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A/25/099945/MAJORApprove With ConditionsDecision issued 16 Apr 2026
Application to change the use of Haigh Hall into a mixed-use cultural venue with art galleries, education suite, event spaces, restaurant/café, retail, office, and bedroom accommodation. Includes a rooftop extension for a bar and circulation space, infill of the ground floor inner courtyard for a kitchen, and external works across the grounds and Haigh Woodland Park, including landscaping, an external marquee, infrastructure, energy centre, parking, access roads, walkways, and lighting.
Proposal as recorded
Change of use of Haigh Hall to a mixed-use cultural venue comprising art galleries, education suite, event spaces, restaurant/caf, retail, office and bedroom accommodation, together with a rooftop extension to form a bar and circulation space and infill of the ground floor inner courtyard to create a kitchen, and associated external works across the grounds and the wider Haigh Woodland Park, including hard and soft landscaping, provision for an external marquee, supporting infrastructure, energy centre, vehicle parking, vehicular access roads, pedestrian walkways, and external lighting
Record details
AddressHaigh Hall School Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PE
Application typeMajor application
StatusDecided
DecisionApprove With Conditions
Decision levelN/A
Received30/10/2025
Validated06/11/2025
Decision issued16/04/2026
WardAspull New Springs Whelley
ParishStandish Aspull And Shevington Township
Parties as recorded
ApplicantN/A
Applicant companyWigan Council
AgentN/A
Agent companyPurcell
Case officerJohndaniel Jaques