291 Slag Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2AB
Approved on 2 February 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions3 conditions
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Proposal
Tree 1 Cherry Crown thin by no more than 20% and crown raise to 2 metres.
- Received
- 14 January 2026
- Ward
- Golborne And Lowton West
- ReceivedReceived14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 19 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 291 Slag Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2AB. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 6 weeks quicker 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.
97% of trees 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 2AB
- Application type
- Work to Trees - TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Golborne And Lowton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2031
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Andy Smallshaw
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Wigan
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