Parklee Community School Wardour Street Atherton Manchester M46 0AR
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification for installation of roof mounted solar panels
- Received
- 12 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Atherton South And Lilford
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation9 Mar
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Parklee Community School Wardour Street Atherton Manchester M46 0AR. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Atherton South And Lilford. We hold 89 applications in total for the M46 postcode area.
73% of outline 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 0AR
- Application type
- GPD Class J Part 14
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Atherton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Luke Strange 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 31 March 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.
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.
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Source: Wigan
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