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Martland Mill Farm Martland Mill Lane Wigan WN5 0LZ

A/25/099753/PDQRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 18 December 2025

Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and REFUSED2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification for change of use of agricultural buildings 2 and 3 to create 2 residential dwellings with associated external alterations including new window and doors openings, cladding to all elevations and roof panels

Received
29 September 2025
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 65 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Martland Mill Farm Martland Mill Lane Wigan WN5 0LZ. Wigan has handled 2,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 250 applications in total for the WN5 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development in regard to the replacement roofs to both dwellings No 2 and No 3 would have a higher ridge height and roof massing than the original buildings. As such the proposals fall outside the scope of permitted development granted by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) specifically Schedule 2 Part 3, Class Q (h) which excludes development which would result in the external dimensions of the building extending beyond the external dimensions of the existing building at any given point. The proposal is therefore development that requires planning permission.
  2. The extent of the proposed works would entail a significant level of structural work in order to convert the building for residential use. As such they fall outside the scope of Permitted Development granted by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (j). The proposal is therefore development that requires planning permission.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WN5 0LZ

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wigan
  • 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 (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.

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.

Source: Wigan

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