463 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1PB

A/26/100314/WTTPOWork to Trees - TPOApproved

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T4 Sycamore - Request to crown lift client side by up to 5m, lateral reduction of lowest hanging branches by no more than 1m where appropriate.

Received: 15 January 2026
Council: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Lowton East

ReceivedReceived15 Jan
ValidatedValidated15 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Mar
DecidedDecided2 Feb

Decided in 18 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 463 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1PB. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 6 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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 1PB
Application type: Work to Trees - TPO
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Golborne And Lowton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 January 2026
Target decision date: 12 March 2026
Permission expires: 2 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Kenyon Cutters
Agent address: Kenyon Lane Lowton wa3 1lg

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14604236
Comments: 0
Documents: 3
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Wigan
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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Wigan

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