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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 dates9,143Searchable 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5,792 approved · 844 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91211/HH
To extend by way of a single storey rear extension
10 Porthleven Crescent Tyldesley M29 7FZ
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91199/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to front
18 Rigby Street Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PY
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91152/CU
Conversion of former Methodist Chapel previously used as light industrial (Class B1) to single dwelling (Class C3)
Former Methodist Chapel 66A High Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3BT
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91206/HH
Erection of detached garage
Barnacre Dodds Farm Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1QP
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91195/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - dormer to rear and single storey rear extension
Lauriston 4 Elmfield Road Wigan WN1 2RG
Received 19 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91214/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
13 Ash Grove Orrell WN5 8NG
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91202/LA
Change of use of building from office to dry food warehouse/storage facility. Installation of 2 storage containers and installation of external lighting to rear wall of building
101 - 107 Ridyard Street Wigan WN5 9RQ
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91171/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - increase in roof height, together with the formation of rear dormer extension
71 Naburn Drive Orrell Wigan WN5 8SB
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91154/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side with dormers in the front and rear together with single storey to rear
71 Belvedere Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8RX
Received 16 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91198/LUCP
Certificate of Lawfulness for a single storey rear extension
15 Swan Grove Atherton Manchester M46 0GW
Received 16 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91143/PDM1
Prior notification for part change of use of ground floor from barbers to dwelling to be incorporated into existing dwellinghouse
47 Manchester Road Leigh WN7 2AZ
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91179/HH
Proposed single storey side and rear extension
118 Winstanley Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7XA
Received 17 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91188/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
7 Cedar Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 0FS
Received 17 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91176/LUCP
Certificate of Lawfulness for the erection of a proposed single storey rear extension
6 Meadow Fold Close Atherton Manchester M46 0FU
Received 17 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91148/HH
To erect boundary fence to side
2 Alderley Avenue Lowton WA3 2QX
Received 12 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91219/CU
Change of use of ground floor from Class E (Health Hub - formerly D1) to flexible Class E and/or sui generis hot food takeaway
8 - 10 Crompton Street Wigan WN1 1YP
Received 18 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91177/VAR
To vary condition 2 of A/19/88295/FULL to substitute plan reference 1239/2.01 Rev A and 1239/2.05 with 1239/2.01 Rev B and 1239/2.05 Rev C to allow re-positioning of new dwelling by 1m to the East away from the site boundary
19 Gidlow Avenue Wigan WN6 7PF
Received 18 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91151/AG
Prior notification for the erection of a farm building for the storage of grain
Cross Farm Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0QE
Received 15 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91173/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear replacing existing extension
4 Sefton Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8UP
Received 18 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91220/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear
1 Dootson Street Hindley WN2 4ES
Received 18 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91221/FULL
Proposed canopy with glazed sides to be constructed above the existing decking to the front, to provide an enclosed seating area
21 Market Street Standish WN6 0HW
Received 18 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91222/HH
To extend dwellinghouse to the side and rear, including extensions to existing front and rear dormers
110 Miles Lane Shevington WN6 8EW
Received 18 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91196/HH
To extend dwelling, two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
11 Hartley Green Gardens Billinge Wigan WN5 7GB
Received 19 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91180/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 in respect of application A/20/90485/FULL
Red Rock Lodge Red Rock Lane Haigh Wigan WN1 2UW
Received 19 Mar 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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