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Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan

A/24/97768/CONCondition dischargeApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 January 2025

Council decision: Replied

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.6 (CEMP), Condition No.18 (Demolition Strategy), Condition No.35 (Nesting Birds) and to part discharge Condition No.26 (Weaving Sheds), Condition No.29 (Parts 1 and 2) and Condition No.30 (Weaving Sheds) in respect of application A/23/95983/MAJES

Received
21 August 2024
Public comments
3
Ward
Douglas
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 161 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan. Wigan has handled 274 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 14 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Wigan Pier, Wigan conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Douglas.

98% of conditions 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

Application type
Condition discharge
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigan South

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2024
Consultation expiry
23 December 2024
Consultation start
2 December 2024
Consultation end
23 December 2024
Last date for comments
23 December 2024
Target decision date
16 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Don Murphy 31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13345717
Documents
15
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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