Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,689 approved · 831 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Between 84 And 76-78 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TA
Received 14 Dec 2020Land Adjacent 22 And 24 Windy Bank Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2TH
Received 16 Dec 2020Land Between 84 And 76-78 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TA
Received 14 Dec 2020Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 14 Dec 2020Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 14 Dec 202084 Mesnes Road Wigan WN1 2QT
Received 16 Dec 2020Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 14 Dec 2020Manchester Paper Box 200 Swan Lane Hindley Green WN2 4HD
Received 16 Dec 2020Unit 10 Yew Tree Way Stone Cross Park Golborne Warrington WA3 3JE
Received 17 Dec 2020Orrell Methodist Church Church Drive Orrell Wigan WN5 8ST
Received 17 Dec 2020162 Manchester Road Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FB
Received 17 Dec 20205 Derwent Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8PP
Received 17 Dec 2020Unit 1 Stephens Way Warrington Road Industrial Estate Wigan
Received 17 Dec 202026 Heyes Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8RJ
Received 17 Dec 2020The Bed Shop 87 Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AD
Received 17 Dec 2020Mesnes House Mesnes Street Wigan WN1 1QJ
Received 18 Dec 202017 Winscar Road Hindley Wigan WN2 2QP
Received 17 Dec 202019 Heyes Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8RJ
Received 17 Dec 202085 Lynton Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8PY
Received 18 Dec 202015 Greenbank Avenue Billinge Wigan WN5 7BX
Received 18 Dec 2020Morris Fold Cottage Wigan Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1EF
Received 18 Dec 202039 Abbey Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7RN
Received 21 Dec 2020Lauriston 4 Elmfield Road Wigan WN1 2RG
Received 21 Dec 20202 Crombouke Drive Leigh WN7 5JA
Received 21 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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