Former Best Friends Private Day Nursery St Johns Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AR Data via plota.co.uk

Pending A/26/101528/VAR
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises
Council
Wigan 2/10
Date received
14 Sept 2026
Date validated
28 Sept 2026
Postcode
M28 1AR

Description

Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) and 8 (landscaping) of planning permission - to allow development to be built in accordance with amended layout and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Walkden built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
131 Mosley Common Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AH
To create two self-contained 1 bed flats (Use Class C3) at first floor level, together wi…
A/25/098752/RET
2025 Approved
121 Mosley Common Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AH
Single storey rear extension
A/25/099085/HH
2025 Approved
Former Best Friends Private Day Nursery Best Friends Nursery St Johns Road Worsley Manchester
Amended Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (Materials), 7 (Drainag…
A/25/098741/CON
2024 Refused
131 Mosley Common Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AH
Continued use of first-floor for 2 self-contained 2 bedroomed flats together with associa…
A/24/97070/RET
2023 Approved
148 Mosley Common Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AN
Change of use from Class E (carpet sales unit) into Sui Generis wine bar, together with e…
A/23/95379/CU
2022
Former Best Friends Private Day Nursery Best Friends Nursery St Johns Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AR
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (Materials), 7 (Drainage), 9 (S…
A/22/94856/CON
2021 Approved
Former Best Friends Private Day Nursery Best Friends Nursery St Johns Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AR
Residential Development, erection of 9 residential dwellings with associated access and l…
A/21/92284/FULL
2021 Withdrawn
5 St Johns Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AR
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side and single storey to rear
A/21/91523/HH
2020 Refused
147 Mosley Common Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AH
To construct permanent vehicular crossing
A/20/89566/HH
2020 Approved
127 Mosley Common Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AH
Two storey rear extension and erection of external staircase to the rear, together with i…
A/20/89424/FULL
2018 Approved
2 Highfield Avenue Worsley Manchester M28 1AL
To extend dwellinghouse - part first floor side/rear and part two storey to side
A/18/85039/HH
2017 Approved
9 Highfield Avenue Worsley Manchester M28 1AL
To extend dwellinghouse single storey to side and rear with access ramp to side
A/17/83925/HH
2016 Approved
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A/16/83017/HH
2016 Approved
7 Highfield Avenue Worsley Manchester M28 1AL
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2016 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings