55 & 57 High Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3BJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of two vacant shop premises (Use Class E(a)), to provide two terraced dwellings (Use Class 3) with single storey rear extension to 55 High Street, associated amenity/garden space, together with external alterations including new windows and doors to the front and rear elevations Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 21 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026
Documents 19
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 4
Plans & drawings 9
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Associated applications 2
- Conversion of two vacant shop premises (Use Class E(a)), to provide two terraced dwellings (Use Class 3) with single storey rear…
Conditions 4 awaiting decision
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 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 3BJ
- Received
- 15 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 9 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Golborne And Lowton West
- Parish
- Golborne And Lowton Township
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Decision date
- 21 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- PAB Architects Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 101 days from validation, 38 days slower than Wigan's median of 63 for changes of use. Approved, as 51% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wigan in the last twelve months, from validation. Wigan decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14409143
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14409143
- Neighbours
- 17 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 9 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 30 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 25 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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