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6B Bolton Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8PA

A/24/97956/LUCELawful Use Certificate ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 2 December 2024

Council decision: Refused LUCDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for an existing use of ground floor premises as a commercial use (Use Class E)

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ashton In Makerfield South
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 6B Bolton Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8PA. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
WN4 8PA
Application type
Lawful Use Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2024
Consultation expiry
16 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2024
Last date for comments
16 November 2024
Target decision date
10 December 2024
Decision issued
9 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13454470
Comments
0
Documents
5

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 CentreNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Bolton Road/ Albert Street AshtonRegister site at or near this address

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 (20)

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 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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© 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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