Golborne Congregational School Corner Of Tanners Lane High Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3AW Data via plota.co.uk

A/26/101513/FULL - Full Details Registered

Proposal

Change of use from General Industrial (Use Class B2) to 4 no. Commercial, Business and Service units (all Use Class E) together with new door and window openings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
14 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Dec 2026 and 25 Dec 2026, from Wigan's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Also on the record
Conservation area about 27 m away: Golborne Town Centre; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; 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 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
Wigan
Application type
Full Details
Postcode
WA3 3AW
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Ward
Golborne And Lowton West
Parish
Golborne And Lowton Township
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
PKL Chartered Building Consultancy

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Wigan usually decides changes of use by day 63.

Day 1449 days to the predicted decision (day 63)
46%decided within 8 weeks
51%approved
69decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

19 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15217085
Planning Portal ref
PP-15217085
Neighbours
16 Oct 2026
Consultation
16 Oct 2026
Comments by
12 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
29 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wigan
Planning Authority Score
2/10
Poor
#273 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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