Liverpool City Council has approved plans to convert the former HMRC office block at Imperial Court into 95 apartments, allowing the scheme to move toward a Gateway 2 submission to the Building Safety Regulator. The revised proposal includes changes to windows and cladding, with the ground floor retained for potential commercial uses and the scheme located within the Castle Street conservation area.
A revised proposal for a 68-bed care home in Handforth has returned to Cheshire East Council with officers now recommending approval after earlier concerns led to withdrawal. The scheme has been amended to address Green Belt, drainage, tree protection and biodiversity issues, with officers concluding that very special circumstances now outweigh Green Belt harm.
Cheshire West and Chester Council’s planning committee approved an outline application for a 20MW solar farm with battery storage near Frodsham, while refusing outline consent for 70 homes off London Road, Davenham. The housing scheme was rejected against officer recommendation after members raised concerns about countryside encroachment, flood risk information, agricultural land loss and effects on Peckmill Farm.
