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76 Sherwood Drive Wigan WN5 9RZ

A/24/97719/PDEGPD Domestic ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 September 2024

Council decision: GPD Prior Approval NOT RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension projecting 4 metres, height to the eaves 2.58 metres and height to the ridge 3.54 metres

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Douglas
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 76 Sherwood Drive Wigan WN5 9RZ. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Douglas. We hold 248 applications in total for the WN5 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
WN5 9RZ
Application type
GPD Domestic Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigan South

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2024
Consultation expiry
6 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 September 2024
Last date for comments
6 September 2024
Target decision date
20 September 2024
Decision issued
19 September 2024
Permission expires
19 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Neil Murray 12 Crofters Meadow Farington Moss Leyland PR26 6QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13314569
Comments
0
Documents
6

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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