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

2025/0978/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 April 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of outbuildings and the construction of four dwellings with shared access.

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural North East Ward
Agent
Emery Planning
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Sandhole Farm 7 Wrightington Bar Wood Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9SD. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 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 154 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 postcode area.

87% of full 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
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wrightington

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2025
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Emery Planning
Agent address
Wrightington Developments Ltd C/O Emery Planning 1-4 South Park Business Court Hobson Street Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 8BS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Young

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14445846
Documents
55

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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