Manchester Right Now

Stockport was among the North West authorities that failed the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. The result means the council must prepare an action plan, add a twenty percent buffer to its housing land supply and apply a presumption in favour of sustainable development when considering residential proposals.

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• Stockport Faces Tougher Planning Rules After Housing Delivery Test — Place North West — 2026-08-17
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/location/greater-manchester/

Developers behind a build-to-rent proposal on the former Stocktons Furniture site in Ancoats have revised and reduced their skyscraper plans. The redesign follows work by the development team and SimpsonHaugh Architects on a scheme for one of the city's most closely watched regeneration areas.

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• Ancoats Tower Proposal Scaled Back — Place North West — 2026-08-18
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/location/greater-manchester/

Manchester's latest local plan is now in consultation, giving residents and organisations until late September to comment on the strategic framework that will guide development. The plan covers where housing, employment space and other major uses should be concentrated over the coming years.

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• Manchester Local Plan Consultation Runs Into Late September — Place North West — 2026-08-18
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/location/greater-manchester/

Barratt Redrow has submitted plans for 192 homes as part of the much larger Beal Valley masterplan east of Royton in Oldham. The wider plan is expected to accommodate around fifteen hundred homes over time.

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• Beal Valley Plan Adds 192 Homes to Oldham Pipeline — Place North West — 2026-08-18
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/location/greater-manchester/

A proposal in Leigh would combine three buildings off Railway Road into a 39-bedroom property designed to operate flexibly as hotel accommodation or a house in multiple occupation. The concept reflects changing demand for short-term stays and shared housing in town centres.

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• Leigh Buildings Could Become Flexible Hotel and HMO — Place North West — 2026-08-20
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/location/greater-manchester/

Plans have been advanced for a large new church off Chain Road in Blackley. World Mission Agency wants to demolish a former convent on the roughly two-and-a-half-acre site and build a two-storey church with capacity for about fifteen hundred people.

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• Blackley Plan Calls for Fifteen-Hundred-Capacity Church — Place North West — 2026-08-19
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/blackley-church-tipped-for-go-ahead/

The owner of the fire-damaged Robin Hood pub in Stretford has been fined over failures to repair the derelict structure. Place North West reports a penalty of eighteen thousand two hundred pounds while Trafford Council considers a separate attempt to convert the site into housing.

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• Fire-Damaged Stretford Pub Owner Fined Over Repairs — Place North West — 2026-08-20
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/

Transport for Greater Manchester is looking for a partner to finance, deliver and operate a housing project connected to the Bury Interchange redevelopment. The residential element is valued at around forty million pounds and is intended to add homes in the town centre beside major public transport connections.

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• Bury Interchange Housing Scheme Seeks Forty-Million-Pound Funder — Place North West — 2026-08-20
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/resi-funder-wanted-for-40m-bury-interchange-homes/

A regeneration site between Stalybridge rail and bus stations is moving forward after a demolition contractor was appointed. The site already has planning permission for 102 homes, and clearance work is the next visible step toward construction.

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• Stalybridge Housing Project Moves Into Demolition Phase — Place North West — 2026-08-21
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/momentum-builds-for-stalybridge-resi/

Manchester City Council has approved plans to refurbish Marlsbro House on Newton Street in the Northern Quarter. The proposal includes new brick cladding along with a restaurant, recording studio, private members bar, events space and roughly twenty thousand square feet of co-working space.

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• Northern Quarter's Marlsbro House Gets Revamp Approval — Place North West — 2026-08-21
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/sportswear-mogul-limbers-up-for-revamp-of-nq-eyesore/