Planning application
St John Rigby College Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0LJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Refurbishment of existing artificial grass pitch; replacement of 15m high floodlighting columns, replacement ball stop fencing 4.5m high, storage container and hard standing around pitch
As published by the council, reference A/26/100956/MAJPSI
Application record
- Reference
- A/26/100956/MAJPSI
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Received
- 22 May 2026
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pemberton
- Parish
- Wigan South
- Postcode
- WN5 0LJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wigan register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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A/24/97739/ADV Granted
St John Rigby College Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0LJ
To display external printed vinyl signage to front elevation of main building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 May 2026
Received by Wigan
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4 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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12 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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16 Aug 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Registered.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Surfacing Standards Limited Agent, registered in Uppingham
Active · incorporated 2004 · Uppingham
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- WEB DECISION NOTICE
- OFFICER REPORT
- LLFA
- TREE OFFICER
- UNITED UTILITIES
- UNITED UTILITIES
- SPORT ENGLAND
- APPENDIX I - GREEN BELT STATEMENT
- APPENDIX J - DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- APPLICATIONFORM_REDACTED
- G-226867 09 - EXISTING SITE LAYOUT
- G-226867 02 - SITE LOCATION PLAN REV01
- A.26.100956.MAJPSI WIGAN OBSERVER 23.06.2026
- APPENDIX B - FLOODLIGHTING PERFORMANCE REPORT PROPOSED
- APPENDIX C - ILP GUIDANCE NOTES
- APPENDIX D - SPORTS LIGHTING STATEMENT
- APPENDIX E - PROPOSED MATERIALS AND APPEARANCE
- APPENDIX G - EXAMPLE AGP MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
- APPENDIX H - INFILL RETENTION MEASURES
- DESIGN AND ACCESS WITH PLANNING STATEMENT
- G-226867 01 - EXISTING SITE PLAN
- APPENDIX A - FLOODLIGHTING PERFORMANCE REPORT EXISTING
- G-226867 05 - PROPOSED ELEVATION
- G-226867 06 - SPILLAGE COMPARISON
- G-226867 04 - PROPOSED AGP PLAN
- G-226867 03 - PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- G-226867 07 - INFILL CONTAINMENT MEASURES
- G-226867 08 - SITE SECTIONS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Wigan granted permission on 12 August 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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