Planning application
Land Adjacent Lower Pocket Nook Farm Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AX
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 May 2023
Received by Wigan
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7 Jun 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Apr 2025
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
111 documents on file for this application
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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.
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