Abbey Lakes Hall Orrell Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QZ
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee35 conditions
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Proposal
Erection of a foodstore (Use Class E) with associated internal access roads, parking, servicing area, hard and soft landscaping, external lighting, substation and associated site works together with amended vehicular access to Orrell Road following demolition of existing buildings
- Received
- 22 January 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 26
- Ward
- Orrell
- ReceivedReceived22 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date7 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 260 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Abbey Lakes Hall Orrell Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QZ. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 289 days, 32 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Orrell. We hold 250 applications in total for the WN5 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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Application details
- Postcode
- WN5 8QZ
- Application type
- Major application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 20 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 November 2025
- Committee meeting
- 28 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Helen Mansley 11 York Street Manchester M2 2AW
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mike Jones
- Statutory period
- 260 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 March 2025
- Site notice start
- 6 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 March 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13539724
- Documents
- 107
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20263 Mar
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