54 Wilkinson Street Leigh WN7 4DQ
Approved on 19 December 2024
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Retrospective application for the conversion of 4 self contained apartments into a 4 bedroom 4 person HMO
- Received
- 31 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Leigh Central And Higher Folds
- ReceivedReceived31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Sep
- Consult.Consultation22 Oct
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 54 Wilkinson Street Leigh WN7 4DQ. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 11 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 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
- WN7 4DQ
- Application type
- Retrospective
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2024
- Consultation start
- 1 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 22 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 24 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Paul Baines Renaissance Studio 1 Derby Street Leigh WN7 4PF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 95 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 October 2024
- Site notice end
- 24 October 2024
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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