Scarborough Group International has been given the green light by Salford City Council to develop 2,000 Manchester homes in a £575m development.

The Middlewood Locks scheme is a residential development located at the western gateway to Manchester's Central Business District. It also includes up to 750,000 sq ft of mixed-use development space.

Simon McCabe, director of Scarborough, said: "We are pleased to have received this planning consent for Middlewood Locks, which is a real vote of support for our plans to create a new mixed-use community in one of the UK's most vibrant, cosmopolitan and progressive cities.
"Middlewood Locks is ideally located, just a short work from the central business district and retail amenities, so we are confident that this project will be a huge success and create a fantastic community environment for its future residents."

The scheme is being developed by FairBriar International, a joint venture between Scarborough, Top Spring International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed real estate developer in the People's Republic of China, and Metro Holdings, a Singapore-listed property development and investment group.