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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 dates9,097Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,599 approved or refused records
841Refused applications
5,758 approved · 841 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/90941/FULL
To convert former restaurant into 4 no self contained apartments with retail use at ground floor and in the basement.
26 Mesnes Street Wigan WN1 1QP
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90944/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear and extension to garage
25 Greenslate Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7BQ
Received 19 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90965/HH
To extend dwelling - erection of a single storey rear/side extension and reduction in width of existing rear store.
25 Barn Lane Golborne Warrington WA3 3NR
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90947/CU
To change use of dwelling to office and installation of access ramp and handrail
41 Scott Street Leigh WN7 5AL
Received 19 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90948/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 14
Ainscows Farmhouse 351 Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1QW
Received 17 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90949/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/18/86174/LB
Ainscows Farmhouse 351 Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1QW
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90960/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to front, side and rear with new roof over existing rear extension
2 Melton Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7PP
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90966/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - balcony to the side and change of window to door.
28 Trafford Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3BW
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90959/HHRET
To retain wooden pergola on raised ground to the rear
23 Ward Street Hindley WN2 2QH
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90981/FULL
Conversion and extension to a single detached barn to form a residential dwelling
Plane Tree Farm Crank Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7EZ
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91209/HH
To erect a two metre high fence around the land to the west of the applicant's property facing Kiveton Drive
93 Windsor Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9ET
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90964/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and single storey to rear
15 Elizabeth Avenue Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TP
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90951/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side
85 Victoria Street Wigan WN5 9BL
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90953/FULL
To erect three attached dwellings with associated outbuildings, access, car parking and landscaping, following demolition of various sheds and outbuildings
498 Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0QA
Received 15 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90979/HH
First floor side extension above existing single storey structure
38 Clough House Drive Leigh WN7 2GD
Received 24 Feb 2021 - RegisteredA/21/90955/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 (CEMP) in respect of application A/19/87665/MAJLA
Wharfdale Henry Street Leigh
Received 5 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90957/HH
Proposed single storey side extension
3 Atherleigh Grove Leigh WN7 1TW
Received 22 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90990/RET
To retain change of use to builders' merchants and builders' yard together with siting of five storage containers, site cabin and installation of four, 3.6m high cctv columns
Storage Yard Victoria Mill Bolton Road Atherton
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90962/LB
Replacement of all windows with matching timber frames to include double glazed panels.
21 Swinley Lane Wigan WN1 2EB
Received 23 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90973/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear along with single storey to side
6 Tilbury Grove Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 8DS
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90983/FULL
Erection of new single detached garage
18 Cross Street Standish Wigan WN6 0HQ
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90975/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey extension to side following the demolition of existing garage
1 Crestfield Grove Wigan WN6 7EZ
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90991/HH
Erection of a two storey side and rear extension
21 Bankes Avenue Orrell Wigan WN5 8HU
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90976/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side/rear
1 Woodview Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6GG
Received 24 Feb 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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