Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Tyldesley Road Atherton Manchester M46 9AP Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101344/LB - Listed Building Approved

Proposal

Listed Building consent to remove the existing marble altar Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Validated
2 Sept 2026
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Consultation
4 Sept 2026
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Approved
19 Oct 2026

Approved on 19 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Grade II, about 50 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Atherton built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Listed Building
Postcode
M46 9AP
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Atherton South And Lilford
Parish
Atherton Township
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
19 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Kepczyk Sanderson + Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, 117 days faster than Wigan's median of 164 for listed building consent. Approved, as 100% of listed building consent here are.

18%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
9%go to committee

Plota live figures for listed building consent decided by Wigan in the last twelve months, from validation. Wigan decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15139659
Planning Portal ref
PP-15139659
Neighbours
4 Sept 2026
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Comments by
16 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
25 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wigan
Planning Authority Score
2/10
Poor
#273 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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