10 New Street Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5JB Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101191/LUCE - Lawful Use Certificate Existing Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development to confirm that the property was in lawful use as a House in Multiple Occupation for 4-6 people (Use Class C4) prior to the introduction of the Article 4 Direction in Wigan Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
6 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 1

Also on the record
Inside the Platt Bridge and Abram built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £30,000 in April 2020. Semi-detached house, leasehold.

24 April 2020£30,000
19 April 2002£10,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Wigan - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Wigan
Application type
Lawful Use Certificate Existing
Postcode
WN2 5JB
Received
6 Jul 2026
Validated
6 Jul 2026
Ward
Abram
Parish
Hindley And Abram Township
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted LUC Existing Use or Development
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 28 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15059527
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.