Plans to build 148 homes on a brownfield site near Bury town centre have been gjven the green light.
The 7.4-acre site was a former railway goods yard and sidings, located between Market Street and Knowsley Street.
The project, known as Pyramid Park, will create a mixed housing scheme primarily aimed at younger adults and young professionals, small families and older people.
Work on the scheme will begin in spring next year.
Clare Cummins, cabinet member for housing services, said: “There are high levels of need for housing in the town centre, and this is a location, with access to facilities and amenities.
“It will provide apartments and houses, with a percentage of them affordable, for younger adults. It’s further evidence of our commitment to bring brownfield sites back into use for housing.”
The decision comes after the local council secured £9.4m of capital funding and £290,000 in revenue funding to prepare brownfield sites for development, leading to the creation of 1,572 homes in the region.
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