Footpath To Side Of 129 Devonshire Road Atherton

A/26/100435/TCSOTelecommunications NotificationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and GRANTED2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification of installation of a 15m steel pole to support fibre cables and radio antennae together with associated cabinets housing electronic communications apparatus to form part of a high-speed broadband electronic communications network

Received: 11 February 2026
Council: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Atherton North

ReceivedReceived11 Feb
ValidatedValidated17 Feb
Consult.Consultation11 Mar
TargetTarget Date13 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Footpath To Side Of 129 Devonshire Road Atherton. Wigan has handled 15 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 6 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 Atherton North.

86% of all 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

Application type: Telecommunications Notification
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Atherton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 11 March 2026
Consultation start: 18 February 2026
Consultation end: 11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 11 March 2026
Last date for comments: 11 March 2026
Target decision date: 13 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14674617
Comments: 0
Documents: 0
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.

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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.

Source: Wigan

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