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Land To The East Of Rowan Avenue Lowton

A/25/100245/MAJORMajor applicationAwaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Residential development of 45 dwellings including access from Rowan Avenue, with associated infrastructure works including parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, acoustic fence, substation and pumping station

Received
23 December 2025
Decision due
18 May 2026
Public comments
54 · last counted 17 October 2026
Ward
Lowton East
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 25 March.

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To The East Of Rowan Avenue Lowton. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Lowton East.

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Application details

Application type
Major application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
45
Parish
Golborne And Lowton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
4 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Miss Abigail Knowles Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU

Planning decision

Case officer
Mike Jones
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 March 2026
Site notice start
2 March 2026
Site notice end
23 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14548056
Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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