7 Elizabeth Avenue Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side infill extension Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £156,000 in November 2023. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Wigan
- Application type
- Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
- Postcode
- WN2 5TP
- Received
- 13 May 2026
- Validated
- 26 May 2026
- Ward
- Abram
- Parish
- Hindley And Abram Township
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Refused LUC
- Decision date
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- JL Architectural Designs
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 13% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Wigan in the last twelve months, from validation. Wigan decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14928514
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14928514
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Wigan is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #216 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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