Planning application
East Quarry Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
County Matter - Scoping opinion request for the infilling of the quarry void.
As published by the council, reference LCC/2026/0003
Application record
- Reference
- LCC/2026/0003
- Type
- County Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 2 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Rural North East Ward
- Parish
- Wrightington
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- WN6 9AE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2026
Received by Sefton
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sefton took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
- Scoping request report
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Sefton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sefton's median decision took 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About less common application types
This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.
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