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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 dates9,178Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,664 approved or refused records
845Refused applications
5,819 approved · 845 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- UnknownA/21/91265/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, and 5 in respect of application A/19/87858/FULL
53 - 55 Walthew Lane Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5AL
Received 26 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91277/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and single storey to rear
1 Maesbrook Drive Tyldesley Manchester M29 8DT
Received 26 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91279/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, dormers to the front and rear, a single storey rear extension and a detached garage
4 Limes Avenue Standish WN6 0AB
Received 26 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91278/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, first floor to rear and single storey extension to rear to replace existing conservatory
5 Lyefield Avenue Wigan WN1 3UL
Received 26 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91210/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side with single storey extension to rear
494 Warrington Road Abram WN2 5XX
Received 16 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91215/RET
To retain detached garage as a store
Land Rear Of 60 Princess Road Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 18 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91289/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.9 in respect of application A/18/86062/RMMAJ
The Bungalow And Scrap Yard Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AE
Received 29 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91282/FULL
Change of use from office to residential, including the addition of six conservation style roof lights
Independent House Chapel Street Tyldesley M29 8FZ
Received 29 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91216/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 3.9 metres, height to eaves 2.25 and height to top of roof lantern 2.98 metres.
51 Baxter Street Standish Wigan WN6 0DE
Received 22 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91283/LUCP
Lawful Development Certificate for demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey extension in its place
14 Sycamore Avenue Tyldesley M29 8WQ
Received 29 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91281/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
6 Yates Grove Wigan WN6 8NL
Received 29 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91217/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 3.5 metres, height to the eaves 2.3 metres and height to the ridge 3.75 metres
34 Chestnut Drive Leigh WN7 3JW
Received 22 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91267/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions nos. 5 and 8 in respect of application A/20/89770/MAJMIN
Site Of Pemberton Colliery Smithy Brook Road Wigan
Received 29 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91218/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4 metres, height to eaves 2.76 metres and height to ridge 3.83 metres
290 Woodhouse Lane Wigan WN6 7NN
Received 22 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91284/HH
To extend bungalow, dormer to rear, roof lights to front and external alterations
59 Rutland Street Leigh WN7 2NS
Received 29 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91227/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side
4 Leyburn Close Wigan WN1 3NF
Received 22 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91229/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
19 Thorncroft Avenue Tyldesley M29 7TA
Received 22 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91230/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey wrap around to the rear with access steps to exisitng rear first floor balcony.
26 Whitley Crescent Wigan WN1 2QS
Received 22 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91231/HH
To extend the dwellinghouse by way of a two storey, part single storey extension to the rear, following the removal of the existing conservatory
56 Dunsdale Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8PT
Received 22 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91233/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey extension to side
71 Fleet Street Wigan WN5 0DP
Received 22 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91241/HH
To erect detached outbuilding to rear
2 Chestnut Lane Leigh WN7 3JP
Received 23 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91242/HHRET
To retain domestic garden shed
130 Cranfield Road Wigan WN3 5QE
Received 23 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91292/HH
Alterations to existing bungalow including new roof with raise in ridge height to create rooms in roofspace and side extension to existing garage, together with external alterations and a render finish to elevations
3 Welford Avenue Lowton WA3 2RN
Received 30 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91293/FULL
To erect one detached dwelling following demolition of previous fire damaged dwelling and siting of temporary chalet for duration of development
56 South Lane Tyldesley M29 7DF
Received 30 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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