Client: FEC

Project Detail

Asteer has advised FEC on various aspects of the delivery of their 1,500 home development at Dantzic Street, which forms part of the wider Victoria North regeneration scheme. We advised on the approach and mechanism for the delivery of the affordable housing across the scheme, preparing detailed heads of terms for consideration by the City Council before we moved to the section 106 agreement itself.

Subsequently, there was a need to address some title constraints at the site, including areas in unknown ownership and parts of the site with defective freehold title. We worked with the City Council in preparing and promoting a “cleansing” CPO which was quickly made and confirmed, and which allowed the land to be vested and FEC to proceed with a fully investable title to the site.

Client: Warrington Borough Council & Muse Developments
Value: c£107m

Project Detail

The Bridge Street Quarter project (now known as Time Square) is a major town centre regeneration project in Warrington. The development, delivered by Warrington Borough Council, comprises a multiplex cinema, a new market hall (incorporating a Grade II listed façade), Council offices, restaurants, retail units, a multi-storey car park and a public square. Following approval of the outline planning application, a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) was needed to enable the Council to acquire a number of properties needed to facilitate the development. Acting on behalf of the Council, Jon Suckley appeared as the expert Planning witness at the CPO Inquiry. The CPO was confirmed and the development was completed in 2020.