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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.
5,694 approved · 832 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Naburn Drive Orrell Wigan WN5 8SB
Received 21 Dec 202072 Southlands Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0TT
Received 21 Dec 2020Land At Frog Lane/Field Street/Hey Street Wigan
Received 21 Dec 2020Fairhouse Barn Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AL
Received 18 Dec 2020Site Of Abraham Guest High School Orrell Road Orrell
Received 21 Dec 20201 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1LD
Received 21 Dec 202018 Oakhead Leigh WN7 3EE
Received 21 Dec 20201 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1LD
Received 21 Dec 20201 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1LD
Received 21 Dec 2020Sandalwood Drive Wigan
Received 18 Dec 202086 Market Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3AN
Received 22 Dec 2020Unit 18 Lockett Road South Lancashire Industrial Estate Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8DE
Received 22 Dec 2020Wickeham Hall Knightshill Crescent Wigan WN6 7LJ
Received 22 Dec 20209 Baclaw Close Wigan WN1 3NP
Received 22 Dec 202029 Albion Close Atherton Manchester M46 0GL
Received 23 Dec 20205 Kings Park Leigh WN7 1UE
Received 23 Dec 202054 Bodmin Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7PF
Received 21 Dec 202024 Gerard Street Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9AA
Received 23 Dec 2020Standish Tip Chorley Road Worthington WN1 2TY
Received 23 Dec 2020119 - 123 Elliott Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8FL
Received 4 Jan 20215 Alston Lea Atherton Manchester M46 9GL
Received 4 Jan 202190 - 92 Manchester Road Leigh WN7 2LD
Received 4 Jan 202185 Shevington Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8AE
Received 4 Jan 202113 Crank Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7DT
Received 4 Jan 2021Records 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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