78A Sefton Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8UP
Approved on 2 September 2024
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
First floor to rear extension
- Received
- 12 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Orrell
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation27 Aug
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 82 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 78A Sefton Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8UP. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Orrell. We hold 248 applications in total for the WN5 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
- WN5 8UP
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 27 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2024
- Decision issued
- 3 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 3 September 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Richard Gallagher The Stables Pasture Lane Business Centre St. Helens WA11 8PU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 83 days
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.
© 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.
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Source: Wigan
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