In its push to achieve housing targets, the government is exploring the option of lowering the cost of CPOs – but will this well-trodden path be effective? Plus: the differing fortunes of speculative offices and data centres.

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Despite delays to the promised government reforms on planning, housing minister Matthew Pennycook has outlined ambitions to bring back regional spatial strategies. Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into the how and why. Plus - rent controls and Manchester offices.

This week on Scheming, arguably Manchester’s most influential architect chats with Place North West about his love of glass, working with Renaker to transform the city’s skyline, and his ambitious vision for the city’s inner ring road.

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This week on Scheming, the founder and managing director of Cert Property chats with Place North West about how the 2008 financial crash forced him down the development route, defying the market in Liverpool, and using creative industries as a driver for regeneration.

This week on Scheming, Liverpool City Council’s corporate director of city development chats with Place North West about looking to mainland Europe for placemaking inspiration, bringing a beach in London, and setting a new tone in Liverpool.

An architect by trade, Gallagher’s career has seen her work in New York, London, and plenty of other places in between. During the podcast, she talks about some of what she has learned with Place North West deputy editor Dan Whelan.

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This week on Scheming, Urban Splash director Nathan Cornish chats with Place North West about staying relevant, why he is worried about the next generation of property developers, and missing out on winning the £2.5bn Salford Crescent masterplan.

Speaking with Place North West deputy editor Dan Whelan, Cornish reflected on his 22 years at Urban Splash and discussed some of the highlights, including taking an area of Salford earmarked for the wrecking ball and transforming it into a trendy neighbourhood as well as his dream scheme: making Manchester the greenest city in the world.

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Despite the odds, the office market not only survived Brexit woes and Covid concerns - it positively thrived. But has Labour’s employer NI hike just spelt the end for the high-end office market? Plus: Peel ducks out at MediaCity and co-living picks up pace in Leeds.

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This week on Scheming, Manchester City Council’s head of regeneration for the Eastern Gateway Shelagh McNerney chats with Place North West about becoming obsessed with car parks, “completing Ancoats”, and why a public sector grounding is vital for young property professionals.

Speaking with Place North West deputy editor Dan Whelan, McNerney reflected on a 40-year career that has seen her flit between the public and private sectors to deliver impactful regeneration and discussed how the delivery of regeneration projects has changed over the years.

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This week on Scheming, Sheila Bird Studio founder Atul Bansal chats with Place North West about breathing new life into a forgotten Manchester gem and planning New York treehouses with Steven Bartlett.

Speaking with Place North West deputy editor Dan Whelan, Shelia Bird’s Bansal discussed getting inside the head of his clients and why the pandemic was “brilliant” for his business.

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Watch This Space founder Michelle Rothwell chats with Place North West about incredible feats of endurance, how her competitive streak has shaped her career, and developing something unique in the Lake District.

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