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4 Silk Street Leigh WN7 1AW

A/26/100929/FULLApproved

Approved on 17 July 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of first floor to create new single flat (Use Class C3), retaining commercial use (Use Class E(a)) at ground floor, together with external alterations to fenestration including reinstatement of bricked up window

Received
14 May 2026
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 4 Silk Street Leigh WN7 1AW. Wigan has handled 2,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigh Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WN7 1AW

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
HOLDEN (LANCASHIRE) LIMITED

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leigh Town Centre
  • 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, 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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