PENNINGTON Park is earmarked for a multi-purpose gazebo which can also be used as a bandstand.

Plans have gone to the planning department after Wigan Council consulted around 500 local residents on the bandstand and landscaping work proposals -- receiving a 91 per cent vote of confidence from those who returned questionnaires.

The gazebo will be designed to complement the formal nature of the park and encourage use by people of all ages for all kinds of activities.

A £50 Asda voucher was offered to residents as an incentive for the return of the questionnaires and the winner, Mr J Gaskell, is pictured with (front l-r): local councillor John O'Brien, Chair of the Hope Carr/Leigh East Twin Ward Risk Management Group and community bobby Wayne Burton. At the back (l-r) are: Andrew Sharrock, Township Manager for Leigh, Golborne & Lowton; Janine Morton, Township Support Officer; and Anne Cockram of Wigan Leisure & Cultural Trust.

Other applications received by Wigan Council include: 2 Atherton Road, Hindley - change of use to dwelling; Hall House, Leigh - detached garage; R Raines Auto Salvage, Leigh Road, Hindley Green - single storey warehouse; 10 Mardale Close, Atherton - single storey side extension; 12 Wild Arum Close, Lowton - first floor side extension, rear conservatory.

The Spinney, Everest Road, Atherton - two storey building, car park and lake; 146A Stone Cross Lane, Lowton - front porch; 1 Lincoln Avenue, Lowton - rear conservatory; Moss Bank Nurseries, Hooten Lane, Leigh - two greenhouses; 28 Highfield Avenue, Leigh - rear conservatory.

18 Sandy Lane, Lowton - single storey rear and two storey side extension; 2 Withinlea Close, Hindley Green - rear conservatory; Bedford Lodge Farm, Leigh - paddocks extension; 52 Tintern Avenue, Tyldesley - rear, single storey extension; 202 Castle Hill Road, Hindley - rear conservatory; 6-8 Twist lane, Leigh - two storey rear extension; Parnell Pits Cottage, 170 Lower Green Lane, Astley - two storey side extension; 34 Garner Drive, Tyldesley - side extension.