Place North to host pre-MIPIM delegation dinner 

Dominic Waugh has been appointed as senior director of planning in the multidisciplinary firm’s Newcastle office.

Work can now start on the site in Crook, where permission was granted for 256 homes in March this year.

Durham County Council is tipped to approve plans for the 7.5 acre plot in Coxhoe, which include the demolition of existing farm buildings. 

A specialist in off-highway electric vehicle technology has opened its fifth global R&D hub in South Tyneside, taking the 33,000 sq ft former Siemens building.  

Place North is hosting a conference dedicated to this vital infrastructure topic – part of a robust series of events we are holding next year that cover everything from industrial and logistics to town centre regeneration.

The council will discuss the candidates vying to succeed interim Clive Heaphy as chief executive at a specially convened meeting next week.

The property industry will have to wait until spring to get answers regarding the deployment of the £5bn promised by government to support housing delivery.

A developer wants to build an eight-storey hotel on Howard Street, east of the city centre.

Pension Insurance Corporation, Muse, and Homes England have formed a £54m joint venture, tasked with bringing forward 3,000 low-carbon, low-energy affordable homes for rent.