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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,656 approved · 825 refused · 390 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Feb 2002 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council — Article 4 Direction Area · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 Newall Grove Leigh WN7 1RZ
Received 1 Apr 2022Cunliffs Barn Gathurst Road Orrell
Received 17 Dec 2019Morleys Hall Farm Morleys Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EW
Received 20 Feb 2020Outside 4 Market Place Wigan WN1 1JR
Received 12 Mar 202041 Woodland Avenue Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4PP
Received 18 Mar 2020Fit 4 Life Health Centre King Street Leigh WN7 4LJ
Received 27 Jul 20204 Ormside Close Hindley Industrial Estate Hindley Green WN2 4HR
Received 18 Aug 2020Land Rear Of 17 South Lane Tyldesley M29 7GQ
Received 14 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 15 South Lane Tyldesley M29 7GQ
Received 15 Sept 20207 - 9 Great George Street Wigan WN3 4DL
Received 30 Sept 2020Site Of 107-111 Market Street Atherton M46 0DA
Received 5 Oct 2020Westleigh High School Westleigh Lane Leigh WN7 5NL
Received 8 Oct 202088 Whelley Wigan WN1 3UA
Received 19 Oct 20209 Thurlby Close Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8SB
Received 22 Oct 202037 Harrow Crescent Leigh WN7 3HG
Received 22 Oct 2020Pemberton Central Park Academy And Playing Fields Central Park Montrose Avenue Wigan WN5 9XL
Received 22 Oct 202021 Leader Street Pemberton WN5 8AE
Received 26 Oct 2020Vauses Farm 75 Wigan Road Shevington Wigan WN6 8PY
Received 26 Oct 20202 Manor Grove Orrell Wigan WN5 0BW
Received 26 Oct 2020Robinsons Country Leisure Superstore 71 Warrington Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PJ
Received 27 Oct 202010 Ellwood Gardens Shevington Wigan WN6 8FP
Received 27 Oct 202044 Edgeworth Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4PT
Received 26 Oct 202014 Skyes Crescent Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HU
Received 28 Oct 2020Land At Newton Lane Newton-Le-Willows
Received 28 Oct 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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