Land Adjacent To Hingemakers Arms 34 Heath Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9DY
Approved on 18 September 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions13 conditions
Proposal
Erection of two semi-detached dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaping and boundary treatments
- Received
- 10 February 2026
- Public comments
- 2 · last counted 4 November 2026
- Ward
- Ashton In Makerfield South
- ReceivedReceived10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation12 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 175 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Hingemakers Arms 34 Heath Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9DY. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 22 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Ashton In Makerfield South. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
- WN4 9DY
- Application type
- Full Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bryn And Ashton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 24 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bill Schafer 56 Belvedere Road Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8RU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14679780
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre
- 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, 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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