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Former Methodist Church Grange Road Bickershaw

A/23/95966/FULLFull DetailsApproved
Full

Approved on 5 August 2024

Council decision: Finally Disposed Of

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of nine dwellings with associated boundary treatment, parking, landscaping and access

Received
4 August 2023
Public comments
1
Ward
Abram
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 311 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Methodist Church Grange Road Bickershaw. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 367 days, 43 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.

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

Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hindley And Abram Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2023
Consultation expiry
28 November 2023
Consultation start
7 November 2023
Consultation end
28 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 October 2023
Last date for comments
28 November 2023
Target decision date
20 January 2024
Permission expires
5 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
BPD Architecture Sitchstone Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12344117
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wigan
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Wigan

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