All the key developments planned for Greater Manchester this week

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A new city centre park and hundreds of new homes across Salford and Stockport are the major developments in Greater Manchester this week.

The land of a former retail park in Manchester city centre has been the subject of long debate for years - but now it appears a green breakthrough has emerged.

The former Central Retail Park, in Ancoats, now looks set to become a park. Over in Salford, almost 400 new homes could be built for students. READ MORE: New McDonald's drive-thru could be built in Greater Manchester town X1 Campus has submitted a request to Salford council to demolish the Cumberland House building on Lissadel Street to make way for the new site with 396 studios.

In Stockport a new neighbourhood containing 1,300 homes is touted for the viaduct arches in what is estimated to be a £250m project.