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292 Orrell Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QZ

A/25/098469/PDEGPD Domestic ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 February 2025

Council decision: GPD Prior Approval NOT RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Single storey rear extension projecting 3.5 metres, height to the eaves 2.4 metres and height to the ridge 2.7 metres following removal of existing extension

Received
24 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Orrell
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 292 Orrell Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QZ. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

73% of outline 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
GPD Domestic Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2025
Consultation expiry
19 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2025
Last date for comments
19 February 2025
Target decision date
7 March 2025
Decision issued
27 February 2025
Permission expires
27 February 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Jason Linnane Suite 45 Rodney House King St Wigan WN1 1BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13719703
Documents
6
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.

  • 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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