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22 Walmesley Road Leigh WN7 1YE

A/26/100302/FULLFull DetailsApproved
Full

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from an office (Use Class E) to provision of education (Use Class F1)

Received
12 January 2026
Ward
Leigh Central And Higher Folds
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 22 Walmesley Road Leigh WN7 1YE. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 8 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 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
WN7 1YE
Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
10 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 April 2026
Last date for comments
21 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 March 2026
Site notice end
21 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14617925
Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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