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Delph Cottage Crow Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7RY

2026/0342/FULRefused

Refused on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSED2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed side extension to dwelling replacing previous planning permission for the same agreed volume.

Received
26 April 2026
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jun

About this application

This is a planning application for a side extension at Delph Cottage Crow Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7RY. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development conflicts with Policy GN1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012 - 2027 and supplementary planning documents 'Design Guide' (Jan 2008) and 'Development in the Green Belt' (2015) in that it would not reflect the form of the existing building and fails to comply with criteria (c) of Policy GB4.
  2. The proposed development conflicts with Policy GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012 - 2027 and supplementary planning documents 'Design Guide' (Jan 2008) in that it would not appear as a subservient addition to the existing dwellinghouse and fails to comply with the design guidance IMPORTANT - YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE INFORMATION BELOW

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WN8 7RY
Parish
Dalton

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Decision issued
16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry Webster

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • 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 (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.

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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