The Whitesmiths Arms 86 - 88 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1XA
Approved on 29 May 2024
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 2 externally illuminated projecting signs, 2 amenity boards, 2 sets of individual letters, 1 chalkboard, external signwriting, 1 triangular entrance sign and associated lighting
- Received
- 28 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wigan Central
- ReceivedReceived28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date30 May
- DecidedDecided29 May
Decided in 64 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Whitesmiths Arms 86 - 88 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1XA. Wigan has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 4 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Dicconson, Wigan conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Wigan Central. We hold 231 applications in total for the WN1 postcode area.
80% of advertising 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 1XA
- Application type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wigan North
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 27 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 17 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 17 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 29 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Chris Shanley Unit 14 Creamery Industrial Estate Kenlis Road Barnacre PR3 1GD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 65 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Dicconson, Wigan
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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