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Sandhole Farm 7 Wrightington Bar Wood Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9SD

2021/1257/OUTOutline Planning ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 March 2022

Council decision: Outline Planning GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline - Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of three dwellings with access and layout, all other matters reserved

Received
28 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wrightington
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Sandhole Farm 7 Wrightington Bar Wood Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9SD. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WN6 9SD
Application type
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wrightington

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2021
Consultation expiry
10 February 2022
Consultation start
20 January 2022
Consultation end
10 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acland Bracewell
Agent address
The Barrons 104 Church Road Tarleton Preston PR4 6UP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10167013
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: West LancashirePart of the site · +1 more
  • SSSI: Wrightington Bar Pasture SSSIPart of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Wet Oaks WoodNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Corner House, 9 Wood Lane, Mossy LeaRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (17)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Lancashire

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