Manchester council has approved proposals for a 17-storey mixed-use block on a site in a conservation area.

The Jon Matthews Architects proposals, created for private investment company Salboy, will deliver 65 apartments along with commercial space, café and restaurant space, with office accommodation on its lower levels.

Matthews set up the practice in 2018 after quitting 5plus, the firm he co-founded in 2010 and where he was responsible for schemes such as an as-yet unbuilt 41-storey tower at Angel Meadow for a Hong Kong developer.

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