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Land At Laburnum Avenue And Christopher Street Ince-in-Makerfield Wigan

A/25/099839/MAJORMajor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions35 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Residential development of 65 dwellings with parking, landscaping and infrastructure works, internal access roads, public open space and other associated works

Received
15 October 2025
Public comments
4
Ward
Ince
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 148 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Laburnum Avenue And Christopher Street Ince-in-Makerfield Wigan. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 14 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Ince.

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

Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
65
Parish
Wigan North

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation start
5 February 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Meghan Gleeson Ship Canal House 98 King Street M2 4WU

Planning decision

Case officer
Johndaniel Jaques
Statutory period
138 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
25 November 2025
Site notice start
13 November 2025
Site notice end
4 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14410239
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Council depot, Christopher Street, InceRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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