Shaws Fold Farm Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1PR
Approved on 21 July 2025
Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for change of use from an agricultural building to storage and distribution for 5 horse boxes and 6 caravans
- Received
- 19 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Aspull New Springs Whelley
- ReceivedReceived19 May
- ValidatedValidated27 May
- Consult.Consultation29 Jul
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Shaws Fold Farm Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1PR. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Aspull New Springs Whelley. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 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
- WN2 1PR
- Application type
- GPD Class R (2015)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Standish Aspull And Shevington Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 21 July 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Kylah Louch Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Debbie Walkley
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 8 July 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: Wigan
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202519 Sep
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural storage building
ApprovedAgricultural/Forestry NotificationA/25/099705/AG - 202412 Jul
To enlarge bungalow by way of an additional storey increasing ridge height to 7.98m
RefusedPrior Approval for Addition StoreysA/24/97584/HAA - 202412 Jul
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed outbuilding
RefusedLawful Use Certificate ProposedA/24/97581/LUCP - 202412 Jul
Single storey to rear with a projection of 6m, height to ridge of 4m and height to eaves of 2.2m
ApprovedGPD Domestic ExtensionsA/24/97583/PDE
Source: Wigan
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