Plans in for first phase of 1,270-home Tamworth scheme

The building consultancy is set to build on its Birmingham success with an East Midlands office as the firm strengthens its presence in the region.

After nearly two months of spirited back-and-forth between the two companies, the Rotherham-based developer’s board has succumbed to Peel’s persistence in becoming the majority shareholder after receiving a best and final offer.

The Lancashire-based promoter has acquired a development plot at Bretts Hall Farm, with potential for more than 300 homes.

A row of council-owned commercial buildings could be demolished to make way for a landscaped walkway, under fresh plans unveiled by the city council.

Since 1980, successive governments have introduced more than 60 initiatives to fix housing affordability, writes Jeremy Hinds of CivicScape. Yet 1.33m households remain on waiting lists, 176,000 children live in temporary accommodation, rents are rising and homes cost around eight times average earnings.

Lendlease has appointed architects to design an office and commercial building at one of Birmingham’s flagship regeneration sites.

Sandyford Properties has acquired the multi-let Hollies Business Park and Hollies Court in Staffordshire, part of a continued West Midlands growth push.

The Staffordshire housebuilder has submitted plans with North Warwickshire for the second phase of a residential development at Wood End.

Early plans to build more city offices and unlock development at ‘large, complex and viability constrained’ plots in the city have gone out for public consultation.