Planning application
30 Ellesmere Road Wigan WN5 9LA
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from a 6 bed 6 person House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) to a 7 Bed 7 person House in Multiple Occupation (sui generis)
As published by the council, reference A/26/100906/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- A/26/100906/FULL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 23 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Douglas
- Parish
- Wigan South
- Postcode
- WN5 9LA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wigan register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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A/24/97505/CU Refused
30 Ellesmere Road Wigan WN5 9LA
Change of use of existing (Class C3) dwellinghouse to 7 bedroom, 9 person HMO (Sui Generis) together with associated external alterations to windows and doors
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 May 2026
Received by Wigan
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2 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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23 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refused
Who's behind it
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Gold Sketch Studios Ltd Agent, registered in London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- WEB DECISION
- OFFICER REPORT
- HOUSING ENABLING TEAM
- ONLINE COMMENT
- TRANSPORT POLICY
- ONLINE COMMENT
- HMO MANAGEMENT PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- SITE EXISTING AND PROPOSED
- EXISTING PLANS
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