cs:wigan:A/26/101508/WTTPOPlanning Application cs:wigan:A/26/101508/WTTPO

Planning application at Highfield Sand Quarry Moss Lane Lowton, Wigan. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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we plan to reduce the overall overgrown nature of the area know as the plateu within the woods to try to encourage a meadow like space with more natural light passing through the canopy no trees within a 4 mtr distance form the existing boundary line will be worked so as not to impact the view of the wood from outside where possible any trees removed will be replaced on a 2 to 1 basis and used to reinforce or plug gaps in the existing boundary works - removal hawthorn h1 hawthorn h2 hawthorn h3 hawthorn h4 hawthorn h5 hawthorn h6 hawthorn h7 hawthorn h8 hawthorn h9 hawthorn h10 hawthorn h11 ash a13 sycamore S14 sycamore S15 ash A16 ash A17 works crown lifting to 4mtr from ground level oak o1 oak o2 oako3 crown thinning by 25% oak o1 oak o2 oako3 crown reduction to 12mtr oak o1 oak o2 oako3 works removal of all dead and hanging branches or trees

A/26/101508/WTTPO

Highfield Sand Quarry Moss Lane Lowton

SubmittedSubmitted23 Sept

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This is a planning application at Highfield Sand Quarry Moss Lane Lowton. Wigan has handled 1,877 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 67 days. It was submitted on 23 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Lowton East. We hold 210 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.