Westleigh Cricket Club The Pingots Leigh WN7 4GT
Approved on 3 March 2025
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
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Proposal
Erection of detached single storey outbuilding to side of clubhouse to use as changing facilities following demolition of existing umpire outbuilding together with new pedestrian and vehicular access from car park
- Received
- 5 August 2024
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Leigh West
- ReceivedReceived5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation27 Nov
- TargetTarget Date15 Jan
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 138 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Westleigh Cricket Club The Pingots Leigh WN7 4GT. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 21 weeks longer 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.
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
- WN7 4GT
- Application type
- Major application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 6 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 27 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 12 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Mr Ian Birchall 9 Kendal Grove Leigh Manchester WN7 4ES
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jon Corcos
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13295706
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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Source: Wigan
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