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Land Adjacent 24 Rivington Avenue Golborne Warrington WA3 3HG

A/24/97044/FULLFull DetailsRefused
Full

Refused on 25 July 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land to side to be incorporated into garden area and erection of 1.2 metre high fencing to front and side

Received
27 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Golborne And Lowton West
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 78 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Adjacent 24 Rivington Avenue Golborne Warrington WA3 3HG. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 8 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Golborne And Lowton West. We hold 2,779 applications in total for the WA3 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WA3 3HG
Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Golborne And Lowton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2024
Consultation expiry
7 June 2024
Consultation start
17 May 2024
Consultation end
7 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 June 2024
Last date for comments
7 June 2024
Target decision date
26 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Appeal history

3350736
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 December 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12920548
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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: Wigan

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