The major Manchester developments set to be signed off next week

Hundreds of apartments, rebuilt Victorian offices and student accommodation could be given the green light at Manchester's planning meeting next week. Plans for 485 flats in a 34-storey skyscraper set to tower over the Northern Quarter and Ancoats have been the subject of more than 200 objections.

A 15-storey block with 54 flats between the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly will also be considered by councillors on the planning committee at the meeting. An application to demolish a Grade-II listed building, retaining its original Victorian façade, but replacing the rest with a new six-storey office block, is also on the agenda for the planning committee who will meet at the town hall.

And a controversial 261-bedroom student complex on the site of a former pub in Hulme could be approved despite protests about the plans one year ago. There are nine applications in total on the agenda for the planning committee meeting on Tuesday, May 31 – the first set to be held since the local elections.

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The long list includes plans to extend a petrol station in Levenshulme, convert a salon in Fallowfield to a bar and a rooftop extension at On Bar in Canal Street. Here are the major developments which are set to be approved next week.

34-storey block with 485 flats at Port Street, Northern Quarter

The plans for an apartment block peaking at 34 storeys on the corner of Great Ancoats Street has attracted 210 objections as well as 34 letters of support. The 'build to rent' scheme, which includes co-working space and a residents' gym, would be managed by Affinity Living, a subsidiary brand of Select.

No affordable housing would be built on the