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Land Adjacent Lower Pocket Nook Farm Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AX

Granted Wigan A/23/95513/MAJOR Major application

Works: New dwelling Demolition Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Residential development of 236 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping, open space, footpaths, SUDS and vehicle access from A579 (Atherleigh Way), including demolition of Lower Pocket Nook Farm buildings

As published by the council, reference A/23/95513/MAJOR

Application record

Reference
A/23/95513/MAJOR
Type
Major application
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Received
9 May 2023
Validated
7 Jun 2023
Decided
23 Apr 2025
Ward
Lowton East
Parish
Golborne And Lowton Township
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
WA3 1AX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Wigan register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • A/25/099808/CON Awaiting decision

    Land Adjacent Lower Pocket Nook Farm Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AX

    Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.7 (Construction Training and Employment Management Plan), Condition Nos.14 & 15 (Project Design for Archaeological Evaluation and Historic Building Recording), Condition No.25 (Maintained Play Area) and Condition No.44 (Licence issued by Natural England) in respect of approved application A/23/95513/MAJOR

    Submitted 10 Oct 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 May 2023

    Received by Wigan

  2. 7 Jun 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Apr 2025

    Decision issued: Approved with Conditions

  4. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • A/25/099808/CON Awaiting decision

    Land Adjacent Lower Pocket Nook Farm Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AX

    Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.7 (Construction Training and Employment Management Plan), Condition Nos.14 & 15 (Project Design for Archaeological Evaluation and Historic Building Recording), Condition No.25 (Maintained Play Area) and Condition No.44 (Licence issued by Natural England) in respect of approved application A/23/95513/MAJOR

    Submitted 10 Oct 2025 Conditions

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

111 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Wigan granted permission on 23 April 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs
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