Homes approved on former school site

A housing scheme in Salford has taken another leap forward after a further 177 homes on the site of a former school were given the green light.Plans for 132 homes and 45 apartments were approved by the council’s planning and transportation panel.The development is on the site of the former Harrop Fold High School off Longshaw Drive in Little Hulton. More than 50 per cent of houses will be available as affordable housing. It is part of the 417 new council and community-owned homes with planning approval that will form Salford’s largest council housing scheme for 50 years.The Harrop Fold High School relocated in 2008 with all redundant buildings demolished the following year with the site becoming extremely overgrown over the last decade.The council said it is committed to ensuring biodiversity improvements in the community and to replant trees and vegetation lost from the site at a rate of two to one.