209A Wigan Road Atherton Manchester M46 0GB
Approved on 29 July 2024
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a residential children's care home (Class C2) for up to 3 children with a single storey extension to rear following demolition of existing outbuildings, new window to side and re-location of window to front, together with associated landscaping, parking and new vehicular access from Belgrave Street
- Received
- 18 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Ward
- Atherton South And Lilford
- ReceivedReceived18 Apr
- ValidatedValidated7 Jun
- Consult.Consultation28 Jun
- TargetTarget Date2 Aug
- DecidedDecided29 Jul
Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 209A Wigan Road Atherton Manchester M46 0GB. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 6 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Atherton South And Lilford. We hold 89 applications in total for the M46 postcode area.
85% of full 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
- M46 0GB
- Application type
- Full Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Atherton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 7 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 28 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 17 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 2 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 29 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Duncan Mercer Sterling House 2-6 Market Place Atherton M46 0EG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 26 June 2024
- Site notice end
- 17 July 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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