Gatton Barn Farm Tears Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7UA
Approved on 24 April 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Proposed garage and storage building
- Received
- 24 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural North East Ward
- Agent
- MWT Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived24 Nov
- ValidatedValidated25 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Apr
Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Gatton Barn Farm Tears Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7UA. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 347 applications in total for the WN8 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
- WN8 7UA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Newburgh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- MWT Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Wayne Daly
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14491600
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: West Lancashire
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 (20)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: West Lancashire
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