Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A new jobs and housing masterplan which will replace the controversial Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) has received the backing from another borough.
Manchester has formally added its name to the nine that will proceed with creating a joint plan called Places For Everyone. Leaders hope the document will prove more successful than the GMSF, which failed to win the support of Stockport council after enduring several rewrites since it was first announced in 2016.
The GMSF set out how land across the city-region could be freed up for up to 180,000 new homes and hundreds of acres for industrial and employment uses.
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