Consultation launched on airport-based science, innovation, and manufacturing campus

A six-week public consultation on the first phase of the MIX MANCHESTER science, innovation, and manufacturing campus has launched, giving residents, businesses and stakeholders to comment on the first-of-its-kind scheme.

The planning application for phase one of MIX MANCHESTER is being prepared by the joint venture partnership: Manchester City Council (MCC), Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG). Running from Monday 8 December 2025 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.”

Full details of the phase one proposals and the draft SRF for the wider development are available on the dedicated consultation website.

Members of the public are invited to attend in-person consultation events at Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre, Wythenshawe to learn more about the proposals and speak directly with members of the project team on Monday 15 December 2025 (2pm to 7pm) and Thursday 8 January 2026 (2pm to 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.