Scotland: Developer wanted
North Lanarkshire Council and Scottish Enterprise are launching a competition to find a developer for the next stage of the proposed business park they want to develop on the 13.7ha former Gartcosh Steel Mill site.

Scotland: Falkirk looks west
Falkirk Council is planning to approach land owners and potential developers about the future of a 20ha site north of Glasgow Road in Camelon whose potential it hopes to maximize for job creation.

Scotland: Ravenscraig development
The Scottish Government is to fund £7m of the £29m cost of the new sports facility on the Ravenscraig site from its national and regional sports facilities strategy.

Northern Ireland: Shankhill transit mooted
West Belfast and the Greater Shankhill area could be in line for some kind of rapid transit system according to regional development minister Conor Murphy who held a meeting with West Belfast and Shankhill Enterprise Council chair Padraic White, after a visit to the area.

North East: Eastgate plans
One North East has announced plans for further consultations on its proposals for the former Lafarge Cement works at Eastgate in upper Weardale where it plans a renewable energy village.

North East: Learning for construction
Gateshead College has announced plans for a new skills academy dedicated to construction and vocational courses on the site of the former Rolls Royce factory on Kingsway in the Team Valley.

North West: Land Restoration Trust do-it-yourself
The Land Restoration Trust is seeking planning permission from Knowsley Council to restore the former Cronton Colliery as open space and plans to oversee restoration for the first time.

North West: Corus Workington
The Eatonfield Group is buying Corus’ rail site in Workington and hopes to develop a planning and remediation strategy for the site with Allerdale Borough Council.

North West: Innovation in Bolton
Bolton Council has launched a development prospectus for its Innovation Zone, 67ha of the town centre (including 30ha of commercial development space) where it hopes to encourage 4,000 new jobs and £300m of investment in the next decade.

North West: Skelmersdale’s future
Consultations by West Lancashire District Council have revealed strong public support for giving the former Skelmersdale new town a regenerated centre.

Yorkshire and Humberside: New hotel in Sheffield
Demolition work has begun on Sheffield Hallam University’s student union, the Nelson Mandela Building, to make way for a new hotel and 7,000m² of offices opposite the railway station.

West Midlands: Another planet
Newcastle under Lyme Council and Advantage West Midlands have appointed Gazeley UK as preferred developer for a business and logistics park on 12.5ha of the former Chatterley Whitfield Colliery.

South East: Resurgent in Lewes
Lewes District Council has commissioned Angel Property to prepare major redevelopment proposals for the North Street area of Lewes which was redeveloped on an ironworks site after World War II for industry and warehousing.

South East: Snowdown Colliery
Dover District Council has given outline planning permission to South East England Development Agency plans for 25,000m² of business space and a 30ha country park at the former Snowdown Colliery in Kent, the last major former pit in the county to see regeneration proposals some 20 years after it closed.

South East: Margate developers sought
Thanet District Council and the South East England Development Agency are asking developers to put forward plans for two sites in Margate town centre.

Greater London: Lewisham reconnected
Lewisham Borough Council has approved the Lewisham Gateway development which will see shops, offices, 800 homes, a cinema, urban park and town square and an extension to Lewisham College.

Greater London: Croydon’s debate medium
Croydon Borough Council has published Will Alsop’s personal vision for the town to improve its public realm.