L&G sells Leeds retail

Four years after declaring a climate emergency, Calderdale Council has appointed a consultant to develop a Local Area Energy Plan, as it attempts to reach net zero by 2038.

The global banking crisis could have Northern consequences as commercial property begins to feel the heat. Plus: good news for the Merseyside middle class.

Plans have been lodged for the £35m facility, while the institution is also seeking to open a school of architecture at its campus.

Planning permission has been secured for units ranging from 88,000 sq ft to 212,000 sq ft at Dianthus Business Park in Newport.

Kirklees Council has completed a deal that will see a Radisson RED hotel open at the grade two-listed builing, famed as the birthplace of rugby league.

A new appointment has been made to the senior team at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority following open recruitment.

The city’s office market saw a strong finish to 2022, with 210,300 sq ft transacted in the final quarter, taking the total for the year to 618,200 sq ft, off a 10-year average of 645,000 sq ft.

Ahead of its year as UK City of Culture 2025, Bradford will receive £4.9m to redevelop the intercultural arts centre Kala Sangam and other cultural assets, the department for culture, media and sport said.

Rotherham and Kirklees were the two Yorkshire beneficiaries among 16 councils set to share £200m in Levelling Up support, having initially failed in January.