Go-ahead for Chester 133-flats canalside scheme

Plans to build more than 130 homes on brownfield land in the centre of Chester have been nodded through by local planners.
Latimer, the development arm of Clarion Housing Group, plans to build the apartments on the vacant site next to the Shropshire Union Canal and grade-II-listed Chester Shot Tower.
The firm said it would now progress the one and two-bedroom flats scheme starting with the appointment of a build contractor to start on site this year.
The project forms part of a wider City Place