The village of Sorn could be left with not one but two incomplete housing developments according to the chair of the community council.
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Plans to build four blocks - one towering 42 storeys - for more than 1,500 homes in a historic area of Salford once featured in a painting by LS Lowry have been submitted to the city council. The first of three phases of the scheme will see 585 apartments on top of 20,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space in the highest building,w which will be built at Greengate if approved.
Phases two and three will see a maximum of 518 and 444 apartments in other blocks, respectively, along with parking for 220 cars. AQ Investments, a partner of Renaker Build Ltd, says it will be submitting a "hybrid planning application" to the city council, which includes a new public park.
Deloitte Real Estate has tabled an environmental impact assessment and scoping report ahead of more detailed proposals for Greengate. Full planning permission is sought for phase one of the scheme on four acres of land bounded by Greengate to the north, Collier Street to the west, Queen and King Street to the south and Gravel Lane to the east.
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The site is currently occupied by industrial units which are either vacant or let to small local businesses. The submission by Deloitte says that the site lies on the fringe of Salford's historic core, but is not part of a conservation area.
The area was developed between the mid-17th century and the 1740s and further in the early 19th century with shops and homes along streets and high-density workers' housing together with the Greengate Brewery. In 1800, Christ Church and an associated graveyard were established on King Street by the Reverend William Cowherd as a branch of the Swedenborgians.
The brewery was
The village of Sorn could be left with not one but two incomplete housing developments according to the chair of the community council.
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David and Victoria Beckham live an incredibly glamorous lifestyle, flitting between their palatial Holland Park family home and their chic penthouse apartment in Miami, but the couple actually enjoys their downtime in a rustic converted farmhouse in the Cotswolds.SEE: The Beckhams' Cotswolds mansion just received a surprise upgrade – full tourTheir impressive country estate, which is now estimated to be worth £12million, features an Estonian-style sauna, plunge pool, football pitch and swimming pool, as well as a new £50,000 safari-style tent for cooking and entertaining - but their latest instalment set within the grounds of the luxurious barn conversion might surprise you.WATCH: Inside Victoria Beckham's gorgeous bathroom inside Cotswolds homeAccording to the MailOnline, documents filed by the football-come-fashion moguls show they plan to plant a wildflower meadow at their £6 million property on the Great Tew estate.The wholesome move is believed to be part of a wider landscaping plan, which no doubt will support David's passion for beekeeping which he started during the first coronavirus lockdown.RELATED: The Beckhams' £73million property porfolio revealed The Beckhams love to get their children involved in their outdoorsy projectsDavid and Victoria have also filed plans to plant new trees and native hedgerows, bringing back the beauty of nature to their highly-adapted country bolthole.According to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), wildflower meadows are an alternative to lawns and flower borders and can offer blooming floral displays year on year.MORE: 21 of the most beautiful celebrity gardens to inspire youSEE: David and Victoria Beckham's garden rivals a holiday retreat in new photoThe Beckhams have a lot of
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to visit the UK and despite the pair staying close to the Cambridge’s in Windsor they have “no plans to meet”. During their European tour, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to use their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage.They could arrive in the country as early as Sunday next week and are due to visit Manchester on Monday before travelling to Dusseldorf in Germany and then returning to the UK from Thursday for a charity event.
HBO Max is offering a limited-time discount for new and returning subscribers. The streaming service is giving customers 30% off a one-year subscription when signing up and prepaying the full year. If you've been waiting for an opportunity to catch up on HBO Max's Emmy-winning show and the new prequel series , then this might be it. With the HBO Max deal, you can sign up for a year of the ad-free plan for $104.99 (regularly $149.99) or get HBO Max with ads for $69.99 (regularly $99.99). Compared with the streamer's regular month-to-month pricing, the discount represents a 42% savings. HBO Max’s latest offer is good for a single year’s subscription and after the 12-month discount period, subscriptions will auto-renew at the regular subscription price. Don't miss out on this limited-time deal to sign up for a discounted HBO Max yearly subscription before the promotion ends on October 30, 2022. When you sign up for 12 months of HBO Max, you save over 40% compared to a month-by-month plan.
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Ubisoft has announced that its plan to decommission online services for several older games has been pushed back for a month, giving players longer to activate their single-player downloadable content (DLC).While today (September 1) was originally meant to be the day that Ubisoft removed online services for titles including Far Cry 3 and five Assassin’s Creed games, the studio has pushed that date back to October 1.“Over the last month, our teams have been hard at work exploring what is possible to reduce disruption,” shared Ubisoft in a blog post. “As a result, we moved the decommission date from September 1 to October 1, and the single-player DLC of several games on PC – Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed 3 (2012 release), Far Cry 3 and Splinter Cell Blacklist – will be available to download and keep before that date.”Ubisoft went on to clarify that Anno 2070 – one of the games originally scheduled to be decommissioned – will still be playable online.
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