Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NN
Approved on 11 September 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions3 conditions
Proposal
Installation of 3 separate roof mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on 3 buildings across the hospital site: Pharmacy, Cancer Care, and the CAU building including guardrail system
- Received
- 6 January 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Wigan Central
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided11 Sep
Decided in 168 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NN. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 248 days, 26 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Wigan Lane, Wigan conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Wigan Central. We hold 231 applications in total for the WN1 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
- WN1 2NN
- Application type
- Major application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Wigan North
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Miss Bethany Stewart Unit L3 Deacon Trading Estate Morley Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Debbie Walkley
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14600257
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wigan Lane, Wigan
- Listed building: Grade II: K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to the North East Corner of the Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryOn this site · +1 more
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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