Deep Pit Footbridge (WBS2/24) Land Off Highfield Road Hindley Wigan WN2 2QP
Approved on 23 May 2024
Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
To raise Deep Pit footbridge by 1m, removal of the existing southern ramp and supports and installation of a replacement steel ramp to the south, and a new stepped and ramped access to the bridge from the north
- Received
- 15 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hindley
- ReceivedReceived15 Mar
- ValidatedValidated21 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 May
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided23 May
Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application at Deep Pit Footbridge (WBS2/24) Land Off Highfield Road Hindley Wigan WN2 2QP. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days 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 23 applications across Hindley. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 postcode area.
73% of outline 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 2QP
- Application type
- Part 18 Class A Prior Approval GPDO2016
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hindley And Abram Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 9 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 18 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 9 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 9 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 23 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Ms Tillie Baker Windmill Green 24 Mount Street Manchester M2 3NX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 63 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 April 2024
- Site notice end
- 9 May 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Listed building: Grade II: Deep Pit railway footbridge WBS/24, including brick piers, northern setted access path an…On or next to this site
- Green belt: 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, conservation areas, 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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