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20 Kirkham Road Leigh WN7 3UQ

A/26/100364/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey to side with pitched roof over existing garage and canopy to front along with garage conversion to habitable room

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leigh South
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 73 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 20 Kirkham Road Leigh WN7 3UQ. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leigh South. 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 3UQ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026
Permission expires
23 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Michael Beech Sitchstone Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14382584
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

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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