Buildings
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Evesham’s Riverside demolition proposal reaches the planning committee this week. Wychavon wants to clear the shopping centre and multi-storey car park before appointing partners for a wider mixed-use town-centre redevelopment.
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Haworth Tompkins will refurbish four Natural History Museum visitor galleries. The £1.84m design commission forms part of a wider programme to renew the Grade I-listed South Kensington estate before its 150th anniversary.
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Forshaw and AND Capital plan a £185m northern housing fund. The proposed vehicle remains subject to final structuring and due diligence but could support residential-led and mixed-use schemes across northern England.
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Stockport has approved two major school rebuilding projects for delivery. Bramhall High and Moorfield Primary can now advance through phased construction programmes designed around schools that must remain operational.
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Developers have submitted plans for Great Yarmouth’s £150m Quayside scheme. The mixed-use waterfront project would combine outlet retail, leisure, a hotel, housing, public realm, and new transport connections.
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Vert Projects will refurbish London’s landmark Greater London House complex. The live-building programme upgrades offices, amenity areas, terraces, services, and public-facing spaces while thousands of occupants remain in place.
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Persimmon has secured approval for 328 homes at Chickerell, Dorset. The hybrid scheme includes 115 affordable homes, school land, road infrastructure, heat pumps, solar panels, and electric vehicle charging.
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Canary Wharf has lodged plans to transform HSBC’s headquarters tower. The scheme retains much of 8 Canada Square while adding a hotel, terraces, public space, and a new pedestrian route.
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Scottish Historic Buildings Trust seeks a Bernat Klein design team. The commission covers costed RIBA Stage 2 proposals for restoration of Peter Womersley’s Category A-listed modernist studio near Selkirk.
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CCL Facades has secured Wolverhampton’s Bicycle Works envelope package contract. The scope includes 1,324 windows, curtain walling, and doors across three six-storey residential buildings.