Land Adjacent 76 Fairman Drive Hindley Wigan WN2 2RT
Approved on 2 September 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
Proposal
Change of use of land to incorporate into domestic garden use to the southeast boundary to 76 Fairman Drive
- Received
- 9 February 2026
- Ward
- Hindley
- ReceivedReceived9 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 170 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Adjacent 76 Fairman Drive Hindley Wigan WN2 2RT. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 205 days, 20 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Hindley. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 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
- WN2 2RT
- Application type
- Full Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hindley And Abram Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Scott Wilkinson 6 Dale Lee Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3YE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 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 (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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