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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 dates9,127Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,625 approved or refused records
844Refused applications
5,781 approved · 844 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/21/91069/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, bay window and canopy to front elevation and installation of glass screen to first floor front elevation
155 Hall Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 2SS
Received 4 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91083/HH
The erection of a two storey side extension, single storey rear extension with associated external alterations including a patio area and off-road car parking area
243 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3UB
Received 4 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91084/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, first floor to rear
55 Baxter Street Standish WN6 0DE
Received 5 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91038/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.9 in respect of application A/16/82916/MAJOR
Pagefield Hotel 168 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7AW
Received 5 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91039/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 in respect of application A/16/82932/LB
Pagefield Hotel 168 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7AW
Received 5 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91067/FULL
To site storage container for community use
Colliers Corner Leigh Road Atherton
Received 5 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91085/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear and porch and bay windows to front
123 Telford Crescent Leigh WN7 5LZ
Received 6 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91034/ADV
Replacement signage scheme for the installation of externally illuminated fascia signs, and one externally illuminated projecting and non-illuminated display signs on the front and side elevation
188 Old Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9QN
Received 6 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91093/FULL
Extension to building to form new seating area
Forbes On The Lane 236 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NU
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91149/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and single storey to rear following demolition of existing rear conservatory
63 Brook Drive Astley Tyldesley M29 7HR
Received 7 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91086/FULL
To convert rear part of the building at ground floor to form 2no. Class E units, together with single storey extension to Pagefield Street elevation
156 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7EA
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91087/HH
Canopy to the side/front with secure enclosure below
2 The Copse Orrell WN5 8HL
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91028/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey extension to rear.
3 Ulverston Road Wigan WN3 6RU
Received 1 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91029/HH
To extend dwelling - rear dormer plus hip-to-gable conversion
8 Mirfield Close Lowton WA3 2PT
Received 2 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91031/FULL
Change of use of retail premises into licensed public house and function room
28 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1AD
Received 26 Feb 2021 - DecidedA/21/91098/FULL
To erect detached dwellinghouse following the demolition of the existing bungalow, together with new access arrangement and gated front boundary treatment
100 Moor Road Orrell WN5 8SH
Received 8 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91182/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 (CEMP) in respect of application A/17/83484/MAJOR
Former Playing Field Off Thames Avenue Leigh
Received 8 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91070/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.9 in respect of application A/17/83484/MAJOR
Former Playing Field Off Thames Avenue Leigh
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91035/FULL
Installation of 8no. new floodlights on 8m high columns to tennis courts 1-3, and replace existing floodlight heads on court 6
Winstanley Tennis Club Hall Lane Billinge Wigan WN5 7XN
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91100/FULL
Installation of new entrance doors to front and side in association with the subdivision of the existing retail unit into 3 retail units
Unit 8 Parsonage Retail Park Parsonage Way Leigh WN7 5SJ
Received 8 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91088/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed detached outbuilding
8 Belle Vue Lowton WA3 1BN
Received 9 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91096/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear
323 Downall Green Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 0NB
Received 9 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91040/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear extension
12 Cedarwood Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7TU
Received 3 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91097/HH
To extend dwellinghouse to side and rear with porch to front, together with dormers to front and rear roofs
12 Burley Avenue Lowton WA3 2ES
Received 9 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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