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St Thomas Church Hall Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield

A/24/97616/LUCPLawful Use Certificate ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 September 2024

Council decision: Refused LUCDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development to demonstrate that works have commenced on site for the proposed single storey extension to church hall

Received
19 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ashton In Makerfield South
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 45 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at St Thomas Church Hall Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
WN4 9PG
Application type
Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2024
Target decision date
13 September 2024
Decision issued
4 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bill Schafer 56 Belvedere Road Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13262031
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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