The Hide Coffee House And Visitor Centre Pennington Flash Nature Reserve St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3PA
Approved on 25 February 2026
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Construction of extension to existing cafe building and relocation of existing modular unit, together with extension to decking area
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Lowton East
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date25 Feb
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at The Hide Coffee House And Visitor Centre Pennington Flash Nature Reserve St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3PA. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 7 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Lowton East. 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 3PA
- Application type
- Major application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 25 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Mr David Addison Unit 12A Top Barn Business Centre Ltd Holt Heath Worcester WR6 6NH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jon Corcos
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 12 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 2 January 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: Wigan
- National nature reserve: The Flashes of Wigan and LeighPart of the site
- Local nature reserve: Pennington FlashPart of the site
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 (19)
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, 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.
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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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