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3 Wittenspithall Cottages, Dunham Road, Warburton

H/CLD/58345Certificate Existing Lawful UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 February 2004

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for retention of two storey extension.

Received
22 December 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bowdon
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 Wittenspithall Cottages, Dunham Road, Warburton. Trafford has handled 208 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Trafford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Bowdon.

88% of amendment applications at Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use
Development type
Residential - domestic
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2003
Consultation start
15 January 2004
Target decision date
16 February 2004

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Trafford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Trafford

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