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Wigan And Leigh College Wigan School For The Arts Parsons Walk Wigan WN1 1RU

A/23/96095/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 November 2023

Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for demolition of School For The Arts building

Received
6 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wigan Central
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Wigan And Leigh College Wigan School For The Arts Parsons Walk Wigan WN1 1RU. Wigan has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Wigan Central. We hold 231 applications in total for the WN1 postcode area.

86% of all 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
WN1 1RU
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigan North

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Consultation expiry
17 October 2023
Consultation start
26 September 2023
Consultation end
17 October 2023
Last date for comments
17 October 2023
Target decision date
8 November 2023
Decision issued
8 November 2023
Permission expires
8 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Steven Healey 1 New York Street Manchester M1 4HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12427183
Documents
19
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 1 - 5 New Market Street Wigan WN1 1SERegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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