Shaws Fold Farm Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1PR
Approved on 23 October 2025
Council decision: GPD Prior Approval NOT RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural storage building
- Received
- 19 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Aspull New Springs Whelley
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Oct
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 27 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application at Shaws Fold Farm Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1PR. Wigan has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. 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.
86% of all 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
- Agricultural/Forestry Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Standish Aspull And Shevington Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Kylah Louch Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 27 days
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 May
Prior notification for change of use from an agricultural building to storage and distribution for 5 horse…
ApprovedGPD Class R (2015)A/25/099062/PDR - 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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