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1 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1QX

A/23/96072/CUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 December 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor premises (Use Class E) to a 2 bed flat (Use Class C3), together with alterations to elevations

Received
1 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Leigh Central And Higher Folds
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 64 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1QX. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 5 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
WN7 1QX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2023
Consultation expiry
14 November 2023
Consultation start
12 October 2023
Consultation end
2 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
12 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 November 2023
Last date for comments
14 November 2023
Target decision date
6 December 2023
Decision issued
6 December 2023
Permission expires
6 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Sohail Musa 59 Croston Street Bolton BL3 4BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12401207
Documents
10
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

Source: Wigan

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