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Winstanley Hall Winstanley Park Winstanley Wigan WN3 6BE

A/25/099717/MAJORMajor applicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Full planning permission for the development of 432 dwellings (Use Class C3) comprising 396 new build dwellings on land adjacent to Pemberton Road and 36 dwellings within the converted Winstanley Hall complex of buildings, a community use building (Class F2 Hall/Meeting Place for local community use), a mixed-use lodge building (Class F1 Exhibition Space and Class E Housing Sales Centre/Cafe), communal bin/garden equipment stores, associated car parking, landscaping and public realm, drainage infrastructure, access and highway works including works to Pemberton Road

Received
22 September 2025
Decision due
30 April 2026
Public comments
316 · last counted 24 October 2026
Ward
Winstanley
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 4 March.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Winstanley Hall Winstanley Park Winstanley Wigan WN3 6BE. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Winstanley. We hold 141 applications in total for the WN3 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
WN3 6BE
Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
432
Parish
Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 October 2025
Last date for comments
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mr Julian Austin 31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Therese Maguire
Statutory period
210 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
28 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14180839
Documents
579

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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
    22 Sep

    Full planning permission for the development of 432 dwellings (Use Class C3) comprising 396 new build…

    This applicationPendingFullA/25/099717/MAJOR
  2. 2025
    22 Sep

    Listed building consent for repair, internal and external works to facilitate the conversion of Winstanley…

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideA/25/099718/LB

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