Housing firms honoured at Knowsley Business and Regeneration Awards

Liverpool City Region housing firms were among the big winners at the Knowsley Business and Regeneration Awards 2016. Housebuilder Countryside Properties, developer Barratt Homes and the non-profit Villages Housing Association were handed accolades during a glittering ceremony held at Knowsley Safari Park's Grand Marquee. Countryside was honoured in the Housing Deal/Investment of the Year category, ... Read More...

Greenlight for housing development in Knowsley for up to 600 homes

Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of almost 600 new homes in Knowsley. A new partnership between Countryside and Knowsley Council will build high quality new homes on vacant land owned by the local authority in five locations with schemes given the go-ahead on Scotchbarn Lane, Prescot and Arncliffe Road, Halewood. The ... Read More...

Liverpool architects Brock Carmichael discuss factory office conversion; it will bring ‘considerable new investment’

Liverpool Council’s decision to renovate the Ogden’s Imperial Tobacco factory office has relieved Historic England and Brock Carmichael to finally start the conversion work. The original Queen Anne-style 19th century office buildings are Grade II-listed and will therefore remain and be converted into 19 apartments with internal and external works but ... Read More...

Countryside Properties has ‘great opportunity’ with Liverpool Mutual Homes as tobacco factory plans are finally approved

Countryside Properties has welcomed Liverpool Council’s decision on the Imperial Tobacco site and says it looking forward to its new partnership with Liverpool Mutual Homes. The factory site, on Boundary Lane Everton, ceased trading in 2007 and there have been numerous attempts to regenerate it after the 19th century office buildings ... Read More...