalling around 5m sq ft of employment space from its local plan,…
Read MorePeel has now said what it would do with Harworth, and Rotherham should read it carefully
Peel's offer document sets out a six month strategic review of Harworth covering head office restructuring, faster asset disposals and…
Read MoreThe North Weekly, week to 8 August 2026: £583m for 15,000 acres, £71m into the ground, and the decisions holding it all up
Thirty stories from the week to 8 August 2026, read together. Peel bids £583m for Harworth and is refused, Teesside…
Read MoreA County Durham walled garden is the North’s only entry on the Stephen Lawrence Prize shortlist
MawsonKerr Architects' restoration of the Grade II-listed Walled Garden at Auckland Castle, converted into an education and community wellbeing centre,…
Read MoreRochdale approves a 74-bed care home, eight months after sending it away
Cityside's Sparth House on Manchester Road in Rochdale has been approved: 74 beds across four storeys, including 21 dementia beds,…
Read MoreYork Minster wants £30m for a museum, and it gets no government or Church funding to do it
Chapter of York has submitted plans to convert the Old Palace Library beside York Minster into a museum and education…
Read MoreAn inspector just overruled Durham on a 155-acre solar farm, and the reasoning matters
The Planning Inspectorate has allowed an appeal for a solar farm and battery storage at Hare Hill Farm near Haswell…
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