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299 Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QE

A/26/100342/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Raise in roof height and hip to gable alteration to create rooms in roof space, canopy to front, roof lights to front, dormer windows to rear, render to front and rear and external alterations to fenestration

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Orrell
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 299 Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QE. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 7 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Orrell. We hold 248 applications in total for the WN5 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
WN5 8QE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026
Permission expires
14 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
19 Elway Road Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14638514
Documents
11
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wigan
  • 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, listed buildings, 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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