McGuirk Watson Architecture’s revised proposals for a new conference centre and grandstand at Chester Racecourse have won the backing of planners after an earlier incarnation of the scheme was refused.

Chester Race Company resubmitted proposals for the scheme after Cheshire West and Chester council turned down its original proposals in March.

Last week the authority gave its backing to the updated version of the scheme, which sees the project’s two key buildings combined into a single conference centre and grandstand.

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