18 Oaklands Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2LE Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101250/LUCP - Lawful Use Certificate Proposed Refused

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed garden room following demolition of garage Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 05:18

Application progress

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Received

20 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

31 Jul 2026

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Refused

8 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 2

Also on the record

Inside the Golborne built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £225,000 in June 2024. Semi-detached house, leasehold.

28 June 2024£225,000

8 April 2022£170,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Wigan
Application type: Lawful Use Certificate Proposed
Postcode: WA3 2LE
Received: 20 Jul 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Ward: Lowton East
Parish: Golborne And Lowton Township
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Sept 2026
Decision: Refused LUC
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: MAT Design Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 16 days faster than Wigan's median of 55 for demolitions. Refused, as 18% of demolitions here are.

This one39d

Council55d

UK56d

63%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

68decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Wigan in the last twelve months, from validation. Wigan decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15069116
Statutory expiry: 25 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Wigan

Planning Authority Score

2/10

Poor

#273 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Wigan is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #216 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines

expect longer than the statutory limit

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Wigan decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #213 of 296

87%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #236 of 296

54%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #216 of 296

57%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #262 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

69 decided (1-9 homes)

94%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

60%

Change of use approved

50 decided

708

Total decisions

109 refused in the year to March 2026