75 Loch Street Orrell Wigan WN5 0AN

1. 1.Having regard to the established residential character of the general area, and the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and other intensive residential uses already present within the locality, the proposed four-person HMO would add to an existing concentration of such uses. This additional intensification would contribute towards unbalancing the local housing mis, eroding the area's established character, and would undermine the ability to maintain a mixed and balanced community. As a result, the development would cause unacceptable harm to local character and the amenity of nearby residents. The development is therefore contrary to Wigan Local Plan Core Strategy Policies CP6, CP10 and CP17, Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Policies JP-P1 and JP-S1, Saved Wigan Replacement Unitary Development Plan Policy A1S, the Council's Houses in Multiple Occupation Supplementary Planning Document and the design and place making principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The proposed four-person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) would introduce a materially more intensive residential use without any on-site vehicle parking in a location situated in a tightly-grained residential area already subject to comprehensive parking restrictions, and where intensive residential uses are competing for limited on-street parking opportunities. The inevitable displacement of vehicles onto surrounding streets and the associated comings and going would generate increased noise and disturbance, causing unacceptable harm to the amenity of neighbouring occupiers. Furthermore, the absence of convenient, dedicated parking provision would fail to ensure an appropriate standard of amenity for future residents. The proposal is therefore contrary to Wigan Local Plan Core Strategy Policies CP6, CP7, CP10 and CP17, Saved Wigan Replacement Unitary Development Plan Policy A1S, Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Policies JP-P1 and JP-C8, the Council's Houses in Multiple Occupation Supplementary Planning Document and the National Planning Policy Framework, which collective require developments to provide suitable parking provision, avoid adverse amenity impacts, and to ensure that intensification does not result in poor quality places or unacceptable effects on existing communities.
3. 3.The proposed use, by reason of its location and layout, fails to provide an acceptable level of amenity and reasonable living conditions for the future occupants of Bedroom 1. The proposed layout would result in a bedroom window located directly alongside the pedestrian footpath and as a result the proposed layout would provide inadequate levels of privacy for residents. In addition, due to the ground floor location future occupiers would be subject to unacceptable levels of noise and disturbance, creating poor living conditions. As such the development is contrary to Wigan Core Strategy Local Plan Policies CP10 and CP17, Policy JP-H3 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan, the Council's Houses in Multiple Occupation Supplementary Planning Document and the housing and design objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

WN5 0AN

Date validated

22 December 2025

Architect profile

P4B ARCHITECTURE LTD