The Manchester Low Level Route for VFR transits in between Manchester
and Liverpool CTRs will have a slightly raised ceiling (1300' QNH), but
the Manchester CTR itself will also reduce in size, both of these
changes will come into effect on 8th March 2012. See www.caa.co.uk/docs/7/20111220ManchesterACPDecisionLetter.pdf I
can see the LLR gets an extra 50' vertically, but perhaps a local can
tell us what the CTR change means, as I'm not familiar with the current
boundaries.