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Vacant Land Rothay Street Leigh WN7 2DS

A/24/98161/CONCondition dischargeApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 November 2024

Council decision: RepliedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions application in respect of Condition 7 (footpath) in respect of previously approved application : A/21/91926/MAJOR

Received
8 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh Central And Higher Folds
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 6 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Vacant Land Rothay Street Leigh WN7 2DS. Wigan has handled 274 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 8 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgewater Canal, Leigh conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
WN7 2DS
Application type
Condition discharge
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2024
Consultation expiry
4 December 2024
Consultation start
13 November 2024
Consultation end
4 December 2024
Last date for comments
4 December 2024
Target decision date
3 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Stephen Fish 216 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bridgewater Canal, Leigh
  • 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, 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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