Planning application
Baby Elephant 162 Gathurst Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8HZ
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of detached office building (Use Class E(g)(i)) with associated external works following demolition of existing building
As published by the council, reference A/25/098951/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- A/25/098951/FULL
- Type
- Full Details
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved with Conditions
- Received
- 22 Apr 2025
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- Shevington With Lower Ground And Moor
- Parish
- Standish Aspull And Shevington Township
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WN6 8HZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Apr 2025
Received by Wigan
-
11 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
22 May 2026
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
-
24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Peter Dickinson Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Wigan
Active · incorporated 2022 · Wigan
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
57 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- WEB DECISION NOTICE
- ONLINE COMMENT
- UNITED UTILITIES
- EA RESPONSE
- UPDATED FRA
- AMENDED SITE SECTIONS
- EA RESPONSE
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS
- UPDATED FLOOD RISK RESPONSE BY APPLICANT
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS
- UNITED UTILITIES
- PLANNING POLICY COMMENTS
- FURTHER RESPONSE TO LLFA
- UNITED UTILITIES
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- FURTHER COMMENTS FROM LLFA
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT WITH ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT
- SITE-SPECIFIC FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN / LANDSCAPING PLAN
- GMEU COMMENTS
- AMENDED PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- UPDATED CONSERVATION COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION COMMENTS
- ONLINE COMMENT
- SUPERSEDED SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN
- AMENDED HERITAGE STATEMENT (REV A)
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS
- MS GREATER MANCHESTER ECOLOGY UNIT
- UNITED UTILITIES
- ECOLOGY UNIT
- TRANSPORT POLICY
- CANAL AND RIVER TRUST
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY COMMENTS
- 4298 Planning Statement with Sequential Test-merged
- SUPERSEDED 4298-25-13A PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS - PLANNING
- Baby Elephant Indian, Shevington-WITH PARKING
- Application Perspective 2 copy
- 4298 Drainage Statement and Flood Risk Assessment merged
- 4298 Volume Assessment
- 4298-25-16 EXISITNG ELEVATIONS
- 4298 BNG Units Statement
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- 4298-24-06 LOCATION PLAN
- SUPERSEDED 4298-25-12B SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN
- 4298-25-17 BOUNDARY TREATMENTS
- 4298 Planning Application Cover Letter_Redacted
- BNG ASSESSMENTPR-25-~1
- 4298 3D Image Booklet
- A.25.098951.FULL Wigan Observer 01.07.2025
- SUPERSEDED 4298 HERITAGE STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED 4298-25-11 PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS
- RIVER ENCROACHMENT SPREADSHEET
- BNG MATRIX
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Wigan granted permission on 22 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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