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7 Shipham Close Leigh WN7 5DX

A/24/97487/LUCPLawful Use Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 August 2024

Council decision: Granted LUC Proposed Use or DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey side extension connecting to existing garage

Received
24 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh West
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at 7 Shipham Close Leigh WN7 5DX. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker 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 Leigh West. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 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
WN7 5DX
Application type
Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2024
Target decision date
19 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr D Mercer Sterling House 2-6 Market Place Atherton Manchester M46 0EG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
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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