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Worsley Mesnes Methodist Church Holt Street Worsley Mesnes Wigan

A/23/96025/CUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 February 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from F1 religious establishment to nursery (Class E(f)) together with associated external alterations including new door openings, replacement windows, associated boundary fence and gates and alterations to existing parking area

Received
17 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Worsley Mesnes
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 154 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Worsley Mesnes Methodist Church Holt Street Worsley Mesnes Wigan. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 19 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Worsley Mesnes.

80% of amendment 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
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wigan South

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2023
Consultation expiry
1 January 2024
Consultation start
11 December 2023
Consultation end
1 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 January 2024
Last date for comments
1 January 2024
Target decision date
27 February 2024
Decision issued
4 March 2024
Permission expires
4 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Havisham Close Birchwood Warrington WA3 7NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
154 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 October 2023
Site notice end
14 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12392634
Documents
46
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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