®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed21 August 20253359877
6 Valentines Road , Wigan , M46 0LD
‘proposed change of use of house/dwelling to children's care home at 6 Valentines Road, Atherton. AKA The Golden Hive’
- Authority
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Williams K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide adequate parking with particular regard to how the development functions and the living conditions of surrounding occupiers and the wider neighbourhood
- whether the proposal would cater for the needs of the Borough, and the effect on local services
- whether any harm would be outweighed by other material considerations
What decided it
The proposal would not provide adequate parking and would result in harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers through noise and disturbance from increased vehicle movements and parking arrangements, and increased harm to pedestrian and cyclist safety in a constrained residential area.
Plan policies cited: Policy CP17, Policy CP6, Policy JP-H3, Policy JP-P6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.