A six-week public consultation for phase one of MIX MANCHESTER launches on Today  (8 December), giving residents, businesses and stakeholders the opportunity to shape the UK’s first airport-based science, innovation, and manufacturing campus.

The planning application for phase one of the site is being prepared by the joint venture partnership of Manchester City Council (MCC), Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG).

Running from Monday 8 December to Friday 16 January 2026, residents, businesses and stakeholders are invited to help refine the proposals ahead of the submission of a final planning application being made to Manchester City Council in early 2026.

Phase one of MIX MANCHESTER aims to deliver 6,750 sqm of mid-tech space across three adaptable buildings comprising 11 workspaces in total, plus a dedicated amenity space – enabling start-up and scaling businesses to collaborate, incubate ideas and accelerate growth within a purpose-built ecosystem on the wider MIX MANCHESTER campus. This phase will also deliver a multi-storey car park with ground-floor commercial space.

 The planning application will be submitted as a hybrid application, seeking full planning permission for the mid-tech units and a multi-storey car park, as well as outline planning permission for future development areas across the wider site, totalling over 100,000 sqm of flexible hybrid commercial space  with medium and large scale manufacturing, to be delivered in later phases.

Emily Fleet, development manager for MIX MANCHESTER, said: “As we move forward with planning for  MIX MANCHESTER, it’s important that the voices of residents, the local business community and other relevant stakeholders inform our ambitious plans.

 “This is an extremely significant development for Greater Manchester, driven by a dynamic joint venture partnership, with the full backing of the Council and funding from central government, so we really encourage people to share their views and help us bring these plans to life.”

Click here for details of the phase one proposals and the draft SRF for the wider development.

Members of the public are invited to attend in-person consultation events at Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre, Wythenshawe, M22 1QW to learn more about the proposals and speak directly with members of the project team:

• Monday 15 December 2025 – 2p-7pm
• Thursday 8 January 2026 – 2-7pm

Wythenshawe residents close to the site will also receive direct communications in the coming weeks, with instructions on how to respond to the consultation.

The deadline for all comments is Friday 16 January 2026.