55 & 57 High Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3BJ
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions7 conditions
Proposal
Conversion of two vacant shop premises (Use Class E(a)), to provide two terraced dwellings (Use Class 3) with single storey rear extension to 55 High Street, associated amenity/garden space, together with external alterations including new windows and doors to the front and rear elevations
- Received
- 15 October 2025
- Ward
- Golborne And Lowton West
- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation30 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 101 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 55 & 57 High Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3BJ. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 22 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Golborne Town Centre conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3BJ
- Application type
- Full Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Golborne And Lowton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Paul Baines Renaissance Studio 1 Derby Street Leigh WN7 4PF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Golborne Town CentrePart of the site
- 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, 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.
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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.
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Associated applications
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