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The Woodlands Mill Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1QY

A/24/98113/HHRETHouseholder RetrospectiveRefused
Householder

Refused on 7 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey to rear, following demolition of existing outrigger, creating balcony above with new doors in rear elevation at ground and first floor levels. (Part Retrospective Application)

Received
31 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Aspull New Springs Whelley
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Woodlands Mill Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1QY. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 5 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Aspull New Springs Whelley. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 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
WN2 1QY
Application type
Householder Retrospective
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Standish Aspull And Shevington Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2024
Consultation expiry
12 January 2025
Consultation start
19 December 2024
Consultation end
9 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
12 January 2025
Last date for comments
12 January 2025
Target decision date
7 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3364747
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 August 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13530325
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wigan
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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