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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 dates9,111Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,610 approved or refused records
843Refused applications
5,767 approved · 843 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedA/21/90989/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey and single storey side return extension with rendered finish
2 Barrow Street Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8SX
Received 25 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/91033/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.5 in respect of application A/20/89780/CU
Common Fold Farm Cumbermere Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 8ND
Received 25 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90974/VAR
Application to remove condition 3 on planning permission A/16/83427/FULL to remove the need to provide and layout 8 car parking spaces
Land Adjacent Higher Fold Labour Club Kensington Drive Leigh WN7 2XZ
Received 17 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90987/HH
To erect single storey side extension with flat roof, following demolition of store room
23 Helvellyn Road Wigan WN5 9UR
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90982/FULL
Installation of new shop front together with 2 replacement first floor windows on Elliott Street frontage, and associated external alterations
146 Elliott Street Tyldesley M29 8FJ
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91005/FULL
To erect new timber pergola to side with polycarbonate roof, together with lighting affixed to 3m high posts to side, and extended patio area to front
Grounds Of The Mount Orrell Road Orrell
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91006/LB
Listed Building Consent application to erect new timber pergola to side with polycarbonate roof, together with lighting affixed to 3m high posts to side, and extended patio area to front
Grounds Of The Mount Orrell Road Orrell
Received 25 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/91045/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.8 in respect of application A/20/89770/MAJMIN
Site Of Pemberton Colliery Smithy Brook Road Wigan
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90986/HH
To construct detached outbuilding to be used as ancillary living accommodation
33 Pinewood Crescent Ince Wigan WN2 2DT
Received 24 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91004/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear
33 Warminster Grove Winstanley Wigan WN3 6JF
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91000/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
2 Reepham Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HE
Received 25 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90995/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey to rear following demolition of existing conservatory
25 Beech Crescent Leigh WN7 3JL
Received 26 Feb 2021 - RegisteredA/21/91046/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in respect of application A/17/83740/FULL
Open Land To The Rear Of 168 Booths Brow Road Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 26 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/91050/CON
Application to part discharge condition 5 pursuant to OPP A/12/76665 (as amended) for all residential development.
Northleigh Development Site Between A577 Corner Lane Smallbrook Lane To The North; A578 Leigh Road To The West; Nel Pan Lane To The South; Lovers Lane To The East.
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91001/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side
2 Sandfield Close Lowton Warrington WA3 2TT
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91012/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear to form garage and storeroom.
157 Wigan Road Standish Wigan WN6 0AG
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/90999/MAJOR
Change of use and extension of former labour club to 10 flats, external alterations and associated infrastructure (amendment to planning permission A/15/80412/MAJOR). Works commenced in line with permission A/15/80412/MAJOR
159 - 163 Downall Green Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0DW
Received 26 Feb 2021 - UnknownA/21/90993/DEM
Prior notification for the proposed demolition of buildings
Units 2 - 22 Worthington Business Park Worthington Way Wigan WN3 6XJ
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91015/FULL
To erect replacement office/store building to rear following demolition of existing office/store building
58 Legh Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3PA
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91023/CU
The change of use and conversion of a garage of an existing dwelling (Class C3) to a hairdressers (Class E)
1 Mill Court Aspull Wigan WN2 1RB
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91024/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear, following partial demolition of existing outbuildings
193 Wigan Road Standish Wigan WN6 0AE
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91002/MAJOR
Proposed new build 2 storey Aspull Health and Wellbeing Centre including pharmacy on the site of the current Aspull Clinic and Aspull Surgery following demolition of the existing surgery and clinic buildings. The proposal includes laying out of a new car park, landscaping, the installation of lighting columns and erection of boundary treatments including 2.4 metre high mesh fencing, knee rail fencing and metal balustrades.
Aspull Clinic/Aspull Surgery Haigh Road Aspull WN2 1XH
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91026/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
420 Wigan Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0BS
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91022/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side. Amendments to previously approved application A/20/90459/HH to allow for the relocation of existing boundary fencing to the side and alterations to the rear elevation to allow for the removal of render
23 Lazenby Crescent Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NJ
Received 1 Mar 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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