12 Westbourne Avenue Leigh WN7 5QR

This site has had 2 applications since 2024.

• A/24/97425/LUCP Withdrawn

  12 Westbourne Avenue Leigh WN7 5QR

  Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed children's residential care home for up to 3 children

  Decided 28 Oct 2024 Lawful development

1. 12 Jan 2026

   Received by Wigan

2. 30 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 27 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Wigan took a median of 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Wigan for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wigan decided full applications in a median of 148 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 12 Westbourne Avenue Leigh WN7 5QR

  A/24/97425/LUCP Submitted 11 Jun 2024 50 yards away

  Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed children's residential care home for up to 3 children

  Withdrawn Lawful development 6 docs

• Public Open Space West Of 46 Yates Street Leigh

  A/24/97608/LA Submitted 18 Jul 2024 50 yards away

  Erection of 8 new bungalows, including car parking, landscaping, together with alterations to highway on Yates Street

  Granted Other 66 docs

• Car Park At Chisworth Close Leigh WN7 5RJ

  A/24/97760/FULL Submitted 20 Aug 2024 150 yards away

  Siting of two steel bin storage containers following demolition of one existing timber bin storage container within existing car park

  Granted Full applications Demolition 7 docs

• 150 Kirkhall Lane Leigh WN7 5RU

  A/23/95046/PDE Submitted 2 Feb 2023 200 yards away

  Single storey rear extension projecting 5.5metres, height to the eaves 2.5 metres and height to the ridge 2.8 metres

  Granted Outline Extension 4 docs
  Small domestic

• 20 Birch Road Leigh WN7 5SU

  A/24/97669/HH Submitted 30 Jul 2024 200 yards away

  Replacement and enlargement of existing external front and rear ramps with 1m high hand rail together with associated landscaping and external alterations including creation of door openings to front and side and widening of canopy to front

  Granted Householder 9 docs
  Domestic

• Booker 243 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1SH

  A/25/099549/FULL Submitted 22 Aug 2025 0.3 miles away

  Change of use wholesale warehouse and premises (Class B8) to supermarket (Class E(a))

  Granted Full applications 18 docs

• A/25/100127/FULL Granted

  Chamberlains Farm Crow Orchard Road Standish Wigan WN6 8RP

  Creation of a menage in an existing equestrian grazing paddock

  Received 4 Dec, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Full applications
• A/26/100304/FULL Granted

  Douglas Valley Breakers Bradley Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0YR

  Change of use from vehicle breakers yard (sui generis use) to gym (Use Class E(d)) together with extension of existing upper floor and installation of mezzanine level (retrospective)

  Received 13 Jan, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Full applications
• A/26/101281/FULL Refused

  188 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1SH

  Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) into a 5 bed HMO (Use Class C4) (Retrospective application)

  Received 27 Jul, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Full applications
• A/26/101395/FULL Refused

  18 Greenfields Crescent Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8QZ

  Change of use of land to incorporate 1.8 metre high boundary fence to front and side as part of garden, together with, two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and external alterations to fenestration

  Received 18 Aug, published by the council 14 Sep 2026 Full applications
• A/26/101008/FULL Refused

  2 Mabel Street Wigan WN5 9EJ

  Change of use from a 4 bed dwelling house (Use Class C3) into a 4 bed HMO for 4 occupants (Use Class C4) and installation of permanent vehicle crossing

  Received 2 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Full applications