26 Cotswold Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 1HW
Approved on 9 March 2026
Council decision: Granted LUC Proposed Use or DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawful development for proposed porch to front and single storey side extension
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Lowton East
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Mar
Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at 26 Cotswold Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 1HW. Wigan has handled 133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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.
73% of outline 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 1HW
- Application type
- Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Golborne And Lowton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Miss Rebecca Evans House 13 Freeland Park Lytchett Wareham Road BH16 6FA
Planning decision
- 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.
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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Jun
Variation of condition 2 of previously approved A/25/099884/HH
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)A/26/101025/VAR - 20266 May
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/25/099884/HH
RefusedNon-material amendmentA/26/100909/NMAS - 202521 Oct
Single storey rear extension and open porch to front following demolition of attached garage
ApprovedHouseholderA/25/099884/HH
Source: Wigan
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