Sunderland council has approved plans for 132 homes designed by architects Proctor & Matthews and Mawson Kerr for developer Igloo which will form the first part of an ambitious 1,000-home regeneration of the former Vaux Brewery site on the banks of the Wear.

The 91 houses and 41 flats will be built using modern methods of construction and form part of a longer-term vision to rebrand the city as a hub for sustainable living.

Igloo’s chief executive, Peter Connolly, said: “The people of Sunderland have really embraced what we’re trying to do at Vaux, so planning approval is a massive step forward for the city and its focus on sustainability, and on its vision to be carbon neutral by 2040.”

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