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Bryn Hall Farm Bryn Gates Lane Bamfurlong Wigan WN2 5JY

A/23/95890/MAJORMajor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 April 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of agricultural building with biomass boiler following demolition of seven existing agricultural buildings together with creation of parking area

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Abram
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 202 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bryn Hall Farm Bryn Gates Lane Bamfurlong Wigan WN2 5JY. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 272 days, 30 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Abram. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WN2 5JY
Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hindley And Abram Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2023
Consultation expiry
9 November 2023
Consultation start
19 October 2023
Consultation end
9 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 October 2023
Last date for comments
9 November 2023
Target decision date
19 April 2024
Permission expires
18 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Abigayle Boardman The Barrons 104 Church Road Tarleton Preston PR4 6UP

Planning decision

Case officer
Mike Jones
Statutory period
203 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
24 October 2023
Site notice start
16 October 2023
Site notice end
6 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12329169
Documents
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wigan
  • National nature reserve: The Flashes of Wigan and LeighPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Three Sisters (Wigan)Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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

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© 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.

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