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8 Fairholme Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8LL

A/25/100020/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Garage conversion, new windows to front and rear with new pitched roof

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bryn With Ashton In Makerfield North
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 8 Fairholme Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8LL. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days. 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 8LL
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2025
Consultation expiry
28 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 December 2025
Last date for comments
28 December 2025
Target decision date
22 January 2026
Decision issued
21 January 2026
Permission expires
21 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Monument Road Swinley Wigan WN1 2LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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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