Two new towers and student digs that could 'overshadow' Victoria Baths: The key developments approved for Manchester

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A 27-storey building and a huge overhaul of a student accommodation complex are among the applications approved by Manchester this week.

Plans for a number of large developments, totalling around 1,500 new homes, came before the council’s Planning and Highways Committee yesterday afternoon (November 21). READ NEXT: Five double vodkas and two pints of beer before the chaos began These included a high-rise on Sparkle Street, behind Piccadilly Village, 237 apartments in Cheetham Hill, a residential development in the old Nello James building in Whalley Range and the partial demolition and extension of Victoria Point in Ardwick.

A plan to demolish two of six existing student accommodation buildings and extend four others on Hathersage Road have been approved.

Empiric Student Property will build a new four-storey and twelve-storey building at Victoria Point, an student apartment complex clustered around the Grade II* listed Victoria Baths.