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Golden Dragon 47 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 4HA

A/24/96879/CUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 May 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of first floor to a residential dwelling (Class C3) together with associated external alterations including additional window and entrance door to front to create access to the flat

Received
27 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh South
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Golden Dragon 47 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 4HA. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leigh South. 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 4HA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2024
Consultation expiry
3 May 2024
Consultation start
20 March 2024
Consultation end
10 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 April 2024
Last date for comments
3 May 2024
Target decision date
24 May 2024
Decision issued
24 May 2024
Permission expires
24 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Simon Mason 11 Shillingford Close Appleton Warrington WA4 5QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 April 2024
Site notice end
3 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12838065
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: St Helens Road LeighRegister 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

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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