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20 Greenfields Close Hindley Wigan WN2 4EL

A/25/099007/RETRetrospectiveAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Change of use of land to be incorporated into garden area and erection of 1.8 metre high boundary fence. Retrospective application

Received
7 May 2025
Decision due
25 October 2025
Public comments
6
Ward
Hindley
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (13)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 Greenfields Close Hindley Wigan WN2 4EL. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 May 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Hindley. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 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
WN2 4EL
Application type
Retrospective
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hindley And Abram Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2025
Consultation expiry
9 August 2025
Consultation start
15 July 2025
Consultation end
5 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 August 2025
Last date for comments
9 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
D&B DESIGN WORKS LTD
Agent address
Martin Boote 46 Barnfield Drive Westhoughton BL5 3UA

Planning decision

Statutory period
103 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13982918
Documents
13

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 3: High 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Dec

    Retain use of land into garden, and to erect a 1.8 metre high boundary fence with post driven spikes…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongsideA/25/099007/FULL
  2. 2025
    7 May

    Change of use of land to be incorporated into garden area and erection of 1.8 metre high boundary fence…

    This applicationPendingAmendmentA/25/099007/RET

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