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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.
5,682 approved · 830 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Front And Side Of 30 Tatton Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 30 Nov 2020Land Adjacent 34 Regina Crescent Leigh WN7 2UW
Received 30 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To 12 Alder Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2LY
Received 30 Nov 202017 Soughers Lane Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0JS
Received 8 Dec 202036 Rosebay Gardens Standish Wigan WN6 0ZH
Received 8 Dec 2020794 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 8AX
Received 8 Dec 20207 Rosewood Close Abram WN2 5XT
Received 9 Dec 202010 Parkfield Drive Tyldesley M29 8NR
Received 9 Dec 2020Land Adjacent To 42 Ashton Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3UN
Received 9 Dec 202014 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1UE
Received 9 Dec 202011 Lichfield Grove Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9JE
Received 9 Dec 2020Wigan And Leigh College Wigan School For The Arts Parsons Walk Wigan WN1 1RU
Received 9 Dec 202011 Woodgarth Leigh WN7 4TF
Received 10 Dec 202033 Beech Road Golborne WA3 3DE
Received 10 Dec 202066 Greenslate Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7BQ
Received 9 Dec 202099 Dovedale Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 0DY
Received 10 Dec 20206 Merton Grove Tyldesley M29 7HT
Received 10 Dec 202016 Pinewood Crescent Ince WN2 2DT
Received 10 Dec 20203 Horton Street Wigan WN6 7TF
Received 11 Dec 202018 Calverhall Way Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9LB
Received 6 Dec 202033 Greenbank Abram Wigan WN2 5XU
Received 4 Dec 2020Unit 10 Yew Tree Way Stone Cross Park Golborne Warrington WA3 3JE
Received 11 Dec 2020Red Rock Lodge Red Rock Lane Haigh Wigan WN1 2UW
Received 11 Dec 2020Kings Car Sales Warrington Road Leigh WN7 3XG
Received 11 Dec 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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