St John Rigby College Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0LJ
Proposal
Refurbishment of existing artificial grass pitch; replacement of 15m high floodlighting columns, replacement ball stop fencing 4.5m high, storage container and hard standing around pitch
- Received
- 4 June 2026
- Decided
- 12 August 2026 · Approved with Conditions
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 69 days
This is a planning application at St John Rigby College Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0LJ. Wigan has handled 1,971 applications of this type and approves 85% of them, typically deciding them in 62 days. This one was decided in 69 days, 7 days longer than Wigan's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 234 applications in total for the WN5 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Wigan
- Ancient woodland: Porters WoodPart of the site
- 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, 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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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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 2026-10-09. 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.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Need a drainage scheme? Drainage & flood risk consultants near this site
Condition 5 on the decision asks for this.
- 14.4 miPrestonRTPI
- 17.2 miAltrinchamRTPI
- 18.2 miAltrinchamRTPI
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