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8 Belle Vue Lowton Warrington WA3 1BN

A/26/100488/FULLApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of land to accommodate a short stay holiday let accommodation comprising of a shepherd's hut, gazebo and associated landscape works (retrospective application)

Received
20 February 2026
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 135 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 8 Belle Vue Lowton Warrington WA3 1BN. Wigan has handled 2,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 10 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,779 applications in total for the WA3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WA3 1BN

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Oct

    Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Hot Tub Water Management and Disposal Scheme)…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsA/26/101606/CON
  2. 2026
    23 Mar

    Change of use of land to accommodate a short stay holiday let accommodation comprising of a shepherd's hut…

    This applicationApprovedApplicationA/26/100488/FULL

Source: Wigan

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