LATEST planning applications submitted to Wigan Council include: Hindley Baths, Borsdane Avenue - access ramp to front and rear entrances; Higher Barn Farm, Castle Hill Road, Hindley - listed-building consent to convert barn to dwelling; 296 Wigan Road, Atherton - retain portable building; Units 5/6 Acorn Court, Leigh - change of use from Class B1 to B8 (storage and distribution) with trade counter; Tyldesley RUFC, Astley Street, Tyldesley - determination of siting and design of a 15m monopole with six-panel and three dish antennae, equipment cabin and electric meter cabinet; St George's CE Primary School, Derby Street, Atherton - single-storey classroom extension linked to existing school.

Leyland Farm, Shudehill Road, Mosley Common - stable building and agricultural determination for a storage shed for agricultural machinery; Electrium (Volex Ltd) Leigh Road, Hindley Green - canopy over existing loading area; land adjacent 209 Atherton Road, Hindley - to develop 0.29ha of land for residential purposes; land rear of Castle Street, Tyldesley - construct five-bedroom detached house plus triple detached garage with access from Factory Street.

4 Gas Street, Leigh - change of use from gym to carpet and floor covering sales (Class D2 to class A1) plus new window; 4 Ling Drive, Atherton - extend first-floor bedroom over existing front porch and construction of pitch roof over existing flat roof garage; 109 Treen Road, Tyldesley - conservatory at rear; 2 Chalfont Drive, Tyldesley - first-floor side extension over existing garage and utility room to provide extended bedroom to front with study room extension to rear; 927 East Lancashire Road, Boothstown - rear extension forming kitchen and conservatory.

5 Birtle Drive, Tyldesley - two-storey extension, dining room with bedroom above; 53 Beech Walk, Leigh - two-storey side extension and rear conservatory; 12 Heathmoor Avenue, Lowton - rear conservatory; 535 Atherton Road, Hindley - construct vehicular crossing; 39 Sydney Avenue, Leigh - to extend dwelling to rear; 82 Bridge Street, Golborne - two-storey side extension; 16 Parkdale, Astley - single-storey mono pitched rear extension to kitchen and dining room; 15 Treen Road, Tyldesley - rear conservatory.