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Railway Road Building Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AH

A/26/100660/CONCondition dischargeAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.2 (External materials), Condition No.4 (Archaeological scheme of investigation), Condition No.8 (Car park lighting scheme), Condition No.12 (Demolition and Construction Environmental Management Plan), Condition No.13 (Land condition investigation) and Condition No.23 (Construction Training and Employment Management Plan) in respect of approved application A/22/94743/MAJOR

Received
23 March 2026
Decision due
18 May 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 16 October 2026
Ward
Leigh Central And Higher Folds
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Railway Road Building Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AH. Wigan has handled 274 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Railway Road, Leigh conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.

98% of conditions 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 4AH
Application type
Condition discharge
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 May 2026
Consultation start
27 April 2026
Consultation end
18 May 2026
Last date for comments
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
John Groves 31 Kildonan Road Grappenhall Warrington WA4 2LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14803853
Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Railway Road, LeighPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Shlaa0199Register site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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