New council houses, huge tower blocks and the further redevelopment of a former bus depot are among the latest plans to be ruled on by Manchester’s top civil servant.
Council chief executive Joanne Roney has been given the final say on new developments while planning committee meetings are suspended during the coronavirus outbreak.
If approved next week it would see more than 400 new homes built at separate sites in Moss Side, Newton Heath, Deansgate, Ancoats, and New Islington.
The emergency powers, which are also shared by planning committee chair and vice chair Coun Basil Curley and Coun Nasrin Ali, allowed two controversial schemes to be approved last month - despite being rejected previously.