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120 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1DG

A/25/099903/FULLFull DetailsApproved
Full

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions18 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a replacement dwelling and new driveway following demolition of the existing dwelling

Received
24 October 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Lowton East
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 282 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 120 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1DG. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 314 days, 36 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Lowton East. 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 1DG
Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Golborne And Lowton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation start
4 December 2025
Consultation end
16 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 December 2025
Last date for comments
25 February 2026
Target decision date
8 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Michael Beech Sitchstone Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
136 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 February 2026
Site notice end
25 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14436974
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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