7 Winwick Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1LR

A/26/100504/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey front, side and rear extension, bay window to front and detached garage

Received: 23 February 2026
Council: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Lowton East

ReceivedReceived23 Feb
ValidatedValidated6 Mar
Consult.Consultation4 Apr
TargetTarget Date1 May
DecidedDecided30 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 7 Winwick Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1LR. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 days longer than Wigan's typical decision time. 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.

85% of full 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 1LR
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Golborne And Lowton Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 4 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 4 April 2026
Last date for comments: 4 April 2026
Target decision date: 1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 115 Upholland Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7EG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 0
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: WiganPart of the site
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.

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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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