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Crispin Arms 45 - 47 Birkett Bank Wigan WN1 3JA

A/24/97369/CUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 22 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of former public house to a 15 bedroom, 15 person HMO (Class - Sui Generis) together with associated external alterations to doors and windows with landscaping

Received
31 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Ince
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Crispin Arms 45 - 47 Birkett Bank Wigan WN1 3JA. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 231 applications in total for the WN1 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
WN1 3JA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wigan North

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2024
Consultation expiry
7 August 2024
Consultation start
24 June 2024
Consultation end
15 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
18 July 2024
Last date for comments
7 August 2024
Target decision date
22 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Ralph Taylor 31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 July 2024
Site notice end
7 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13073324
Documents
19
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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