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Spatial Sound & Vision 48 - 50 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1RQ

A/25/098300/CUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 March 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from retail unit (Class E) to a tanning salon (Sui Generis)

Received
10 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wigan Central
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Spatial Sound & Vision 48 - 50 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1RQ. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Wigan Central. We hold 231 applications in total for the WN1 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
WN1 1RQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigan North

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2025
Consultation expiry
19 February 2025
Consultation start
23 January 2025
Consultation end
13 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2025
Last date for comments
19 February 2025
Target decision date
14 March 2025
Decision issued
11 March 2025
Permission expires
11 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Matthew Silvester 169 Appley Lane North Appley Bridge WN6 9DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 January 2025
Site notice end
19 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13621257
Documents
9
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.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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