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

2025/0434/PIPPermission in PrincipleApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 July 2025

Council decision: Permission in Principle GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle - Erection of 5no. Dwellings.

Received: 9 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward: Rural North East Ward

ReceivedReceived9 Apr
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation9 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application 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 91 days, 5 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. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. 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: Permission in Principle
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wrightington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 9 June 2025
Consultation start: 19 May 2025
Consultation end: 9 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 16 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 8 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Emery Planning 1-4 South Park Business Court Hobson Street Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 8BS

Planning decision

Case officer: Kate Henry

Additional information

Documents: 20

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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Lancashire

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