13A Green Lane Leigh WN7 2TL
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions5 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to childrens care home for up to two children (Use Class C2)
- Received
- 10 March 2026
- Ward
- Leigh Central And Higher Folds
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 Apr
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 13A Green Lane Leigh WN7 2TL. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 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
- WN7 2TL
- Application type
- Full Details
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 14 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 21 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Benjamin Hellawell The Courtyard 12A Commercial Road Skelmanthorpe Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD8 9AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 73 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 31 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 21 April 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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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