Driving Test Centre 5 Gibfield Park Avenue Gibfield Park Atherton Manchester M46 0SU
Approved on 4 June 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions2 conditions
Proposal
Installation of external condenser unit as part of larger decarbonisation works
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Ward
- Atherton North
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation6 Apr
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided4 Jun
Decided in 87 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Driving Test Centre 5 Gibfield Park Avenue Gibfield Park Atherton Manchester M46 0SU. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Atherton North. We hold 89 applications in total for the M46 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
- M46 0SU
- Application type
- Major application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Atherton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- MCANDREW MARTIN LIMITED
- Agent address
- Mr Luis Gutierrez Trafalgar House Acorn BC Portsmouth PO6 3TH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Vicky Morley
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 April 2026
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wigan
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