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NatWest 65 Gerard Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AG

A/25/098976/FULLFull DetailsRefused
Full

Refused on 5 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from bank (Use Class E(c)) to a café/bar (Use Class E(b)) at ground level and an 11 person, 6 bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) at first and second floor together with associated external alterations including rooflights to sides, replacement timber and upvc windows, new timber and upvc window openings to front and sides, new door opening to side, 2 metre high wall with railings and bin store to side, timber screen cladding to rear/side of outdoor space, 0.9 metre high bollards and seating area to front and external fascia lighting

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Ashton In Makerfield South
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at NatWest 65 Gerard Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AG. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 10 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Ashton In Makerfield South. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
WN4 9AG
Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2025
Consultation expiry
29 August 2025
Consultation start
29 July 2025
Consultation end
19 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2025
Last date for comments
29 August 2025
Target decision date
8 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Rohan Smith 15-21 Library Street Wigan WN1 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
12 August 2025
Site notice start
8 August 2025
Site notice end
29 August 2025

Appeal history

3374656
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 January 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13966145
Documents
49
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of St ThomasOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    25 Apr

    External alterations and repair works including repairs to cornice and paraphet, replacement and new timber…

    ApprovedFull DetailsFiled alongsideA/25/098974/FULL
  2. 2025
    25 Apr

    Change of use from bank (Use Class E(c)) to a café/bar (Use Class E(b)) at ground level and an 11 person, 6…

    This applicationRefusedFullA/25/098976/FULL

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