Walkers Lower Farm Scot Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1YL
Approved on 22 April 2026
Council decision: GPD Prior Approval Required and GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification for erection of a steel portal frame agricultural building for the purposes of storing hay and straw
- Received
- 13 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Aspull New Springs Whelley
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated13 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application at Walkers Lower Farm Scot Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1YL. Wigan has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Aspull New Springs Whelley. We hold 224 applications in total for the WN2 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- WN2 1YL
- Application type
- Agricultural/Forestry Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Standish Aspull And Shevington Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Daniel Perch Burlington House 10-11 Ribblesdale Place Preston PR1 3NA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Wigan
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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