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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 dates9,062Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,571 approved or refused records
836Refused applications
5,735 approved · 836 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
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
- DecidedA/21/90800/RET
To retain timber outbuilding (A/20/89846/RET) with revisions to the roof design (Resubmission)
Land Adj 34 Belmont Avenue Billinge Wigan WN5 7BZ
Received 2 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90801/HH
To extend dwelling - first floor rear extension
132 Holden Road Leigh WN7 1HA
Received 4 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90811/PDO
Conversion of office building (Class B1) to seven studio flats
Allansons Solicitors 685 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 8AQ
Received 4 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90827/HH
To erect single storey rear flat roofed extension with glazed lanterns, following demolition of conservatory, together with construction of a detached garage/workshop in rear garden
33 Edward Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8QU
Received 8 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90826/LA
First floor extension to the rear, rebulding of existing garage with hipped roof and external alterations.
6 St Marys Close Atherton Manchester M46 9ER
Received 8 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90823/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness development for a proposed development - to erect a single storey side extension on an original side elevation
24 Woodford Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2PS
Received 8 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90822/CU
Creation of outdoor seating area with decked area, seating booths, fixed canopy to the rear of the building and alterations to boundary treatment, together with extension to existing outbuilding and the installation of external extraction flue [retrospective]
6 - 8 Market Street Standish Wigan WN6 0HN
Received 8 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90853/HH
To construct vehicular access (dropped kerb) to dwelling
96 Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QH
Received 8 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90816/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, attached double garage to the side following the demolition of the existing detached single garage
265 Sandy Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 4ER
Received 9 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90852/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.10 in respect of application A/18/85368/MAJOR
Vacant Land South Of Heath Lane Lowton
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90842/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and single storey to rear
85 Mesnes Road Wigan WN1 2QT
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90825/PDE
Single storey flat roof rear extension with a projection of 5 metres, height to eaves of 2.31 metres, height to top of roof 2.82 metres, with roof lanterns to a height of 3.12metres
32 Porlock Close Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5HY
Received 8 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90854/CU
Change of use of ground floor from existing use as a Physiotherapy and Osteopathy Clinic (Class E (e) to a Convenience Store (Class E (a)), change of use of the first floor to a one bedroomed flat with the erection of an external steel staircase and other external alterations.
53 Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2PB
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90861/MAJOR
Construction of new single storey extensions to the existing main offices building for Class E commercial, business and service purposes, including ancillary facilities and associated infrastructure, together with the retention and over cladding of the existing three storey modular building to the rear north west elevation, removal of the existing modular buildings to the south east corner of the site and the remodelling of the car parking over the site.
Network Plus Chaddock Lane Astley M29 7JT
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90862/VAR
To vary Condition 1 on A/16/82858/FULL to replace approved drawing 2397-WORSLEY-005 A with submitted/proposed drawing 1444:10 to add cladding to the building and to remove condition 2 to allow building to remain permanently on site
Network Plus Chaddock Lane Astley M29 7JT
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90851/RET
Change of use to secure dog exercise field, together with associated access gates and parking spaces (Retrospective Application)
Sandypool Cottage Timperley Lane Leigh WN7 3SB
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90843/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side/rear and single storey to rear
13 Bankes Avenue Orrell Wigan WN5 8HU
Received 10 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90845/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed development - to erect a single storey rear extension
22 Briarwood Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7TL
Received 5 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90857/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed single storey rear extension
The Woodlands Back Lane Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9LH
Received 10 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90846/AG
Prior notification for the erection of a farm building for the storage of grain
Cross Farm Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0QE
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90849/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear.
6 Coach House Drive Shevington Wigan WN6 8AX
Received 9 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90855/HH
Proposed first floor side extension with external and elevational alterations
69 Stone Cross Lane North Lowton Warrington WA3 2SD
Received 10 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90859/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved A/19/88228/MAJOR - Plots 330, 340, 351, 358, 360, 362 and 364 amended from Brooke to Burn and Plots 333, 344, 348, 357 and 366 amended from Lyttleton to Lawrence and re-siting of plot 362 and change to plot boundaries of plot 362 and 363 and obscure glazing to window in north facing elevation of plot 362.
Development Land At Thompsons Farm East Lancashire Road Lowton
Received 5 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90867/FULL
Demolition of existing garage and erection of detached dwelling house with associated external works including parking provision
Vacant Land To Rear Of 318 Whelley Wigan WN2 1DA
Received 10 Feb 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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