Former Debenhams Store 39 The Grand Arcade Wigan WN1 1BH
Approved on 5 February 2026
Council decision: Non Material Amendment ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/24/96953/FULL - Amendment to Condition No.5
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wigan Central
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 24 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Debenhams Store 39 The Grand Arcade Wigan WN1 1BH. Wigan has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 6 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.
80% of amendment 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 1BH
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment New App
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wigan North
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 5 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Matthew Sobic Belvedere 12 Booth Street Manchester M2 4AW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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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.
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Associated applications
- 202612 Jan
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/24/96953/FULL
ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongsideA/26/100298/NMAS - 202612 Jan
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/24/96953/FULL
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentA/26/100299/NMAS - 20265 Jan
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Materials) in respect of approved application…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideA/26/100258/CON
Source: Wigan
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