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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.
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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 dates9,070Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,578 approved or refused records
837Refused applications
5,741 approved · 837 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/90914/LA
To extend dwelling - single storey side extension with a pitched roof and ramped access to front and rear
9 Willow Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 7AE
Received 15 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90910/HH
To extend dwelling - two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension
24 Bolney Street Aspull Wigan WN2 1EQ
Received 15 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90908/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side
22 St Johns Road Worsley Manchester M28 1PA
Received 15 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90913/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed loft conversion with rear dormer, and single storey rear ground floor extension to dwelling
3 Kearsley Street Wigan WN6 7DW
Received 16 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90892/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/87005/HH - To change rear elevation construction materials from brick to block. Final finish to be rendered to match the front elevation
2 Mackenzie Avenue Wigan WN3 5JL
Received 11 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90893/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/88612/MAJOR - Proposed FFL of the apartment block and dwellinghouses brought in line with the proposed drainage strategy
Firsway Of Leigh 39 Plank Lane Leigh WN7 4YA
Received 10 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90894/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/87253/FULL - Change of window profile document
Turner House Canal Street Leigh WN7 4DB
Received 11 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90915/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side incorporating front and rear flat roofed dormers
20 Renfrew Close Wigan WN3 5QF
Received 16 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90954/FULL
To install a High Voltage Switch, with the erection of a GRP Substation Housing and associated works.
Torque Logistics Challenge Way Martland Park Wigan WN5 0LD
Received 16 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90925/FULL
To erect timber framed pergola to existing enclosed external seating area, extend external seating area, boundary treatment and new timber cladding to sections of elevations. Provision of ramped access and additional pergola to front entrance
The Hawk Carr Lane Wigan WN3 5ND
Received 16 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90922/FULL
Installation of replacement of parts to 1 external AHU - (Air Handling Unit) located on the roof of the building
Wigan And Leigh Magistrates Court Darlington Street Wigan WN1 1DW
Received 16 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90926/RET
To change the use of ground floor from public house (Use Class A4) to residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) (Retrospective)
Royal Hotel 39 Bank Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3SB
Received 16 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90921/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.5 in respect of application A/20/89974/CU
Halfway House 419 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9DH
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90918/VAR
Application to vary planning condition 3 of permission reference A/18/85732/CU - to allow revised cafe opening hours (currently): 8.00 to 18.00 Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 16.00 Saturdays and Sundays, 10.00 to 14.00 on Public Holidays, to proposed hours of operation: Monday to Thursday: 07:00 to 22.00 and Friday Saturday and Sunday: 07:00 to 23:00.
17 Bradwell Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2NY
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90945/MAJOR
Erection of 15 no. dwellings with associated access road parking and landscaping
Open Land North East 73 Samuel Street Atherton
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90919/HH
To erect single storey flat roof extension to the rear following the demolition of the existing conservatory
67 Kirkwood Close Aspull Wigan WN2 1DZ
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90923/HH
To erect front and rear dormers together with roof alterations forming hip-to-gable conversion
15 Ashley Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4HG
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90906/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to the side and rear, together with roof alterations to roof over existing garage
2 Coleridge Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7EB
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90912/HH
To erect two storey side extension and extensions to front and rear dormers
53 Ravenswood Avenue Winstanley Wigan WN3 6EZ
Received 17 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90928/RET
To alter the height of the roof by lowering the central point and raising the outer edge to allow it to drain internally (Retrospective)
124 - 126 Frog Lane Wigan WN6 7DS
Received 18 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90935/MAJOR
Full planning application proposing the demolition of the existing 4 no vacant office buildings and the erection of employment development (Use Class B2 and B8), comprising new buildings, vehicle access from Glass House Road and Warrington Road, associated works and infrastructure, including car, trailer and cycle parking facilities, pedestrian access routes, servicing and landscaping
Glass House Business Park Glass House Road Wigan WN3 6GL
Received 18 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90929/HHRET
To extend dwelling - retrospective planning application for hip to gable roof conversion and rear dormer extension with balcony
211 Church Road Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7ET
Received 18 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90924/HHRET
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side, rear and front (part retrospective), together with a render finish to existing and proposed elevations
41 Wimborne Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0JB
Received 18 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90907/LB
Listed Building Consent Application for a single storey rear extension at Grade II Listed Building
Bedford Hall Farm Hooten Lane Leigh WN7 3SA
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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