Banks acquires site in Yarm

Work would include the demolition of the derelict Queens Head, Postchaise, and Monaco buildings on the north side of the town’s Market Place. 

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has given the green light to plans for 345 homes on a disused farm, which Keepmoat will develop alongside Persimmon. 

The housebuilder and the youth mobility charity have teamed up in an effort to encourage young people to choose a career in property, with Bellway set to host the first North East workshop at its head office in Newcastle. 

Castle House has started on phase one of the two-acre former industrial site in north west Darlington, and is scheduled to finish in September. 

Following a vote where 91% of businesses voted in favour of the scheme, the business improvement district will focus on the seaside towns of Roker and Seaburn. 

Newcastle’s largest residential scheme is now secured, as Hines receives eight-figure funding from the bank. 

The move would place the land in the hands of the Middlesbrough Development Corporation, the government body tasked with regenerating the region. 

The railway manager is looking to join with London & Continental Railways to attract public and private investment in brownfield sites across the country, including Newcastle’s Forth Yards site. 

The Office for Budget Responsibility said Labour’s planning reforms could provide a £15.1bn boost to the economy over the next 10 years and deliver 1.3m homes by the end of the parliament, according to Chancellor Rachel Reeves.