In connection with proposed future development works, street works are to be executed by Wigan Borough Council on the land at Market Place / Doctors Nook, Leigh. Some of the land where the said street works are due to be carried out is not a highway maintainable at the public expense, nor is it registered with the Land Registry. Despite enquiries having been made, no legal owner of that unregistered land has been identified.

Wigan Borough Council is now looking to exercise the statutory procedure under Section 228 of the Act, hereby giving notice and declaring the relevant land as adopted highway, maintainable at the public expense. Copy notice and plans may be inspected at Wigan Council, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN during normal office hours 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Any person who believes he/she/they owns the land or who has any information on its ownership should contact quoting reference RD/LS/DZB/3941009 to D.Birchall@wigan.gov.uk no later than 14th August 2025. Notice will be given once street works have been carried out to declare the highway as adopted, maintainable at the public expense, and such land shall become highway if no objection or challenge is raised in relation to this S228 Notice.

DATED this 10 July 2025

Assistant Director – Legal, Governance & Elections, Wigan Council, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN