The council’s planning committee approved a £430m scheme to build 1,600 new homes and refurbish more than 1,200 in Pendleton, the focal point for rioting and looting outbreaks last year.
The PFI housing project is being delivered by SP+ consortium, which includes Chevin Housing Association, Keepmoat, Harewood Homes and Latham Architects and PKF.
Councillor Gena Merrett, Assistant Mayor for Housing and Environment at Salford City Council, said: “Now that we have approved plans the contractors will be able to get on site and start creating a new Pendleton.”
Phase one will begin later this year and includes building about 300 new homes and refurbishing 1,253 properties, including the area’s nine tower-blocks, with new kitchens, bathrooms and windows.
The full project will be complete in 2016 and also includes changes to Clarendon Park and other green spaces, new walkways and cycle paths, a community farm, an extra care facility, new shopping promenade and new sports pitches at the Fit City development.
Plans to regenerate Pendleton began back in 2003, with the council launching an ambitious PFI scheme to help deliver a major investment needed in the area’s housing stock.
A nine-year consultation process followed with local people helping to shape the proposals for their communities.
The scheme sailed through the Government’s PFI review after the after ministers were reassured it would deliver improvements that are value for money for local people.