Extra trains for Birmingham as Chiltern heads for public control

Proposals by Redford Developments and Wavensmere Homes to develop Nottingham’s first purpose-built co-living block have been recommended for approval ahead of a meeting next week.

A supermarket and five trading units will be built at the site of a former engineering works, after councillors approved the German discounter’s development plans last night.

A ‘standout’ public park built on the site of an abandoned former Woolworths store in Kidderminster has been named Midlands project of the year by civil engineering association, CECA.

The move follows Peel’s purchase of a further 137,669 Harworth shares on 17 September, but Harworth’s board has unanimously rejected the 177.5p-a-share bid and urged shareholders not to accept it.

Swim England has completed a refurbishment of its headquarters at Loughborough University’s SportPark following a fit-out by Leicestershire-based consultancy Blueprint Interiors.

The Secretary of State will decide the fate of a planned extension to Albrighton, announcing the move two days after the opening of a planning inquiry into the scheme.

A former city centre ironworks with planning permission for more than 200 apartments has been put up for sale by receivers for the Godwin Group.

Outpost has completed its 27-storey Built-to-Rent development on Southside’s Lower Essex Street, the London-based firm’s first development outside the capital.

A major redevelopment of the City Ground has been approved by councillors in Rushcliffe.