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• Muse gets green light for office-to-apartments conversion

  08-03-2026 23:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  The latest two blocks have been given the go-ahead as part of the £500m regeneration of Wythenshawe in Manchester.
  Developer Muse and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group submitted three separate planning applications for 422 new affordable homes in December 2025.
  Now, works on two of the three new communities – C2 The Birtles and Brotherton House – can begin, with the third – Alpha House – expected to get the green light in the coming weeks.Brotherton House, a forme
  
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• Manchester city council JV to build 1,600 homes

  08-03-2026 17:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Manchester City Council is lining up a new joint venture with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund to accelerate development of 1,600 homes on council-owned brownfield land over the next decade.
  The partnership will drive the next phase of schemes under the council’s This City housing company, targeting a pipeline of seven sites in north, east and central Manchester.
  The collaboration agreement will go before the council’s executive for approval at the end of this week.The next scheme
  
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• Graham set for £100m Cardiff Crossrail phase one

  08-03-2026 16:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Graham is set to be officially signed as principal contractor to build the first phase of Cardiff’s long-planned Crossrail tram-train network linking the city centre with Cardiff Bay.
  Cardiff Council will ask cabinet members on 19 March to rubberstamp Graham’s appointment and finalise the contract value for the opening stage of the scheme.
  This would allow construction to begin this summer.
  The first phase of the project is backed by £100m in joint funding from the Welsh Govern
  
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• Worker electrocuted after cherry picker hits power line

  08-03-2026 16:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Two companies have been fined after an employee was killed and a colleague left with life-altering injuries when a cherrypicker collided with an overhead powerline.
  Willand O&M Ltd and New Wave Marine Ltd were sentenced at Exeter Crown Court last week following an incident on 1 June 2020 at the Willand Biogas site in Devon.
  Carl Parsons, 34, was electrocuted and colleague Luke Madavan was left with life-changing injuries.Described by his family as funny, loving, kind and a fantastic father,
  
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• Go-ahead for 2,300-home scheme at former GSK London HQ

  08-03-2026 16:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Hadley Property Group has gained planning for a large-scale redevelopment of the former GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in Brentford, West London.
  The ambitious scheme at 980 Great West Road spans 13 acres and will see over 2,300 homes built across a mix of tenures, with 35% classed as affordable.
  The plans also include around 330,000 sq ft of commercial and retail space, creating a new mixed-use neighbourhood along the M4 corridor.Former Glaxo HQ building at redevelopment site where 96%
  
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