Hindley Hall Farm Hall Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 2SQ Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101238/FULL - Full Details Awaiting decision

Proposal

Construction of 1) drainage mound and associated foul sewage treatment plant, and 2) surface water retention basin and associated works to serve adjacent housing development Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 09:04

Application progress

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Received

15 Jul 2026

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Validated

17 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

28 Sept 2026

Decision

Target date was 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 3 Dec 2026, from Wigan's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 19 Oct 2026.

Documents 13

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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. Nearest recorded mine shaft: about 40 m from the postcode pin (reference 361405-003).

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 ↗

Public footpath about 16 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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: Full Details
Postcode: WN2 2SQ
Received: 15 Jul 2026
Validated: 17 Aug 2026
Ward: Hindley
Parish: Hindley And Abram Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sedgwick Associates

Decision outlook

Day 74 of the 56-day target. Wigan usually decides full applications by day 92.

target

prediction

Day 7418 days to the predicted decision (day 92)

24%decided within 8 weeks

69%approved

185decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14997655
Planning Portal ref: PP-14997655
Neighbours: 26 Aug 2026
Consultation: 28 Sept 2026
Comments by: 19 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 18 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved

Reserved matters application for 6 dwellings seeking approval of access, appearance, land…

A/24/97986/RM 11 Mar 2026

2019 Approved

Outline application for residential development for up to 6 no. dwellings following demol…

A/19/87923/OUT 12 Nov 2021

2019 Approved

Listed building application for residential development for up to 6 dwellings following d…

A/19/88302/LB 12 Nov 2021

2017 Refused

Outline application to develop 0.65 hectares of land for residential purposes (all matter…

A/18/85035/OUT 8 Oct 2018

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Hindley Hall Golf Club Hall Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 2SQ

Screening Opinion for land reprofiling/landscape

A/25/098412/EIASCR 28 Jan 2025

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