Russ Rigby Motor Company Limited 45A Leigh Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4SZ
Approved on 31 May 2024
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use to car sales showroom (Sui Generis) from a bathroom showroom (Class E) (Retrospective)
- Received
- 30 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hindley Green
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Mar
- Consult.Consultation4 Apr
- TargetTarget Date31 May
- DecidedDecided31 May
Decided in 79 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Russ Rigby Motor Company Limited 45A Leigh Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4SZ. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 8 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Hindley Green. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 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
- WN2 4SZ
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hindley And Abram Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 29 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 14 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 4 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 29 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 31 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 31 May 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- c/o Applicant Russ Rigby Motor Company Limited 45a Leigh Road, Hindley Green, Wigan WN2 4SZ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rebecca Sudworth
- Statutory period
- 79 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 May 2024
- Site notice end
- 29 May 2024
Site constraints
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.
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