1 Woodstock Close Leigh WN7 3NR
Approved on 17 March 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions3 conditions
Proposal
Erection of 2m high concrete post and timber panel boundary fence following removal of hedge and fence
- Received
- 8 October 2025
- Ward
- Leigh South
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated11 Nov
- Consult.Consultation3 Dec
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 126 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 1 Woodstock Close Leigh WN7 3NR. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 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 33 applications across Leigh South. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 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
- WN7 3NR
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr D Mercer Sterling House 2-6 Market Place Atherton Manchester M46 0EG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 128 days
Site constraints
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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