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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 dates9,140Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,636 approved or refused records
844Refused applications
5,792 approved · 844 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91119/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and rear following demolition of existing detached garage
37 Almond Brook Road Standish WN6 0TB
Received 12 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91117/HH
To extend dwelling, two storey to the rear, together with alterations to existing openings
3 Chaucer Place Wigan WN1 2PL
Received 12 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91150/FULL
Erection of a block of 3 terraced dwellings with access, parking, boundary fencing and associated external works
Land To The Rear Of 39 Market Street Cross Street Standish WN6 0HW
Received 12 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91116/MAJOR
Residential development comprising 67 dwellings, together with associated internal roads, parking and landscaping works
Development Land North Of Bryn Green Avenue Bryn Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 12 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91205/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge partial condition no. 3 in respect of application A/17/84731/MAJES
Land South Of Pepper Lane Standish
Received 12 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91082/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 5m, height to ridge of 3.8m and height to eaves of 2.4m
37 Marlborough Avenue Ince Wigan WN3 4PY
Received 11 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91127/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey and single storey to rear and erection of single storey side extension
2 Clovelly Avenue Leigh WN7 1TR
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91147/HH
To extend dwelling - first floor rear extension above existing ground floor rear extension, including new first floor window in side elevation
2 Leighton Street Atherton M46 0JP
Received 14 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91090/HH
Single storey side/rear extensions and two storey side extension.
90 Norley Hall Avenue Wigan WN5 9LR
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91091/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, first floor to side
20 Skyes Crescent Winstanley WN3 6HU
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91092/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear
54 Chanters Avenue Atherton M46 9EF
Received 8 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91094/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side/rear extension, erection of porch to front
30 Brindlehurst Drive Tyldesley M29 7NG
Received 9 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91095/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey extensions to both side elevations
7 Redwaters Leigh WN7 1JD
Received 10 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91194/HH
Alterations to the roof to create side extension, the construction of a dormer within the front elevation at first floor level, and associated external alterations. To include alterations to existing openings.
6 Meadway Lowton Warrington WA3 2JT
Received 14 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91145/HH
To extend dwelling, first floor extension to rear, single storey rear extension, porch to front, alterations to front dormer including new pitched roof, and alterations to external elevations
7 Upwood Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2RL
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91144/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear
4 Larkspur Close Leigh WN7 3LQ
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91153/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
12 Rutland Street Leigh WN7 2NR
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91191/HH
To extend dwellinghouse by way of first floor side extension
23 Fellside Wigan WN1 3XW
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91212/FULL
To erect two detached dwellings following demolition of existing building
Methodist Church Antrim Close Winstanley WN3 6DP
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91104/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 6 metres, height to eaves 2.32 metres and height to ridge 3.5 metres
12 Cleworth Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7QW
Received 12 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91197/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side, single storey to side, single storey to rear and porch to front
2 Thanet Grove Leigh WN7 1JL
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91175/HH
To extend dwellinghouse by way of a two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and construction of porch canopy to front, together with the demolition of an existing detached garage.
18 Lordy Close Standish WN6 0BF
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91207/FULL
Single storey extension to existing hot food take-away to create link to store building. External alterations also proposed including relocation of entrance door and the installation of an additional window
The Old Bakehouse Broxton Avenue Orrell Wigan WN5 8NP
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91146/HH
To erect detached outbuilding to rear
119 Shevington Lane Shevington WN6 8AE
Received 15 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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