11 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1UF

A/25/100159/PDMAGPD Class MARefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 March 2026

Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Prior notification for the proposed conversion of 1st and 2nd floors from offices (Use Class E) to 6 residential 1 bed 1 person studio apartments (Use Class C3), with associated residential amenity area

Received: 10 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Wigan Central

ReceivedReceived10 Dec
ValidatedValidated12 Jan
Consult.Consultation4 Feb
TargetTarget Date9 Mar
DecidedDecided6 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at 11 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1UF. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Wigan Central. We hold 231 applications in total for the WN1 postcode area.

73% of outline 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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Why it was refused

In the absence of a Noise Impact Assessment and based on the nature of the proposed subdivision of the building, the submission fails to sufficiently demonstrate that the impact of noise resulting from the retained commercial elements of the building together with the immediately surrounding premises within the Principal Shopping Area could be adequately mitigated to avoid unacceptable harm to the amenity of occupiers of the proposed apartments. This is contrary to Policy CP17 of the Wigan Local Plan Core Strategy, Policy EV1B of the saved Wigan Unitary Development Plan and Policy JP-P1 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan. In this instance the proposal fails to comply with Paragraph MA 2 (d) and prior approval is required and refused.
Four of the proposed studio apartments fail to provide the required minimum floorspace for one-bedroom, one person dwellings as set out in the Nationally Described Space Standards. The proposal would therefore provide an unacceptable standard of amenity for future occupiers, contrary to Wigan Local Plan Core Strategy Policies CP10 and CP17, Policies JP-P1 and JP-H3 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework. Prior approval is therefore required and refused in accordance with paragraph Section 3 (9A) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2015.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: WN1 1UF
Application type: GPD Class MA
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wigan North

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 24 February 2026
Consultation start: 14 January 2026
Consultation end: 4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 14 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 4 February 2026
Last date for comments: 24 February 2026
Target decision date: 9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Dean King Hexagon Tower Manchester M9 8GQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 3 February 2026
Site notice end: 24 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14556280
Comments: 0
Documents: 10
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Wigan Town CentrePart of the site
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.

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© 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.

Source: Wigan

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