Cadent unveils plan for 90-mile hydrogen pipeline

West Midlands-based development and construction consultancy Creative Developments has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Alan Green.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council says some of the city’s most important buildings could be lost forever, unless over £300m of investment is found to save it.

Councillors in Wolverhampton say the city now stands at the forefront of a green industrial revolution, after outline plans for a low-carbon manufacturing zone were approved. 

Vacant former industrial units in central Birmingham will get a new lease of life as more than 200 apartments, after city council planners unanimously approved proposals.

Luxury student accommodation provider Study Inn will start work on student accommodation in south Birmingham, after agreeing a land deal with owners Calthorpe Estates.

Work on a 285,000 sq ft purpose-built distribution centre near Daventry has now begun, after UK dairy group Arla Foods announced a tie up with XPO Logistics.

Cllr Adrian Andrew has called for beefed-up government measures to bring derelict land back into use more quickly, as the authority zeroes in on its brownfield-first housing development strategy.

An agreement for the regeneration of thousands of homes on a Birmingham estate will be drawn up – after the city council’s cabinet approved plans to award the scheme to Lovell.

Nottingham City Council says regeneration plans for a market town in the north-west of the city are taking shape, around three months after work began on the scheme.