Vacant Land To The Rear Of 104 Prescott Street Wigan WN6 7DD
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions17 conditions
Proposal
Erection of single storey teaching facility with roof mounted solar panels, alterations to parking layout and other associated works including landscaping and external lighting
- Received
- 19 November 2025
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Wigan West
- ReceivedReceived19 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Vacant Land To The Rear Of 104 Prescott Street Wigan WN6 7DD. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 7 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Wigan West. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 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
- WN6 7DD
- Application type
- Full Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wigan North
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Richard Berry Floor 7, Phoenix House 45 Cross Street Manchester M2 4JF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 12 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14477812
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 1
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.
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