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13 Wigan Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AR

A/24/97877/FULLFull DetailsRefused
Full

Refused on 19 December 2024

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing first and second floors to create two self-contained flats, installation of roof lights in front and rear roof plane, external alterations including new entrances at rear to serve existing ground floor premises and new flats with external fire escape staircase thereto and replacement fire escape windows to front and side

Received
13 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Ashton In Makerfield South
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 80 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 13 Wigan Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AR. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 5 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Ashton In Makerfield South. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed second floor residential self-contained flat fails to provide an acceptable level of amenity and living conditions for the future occupants, due to a lack of natural light, limited outlook and restricted floor to ceiling height. As such the development is contrary to Wigan Core Strategy Local Plan Policy CP17, Policies JP-H1 and JP-H3 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan, the Council's Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (2006) and the housing and design objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WN4 9AR
Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2024
Consultation expiry
1 November 2024
Consultation start
8 October 2024
Consultation end
29 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2024
Last date for comments
1 November 2024
Target decision date
19 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Averham Close Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 October 2024
Advertisement expiry
29 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13399778
Documents
19
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre

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

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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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