An addition to the highly anticipated £100m nature plan for Manchester is amongst a list of significant developments planned for the city-region.
Manchester council recently announced plans for an extension to the CyanLines scheme in the city centre. The vision is Cyan to represent the merge of greenery and the waterways it would run along.
The latest addition would see the scheme extended towards the Etihad Campus in east Manchester.
Elsewhere there have been announcements for new Mayoral Development Corporations (MDCs) in Middleton and Oldham. In Middleton, the MDC consultation findings came with a shock announcement about a major council purchase that will help kickstart the project.
Bolton
Bolton council previously ordered the removal of the side extension at the former NatWest building on the corner of Church Street, Farnworth. Last month, the council published an enforcement notice ordering the unauthorised work to be ripped down.
Three metal lean-to shutters were recently installed along the side of the building. Bolton council has said no planning permission was previously applied for or approved for the work and has set a deadline for demolition and removal.
In the past week a retrospective planning application to formalise the work has been submitted. If the application is approved it will supersede the enforcement action and the structure will be allowed to remain.
A single apartment above a mini-market could become a six-bed HMO. A retrospective planning application has been submitted for the conversion of much of the building on Derby Street, close to Bolton town centre.
The majority of the ground floor is currently occupied by Aqsa Food Store. The first floor was previously used as a large flat capable of accommodating a family until recently being converted to a small HMO as the flat was no longer required by the occupants of the shop.
Bury and Manchester
A multi-storey car park in Bury town centre could see almost 80 new homes built on top of it. The one-acre Q-Park site, in Knowsley Street, opposite the town hall, has long been earmarked for housing.
Currently home to a 404-space underground car park, the structure was built to take the weight of an additional six-storey building above it. However, the space above has remained vacant since the below-ground project was completed in 2009.
Bury council has said the land 'regularly attracts anti-social behaviour' and its current appearance is 'detrimental to the wider street scheme'. Expectations are that around 77 flats could be built there.
The team behind plans for a £100m network of floating walkways and nature routes across Greater Manchester have announced a new Etihad Campus link in a major update on the scheme. Known as CyanLines, the programme is aiming to create a 100-mile network or nature walkways around the region over ten years, with initial routes starting in Manchester and Salford.
Oldham and Rochdale
A new 'rocketbooster' could turbo-charge major changes in Oldham over the next decade. This could see a new indoor arena built, thousands of new homes, and millions of pounds of investment.
Last week, leaders of Oldham's various political parties gave the thumbs up for the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC), a partnership between Oldham council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). The MDC in Oldham has been modelled off the one created in Stockport which is regarded as a blueprint for delivering town centre regeneration in the UK.
Middleton's historic Warwick Mill is to be bought by the council. The Grade-II listed building, built in 1907, is an eyesore in the town and has sat empty for a decade.
With the mill deteriorating further, town hall bosses have made the decision to buy the land in order to push through redevelopment. It is understood the site would be transformed into housing, complimenting the impending regeneration of the town.
Stockport and Wigan
A major plan that could shape Stockport's future over the next two decades has been published, including an additional 24,253 homes. However the council boss responsible for delivering the scheme described it as 'a bitter pill to swallow'.
Stockport council has published the latest version of its Local Plan, a key draft document that would set out development across the borough until 2042 and form a guide for developers and planners if approved. This would include thousands of new homes as well as new employment opportunities with a mix of brownfield and greenbelt development.
A plan for one of Wigan's largest development sites is out for public consultation over the next six weeks. Westwood Park, around a kilometre south of the town centre has been described as 'pivotal in shaping the town's future'.
The borough's draft local plan states the 58-acre brownfield site as being suitable for around 420 new homes and modern employment space. The huge plot was previously developed as it was home to the Westwood power station, which closed in 1986.
