External materials approval sought for former Co-operative Building on The Birtles

Summary

This application asks the council to approve the specific materials to be used on the outside of the former Co-operative Building on The Birtles. It is required by condition 3 of a planning permission already granted for the site (reference 144260/JO/2025). The development itself has already been approved. The building sits on a brownfield site in Wythenshawe. Wythenshawe Interchange bus station and Wythenshawe Forum leisure centre are both about a 1-minute walk away. Documents submitted include elevation drawings for all four sides and a colour specification — RAL 9011, a dark graphite shade. Because the planning permission has already been granted, this application does not change what is being built. It only determines the materials and colour used on the exterior.