Planning permission has been granted for Mulbury's £30m Manchester apartment scheme by Manchester City Council's planning committee.

The development, located on the corner of Port Street and Great Ancoats Street, will be eight to 14 storeys high and contain 134 apartments.

Martin Bury, a director of Mulbury, said: "This development will make a significant contribution to the regeneration of this part of the city, as well as being a flagship scheme in Manchester's private rented sector. We're pleased this scheme has had such widespread endorsement and look forward to it breaking ground early next year."

The 134 apartments at Port Street will range from 400 sq ft studios through to 900 sq ft three-bedroom apartments. All apartment types meet the newly adopted London Design Guide Space Standards making them around 10% larger than many of the apartments currently on offer in the marketplace.

The ground floor includes reception and lobby areas as well as 6,000 sq ft of commercial office space. The upper level apartments enjoy views of the city with balconies for all units and extensive communal roof top gardens facing South West.

Tim Groom, director of Tim Groom Architects, which designed the development, said: "Gaining planning approval on Port Street is a significant step for the growing resurgence of Ancoats. We worked hard on the design to help knit back together what has become a disjointed and, in places, run down streetscape."

The development is due to start on site early in 2016 and be completed by summer 2017.