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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates9,036Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,549 approved or refused records
835Refused applications
5,714 approved · 835 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning contact the planning teamLocal plan Local Plan evidence basePre-application advice Pre-application advice fees
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- UnknownA/21/90692/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 5.962 metres, height to eaves 2.4 metres and height to ridge 3.6 metres
14 Springbourne Wigan WN6 7SJ
Received 21 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90717/RET
To retain change of use of the farm house to an office.
Potters Farm Bryn Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8AH
Received 21 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90719/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side
50 Hough Lane Tyldesley M29 8NW
Received 21 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90720/HH
Proposed First Floor extension
8 Clough House Drive Leigh WN7 2GD
Received 21 Jan 2021 - UnknownA/21/90693/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 4m, height to ridge of 3.1m and height to eaves of 2.4m
120 Lincoln Drive Aspull Wigan WN2 1UR
Received 20 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90721/VARMAJ
Application to vary condition 9 of permission reference - A/16/82916 to read; No development of the apartment block, hereby approved shall be first commenced until it has been demonstrated to the written satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that the necessary financial and contractual arrangements are in place for the refurbishment of the Pagefield Public House
Pagefield Hotel 168 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7AW
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90722/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 5, 10, 13 and 14 in respect of application A/16/82916/MAJOR
Pagefield Hotel 168 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7AW
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90723/VAR
Section 73 Application to vary elements of the pre-commencement conditions 3 and 4 of Listed Building consent A/16/82932/LB to assist in the commencement of development on site
Pagefield Hotel 168 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7AW
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90724/HH
To extend dwellinghouse two storey to side with rear dormer and single storey to rear
47 Dereham Way Winstanley WN3 6HX
Received 22 Jan 2021 - UnknownA/21/90725/FULL
To retain external alterations to shop frontage.
747 - 749 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 8AT
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90726/FULL
Proposed rear extension to the existing workshop and store to provide additional workshop and storage facilities
European Diesel Services Ltd Darby Lane Hindley WN2 3DW
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90727/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear extension
28 Roseberry Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9TB
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90728/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side, hip to gable roof conversion and rear dormer extension
4 Toulston Road Wigan WN6 7EX
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90729/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey extension to side and rear
20 Lark Hill Tyldesley M29 7SB
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90694/HH
To extend dwelling, side extension with dormers to front and rear, first floor extension to rear and enlarged first floor to the side
14 Firwood Grove Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9ND
Received 20 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90732/HHRET
To erect new garden boundary wall/fence total height of 1.87m
22 Trent Road Wigan WN5 9LY
Received 23 Jan 2021 - UnknownA/21/90731/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness to extend dwellinghouse dormers to the rear together with loft conversion
12 Maden Street Tyldesley M29 7GU
Received 24 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90733/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
51 Baxter Street Standish WN6 0DE
Received 24 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90734/HH
To extend dwelling, new dormer window between existing dormers at rear
86 Chestnut Drive South Leigh WN7 3JX
Received 24 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90730/MAJOR
To construct 155 dwellings, comprising of flats and houses, together with associated access, car parking, drainage and landscaping
Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ
Received 22 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90738/LB
Listed Building application for the replacement of copings to parapet of existing building
Thomas Linacre Centre Parsons Walk Wigan WN1 1RU
Received 25 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90736/CU
Change of use application to incorporate vacant land adjacent to 20 Coach Street, into the garden plot
20 Coach Street Atherton M46 9DT
Received 21 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90739/HH
To extend dwelling, two storey extension to rear
42 Gibson Street Bickershaw WN2 5TF
Received 25 Jan 2021 - DecidedA/21/90741/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side together with creation of new driveway
1 Grange Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AT
Received 25 Jan 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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