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Unit 2 Food Hall Cotton Works Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan

A/26/100560/ADVApplication to Display AdvertsApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions6 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of an internally illuminated hanging fascia box sign and internally applied vinyl window sign

Received
4 March 2026
Ward
Douglas
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Unit 2 Food Hall Cotton Works Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan. Wigan has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 6 days quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Wigan Pier, Wigan conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Douglas.

80% of advertising 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
Application to Display Adverts
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigan South

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026
Last date for comments
8 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Don Murphy 31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14694833
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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wigan Pier, Wigan

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Mar

    Listed building consent for the installation of a C section beam, internally illuminated hanging box fascia…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideA/26/100559/LB
  2. 2026
    4 Mar

    Installation of an internally illuminated hanging fascia box sign and internally applied vinyl window sign

    This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consentA/26/100560/ADV

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