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PLANS for 258 new homes on the site of former industrial land have been approved by St Helens Borough Council. Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has been granted planning permission for the development off Sutton Road which forms part part of the wider Moss Nook site. Taylor Wimpey is developing the first phase of the site, which will contain a series of two, three and four-bedroom homes suited to a variety of needs. St Helens Borough Council confirmed this week that the plans have been approved under delegated powers. The overall proposals for Moss Nook set out the intention to build to 900 new homes, open space and sports pitches.
Jenny Schippers
The Rope & Anchor at Dunham Massey playground
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Cheshire Life writer Jenny chooses her own family favourites
With lockdown restrictions easing, our much-loved pubs have reopened their gardens, with full indoor dining planned to return from May 17.
With so much pent-up demand, outdoor bookings are high, with hopes of a long, hot summer ahead to enjoy the many beautiful beer gardens of Cheshire.
Now is the time to start planning your weekends spent exploring our charming county once more and co-ordinating these local adventures with lunch, dinner, and drinks at a favourite Cheshire pub on route.
Neil Tague
In its preliminary full year results for 2020, the developer reported a pre-tax profit of £33.4m as it awaits a verdict on plans for 1.1m sq ft of industrial space at Wingates, Bolton.
Harworth, which last year started on the last unit of 51,000 sq ft at its successful 250-acre Logistics North scheme, had reported a pre-tax loss for the first half of the year ue to valuation adjustments in a cautious market.
However, the second half of the year saw operating profit climb to £27.8m, a 14% year-on-year increase, as Harworth reported revenue from capital growth of £49.6m following the completion of a raft of planned sales of serviced land totalling 92.7 acres, “all ahead of or in line with 2019 book values”.