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Garswood Street Car Park Garswood Street Ashton-in-makerfield

A/25/099762/LUCPLawful Use Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 November 2025

Council decision: Granted LUC Proposed Use or DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the change of use of land from a car park to an outside market (Sui Generis use), together with the siting of 8 semi-permanent kiosks comprised of: 5 singular units, 2 large square units and 1 large rectangular unit for trade, community use, and other uses associated with the operation of the new Square. Further development includes the installation of a canopy and toilet facilities within a modular block, pay stations and hard landscaping works, including resurfacing of the land, a performance stage, litter bins and planters, and soft landscaping works including the planting of trees and shrubs.

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ashton In Makerfield South
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Garswood Street Car Park Garswood Street Ashton-in-makerfield. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Ashton In Makerfield South.

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

Application type
Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025
Target decision date
26 November 2025
Decision issued
21 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Beth Keel Northspring Suite 5A 70 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 2BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14356242
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town CentrePart of the site
  • 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, 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.

Source: Wigan

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