4 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101265/FULL - Full Details Approved

Proposal

Change of use of first floor from a flat (Use Class C3) to a hairdressing salon (Use Class E) to form enlargement of existing salon Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 03:14

Application progress

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Received

21 Jul 2026

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Validated

19 Aug 2026

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Consultation

24 Aug 2026

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Approved

2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF WEB DECISION Decision Notice · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 11

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Wigan built-up area; Air quality management area about 67 m away: Wigan AQMA.

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: Full Details
Postcode: WN6 7AT
Received: 21 Jul 2026
Validated: 19 Aug 2026
Ward: Wigan West
Parish: Wigan North
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Oct 2026
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 2 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 19 days faster than Wigan's median of 63 for changes of use. Approved, as 51% of changes of use here are.

This one44d

Council63d

UK56d

46%decided within 8 weeks

51%approved

69decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wigan in the last twelve months, from validation. Wigan decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14977940
Planning Portal ref: PP-14977940
Neighbours: 24 Aug 2026
Consultation: 24 Aug 2026
Comments by: 2 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 11 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 14 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused

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Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use of a property as a 5 bed, 5 person…

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2025 Approved

54 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7BB

Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use of a property as a 6 bed, 6 person…

A/25/099526/LUCE 23 Oct 2025

2024 Approved

5 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Conversion to 7 person 7 bedroom HMO, single storey rear extension, with associated exter…

A/24/97368/FULL 7 Nov 2024

2024 Refused

110 Woodhouse Lane Wigan WN6 7LZ

To upgrade existing advertisement hoarding with an internally illuminated digital poster…

A/24/97255/ADV 2 Aug 2024

2023 Approved

7 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Change of use from Class C4 6 bed, 6 Person HMO, to Sui Generis 6 bed, 10 person HMO

A/23/95128/CU 18 Dec 2023

2021 Approved

7 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Change of Use from existing HMO to single dwelling house (C3)

A/21/92014/CU 18 Oct 2021

2021 Approved

5 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

To convert from 5 No one bed studio flats to a single dwelling house (Use Class C3)

A/21/92023/CU 2 Sep 2021

2019 Refused

5 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Single storey extension to side, change of use from bin store to studio flat together wit…

A/19/88359/CU 30 Mar 2020

2019 Approved

7 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Change of use to 7 studio apartments with two storey rear extension

A/19/87844/CU 21 Nov 2019

2019 Withdrawn

5 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Change of use at ground floor from bin store to studio flat.

A/19/87372/CU 19 Aug 2019

2017 Approved

Eldons Service And Repair Centre 146 Park Road Wigan

Certificate of Lawfulness for the established use as service and repair centre/a motor ve…

A/17/84397/LUCE 6 Oct 2017

2017 Approved

5 Springfield Road Wigan WN6 7AT

Change of use to 7 studio flats together with part demolition and two storey extension to…

A/17/84078/FULL 19 Jul 2017

Wigan

Planning Authority Score

2/10

Poor

#273 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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