Planning application
Northern Divers Building East Quarry Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Lancashire WN6 9AE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of land to car park, provision of widened sealed access, helipad, stoned parking area, 1.8m boundary security fence on highway/access boundary, and electric gates.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0300/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0300/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 14 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 17 Apr 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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14 Apr 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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17 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Lancashire took a median of 70 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Enforcement: E/2024/0225/UBW (DC Application Submitted)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Sedgwick Associates Agent
17 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 64% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- Meas response
- Environmental agency
- Highways response
- Mrs victoria baxter-1 lowther terrace appley bridge wigan-objects(full)
- Miss nicola lace-11 lowther terrace appley bridge wigan-objects(full)
- Susan roberts - 70 appley lane north, wn6 9aq
- Mrs anita o'donnell-76 appley lane north appley bridge wigan-objects(full)
- Ian and judith silverwood - 62 appley lane north, appley bridge
- Drainage
- Mr nicholas heywood-estate office appley lane north appley bridge-supports(full)
- Mr peter o dowd-appley lane north wigan-supports(full)
- Environment agency response
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Planning statement and green belt assessment
- Call in request email
- The coal authority
- Site notice
- Application form - without personal data
- Existing site plan
- The location plan
- Proposed site plan
- Foundation and fence plan
- Transport statement
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Lancashire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Lancashire decided full applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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