Grass Verge Between Findlay Street And Twist Lane Leigh Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101169/TCSO - Telecommunications Notification Awaiting decision

Proposal

Prior notification of installation of a 15m steel pole to support fibre cables and radio antennae together with associated cabinets housing electronic communications apparatus to form part of a high-speed broadband electronic communications network Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 09:03

Application progress

✓

Received

2 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

6 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 99.

The consultation period closed on 31 Jul 2026.

Documents 10

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Air quality management area: Wigan AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Leigh (Wigan) built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Wigan
Application type: Telecommunications Notification
Postcode: WN7 4EQ
Received: 2 Jul 2026
Validated: 2 Jul 2026
Ward: Leigh Central And Higher Folds
Parish: Leigh Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 99, past the statutory target. 94% of prior approvals in Wigan are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 9943 days past the 56-day target

81%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

60decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Wigan in the last twelve months, from validation. Wigan decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14878875
Planning Portal ref: PP-14878875
Neighbours: 6 Jul 2026
Consultation: 6 Jul 2026
Comments by: 31 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 10 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 26 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Wigan

Planning Authority Score

2/10

Poor

#273 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines

expect longer than the statutory limit

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Wigan decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #213 of 296

87%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #236 of 296

54%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #216 of 296

57%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #262 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

69 decided (1-9 homes)

94%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

60%

Change of use approved

50 decided

708

Total decisions

109 refused in the year to March 2026