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Bryn St Peters Church Of England Primary School Downall Green Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 0DL

A/25/099789/MAJORMajor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of 2.4m high external fencing and gates

Received
7 October 2025
Public comments
2
Ward
Bryn With Ashton In Makerfield North
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 90 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Bryn St Peters Church Of England Primary School Downall Green Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 0DL. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 14 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Bryn With Ashton In Makerfield North. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
WN4 0DL
Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Consultation end
2 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mr Neil Hayes Wigan Town Hall Library Street Wigan Greater Manchester WN1 1YN

Planning decision

Case officer
Emily Darnell
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
3 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14390223
Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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