Greater Manchester Pension Fund and its development manager Bankfoot APAM have secured planning permission from Salford City Council for the £200 million Soapworks development on the site of a former Colgate-Palmolive plant.

The development is designed by Chapman Taylor, who said: “This ambitious regeneration project will revitalise the 8.5-acre site, transforming it from a gated commercial site into a welcoming, sustainable, and accessible mixed-use neighbourhood.

“Chapman Taylor’s masterplan thoughtfully integrates the adaptive re-use of the redundant factory building to form a new commercial workplace and 78 affordable homes, plus the development of 3 new residential buildings providing up to 500 new homes and resident amenities.

“The new public park and children’s play area create links to the riverside walks and cycle routes and is served by a community pavilion at the heart of the space.”