Land Adjacent To The Poplars Tunley Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for Permission in principle - 2no. detached dwellings on former equestrian land. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Mar 2026 · Delegated unless Member request to Cttee · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 7
Other documents 1
Site constraints 5
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.
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Important details
- Council
- West Lancashire
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Postcode
- WN6 9RG
- Received
- 5 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Rural North East Ward
- Parish
- Wrightington
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Permission in Principle Granted
- Decision date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Peter Dickinson Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, 15 days faster than West Lancashire's median of 55 for new homes. Approved, as 55% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by West Lancashire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lancashire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 10 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 10 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 5 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
West Lancashire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #265 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. West Lancashire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 85% approved vs 90% nationally.
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