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65 Gerard Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AG

A/25/100099/VARVariation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

To vary condition 2 (plans) of planning permission A/25/098974/FULL - to substitute approved drawings with amended to reflect elevation changes

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ashton In Makerfield South
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 74 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 65 Gerard Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AG. Wigan has handled 274 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 11 days longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Ashton In Makerfield South. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 postcode area.

98% of conditions 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 9AG
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bryn And Ashton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
19 December 2025
Consultation end
9 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026
Permission expires
10 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Rohan Smith 23 Library Street Wigan WN1 1NN

Planning decision

Case officer
Rebecca Sudworth
Statutory period
75 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
13 January 2026
Site notice start
14 January 2026
Site notice end
4 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14379099
Documents
9
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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