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20 Prospect Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8AU

A/24/97169/CUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 1 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use from Funeral Directors to House in Multiple Occupation with 8 bedrooms for 8 persons together with first floor gable window and external alterations

Received
19 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
32
Ward
Tyldesley And Mosley Common
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 Prospect Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8AU. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 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 73 applications across Tyldesley And Mosley Common. We hold 153 applications in total for the M29 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
M29 8AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tyldesley And Astley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2024
Consultation expiry
17 July 2024
Consultation start
10 June 2024
Consultation end
1 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2024
Last date for comments
17 July 2024
Target decision date
5 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Robert Hodgson 20 Chorley Road Swinton Manchester M27 5AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 June 2024
Site notice end
17 July 2024

Appeal history

3350720
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 March 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12993293
Documents
13
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.

  • 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

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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