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2 Pickthorn Close Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 3UW

A/26/100353/LUCPLawful Use Certificate ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 26 March 2026

Council decision: Refused LUCDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed change of use from a single residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to a childrens home for up to 2 children (Use Class C2)

Received
25 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abram
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 Pickthorn Close Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 3UW. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 3 days quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Abram. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 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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Application details

Postcode
WN2 3UW
Application type
Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hindley And Abram Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
9 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Owain Price-Milne 1 Green Lane Davenham Northwich CW9 8HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14650003
Comments
0
Documents
4

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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