The green light has been given by Bolton Council to Northstone, part of Peel L&P, for the first phase of plans to build 150 homes in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

The initial phase includes 19 homes for private sale at Roscoe’s Farm in Westhoughton and includes a £10m funding deal with HSBC UK for more housing across the North West.

Phil Wilson, Chief Executive of Northstone said: “These are really important milestones for Northstone and we’re really excited to have planning consent and funding in place to start delivering our vision with our first homes in Bolton.

“We’ve worked with the council and residents to shape the plans for our Roscoe’s Farm scheme which meets local housing needs and we’re confident will meet the needs of generations to come.

“We look forward to working with HSBC UK to build much-needed quality homes.”

The Bolton Road development in Westhoughton, named Roscoe’s, will offer a range of two, three and four-bed properties to meet local housing needs and the first 19 homes are part of a bigger plan to develop further 131 homes at the site, subject to future planning.

Homes will form part of outward-facing communities, with mature landscaping, gardens, driveways and pocket parks.

Work at Roscoe’s is expected to start in autumn 2019 with the completion of homes due in April 2020.

Planning permission for 106 new homes at Roscoe’s Farm was initially granted to Jones Homes in 2016. Northstone subsequently purchased the site.