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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 dates9,220Searchable applications
495Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,703 approved or refused records
851Refused applications
5,852 approved · 851 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedA/21/91388/FULL
To construct new single storey outbuilding following the removal of the existing shed, to be used as a site office in association with community garden
Community Garden Gordon Street Wigan WN1 3DF
Received 9 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91300/HH
Proposed single storey rear extension
155 Lily Lane Bamfurlong Wigan WN2 5JS
Received 31 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91307/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 and 4 in respect of application A/20/89495/CU
7 And 9 Church Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8BD
Received 9 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91389/HH
Two storey rear extension and ridge height increase
79 Herons Wharf Appley Bridge WN6 9ET
Received 9 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91391/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey rear extension
23 Turnberry Close Tyldesley M29 7QL
Received 11 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91384/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - new front porch, two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
31 Cecil Street Ince Wigan WN3 4TS
Received 12 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91302/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/20/89561/LA
Land Between 84 And 76-78 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TA
Received 31 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91303/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/20/88976/FULL
Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 31 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91305/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of A/18/86432/FULL
9 Beech Grove Leigh WN7 3LW
Received 26 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91486/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 5 (Bat boxes) and 7 (Validation reports of each plot and final a validation report) in respect of application A/18/86436/MAJOR
Site Of The Former Home Ground Lancaster Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 8LN
Received 12 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91393/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear following demolition of existing conservatory
74 George Street Hindley WN2 3PS
Received 12 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91306/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4 metres, height to the eaves 2.5 metres and height to the ridge 3.3 metres
34 Athol Crescent Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4HE
Received 7 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91308/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4.2 metres, height to the eaves 2.34 metres and the height to the ridge 3.70 metres following removal of existing conservatory
50 Sandersons Croft Leigh WN7 2BA
Received 13 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91309/NMAS
Working Amendment for previously approved A/17/83484/MAJOR - Boundaries amended on Plots 12 and 13 to allow for easement, and substitution of house types at Plots 7, 12 and 14.
Former Playing Field Thames Avenue Leigh
Received 29 Mar 2021 - UnknownA/21/91383/LUCP
Lawful Development Certificate for a single storey rear extension following removal of existing conservatory
16 Dunsdale Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8PT
Received 13 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91396/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension
38 Millfield Park Golborne WA3 3XS
Received 13 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91394/HH
To extend dwelling - two storey extension to rear (Resubmission of A/20/90275/HH)
4 Laurel Crescent Hindley Green WN2 4PR
Received 13 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91310/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 6m, height to ridge of 3.9m and height to eaves of 2.3m
52 Beech Walk Leigh WN7 3LL
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91395/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, first floor to rear
11 Yellow Brook Close Aspull WN2 1ZH
Received 13 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91311/AG
Prior notification for the erection of a grain store
Cheetham House Farm Park Lane Abram Wigan WN2 5XP
Received 31 Mar 2021 - DecidedA/21/91397/FULL
Proposed change of use from E(a) to C3 (2 separate apartments) Including alterations to former shop front, additional openings to all elevations and rear first floor fire escape, new roof to outrigger, waste storage and bicycle storage in rear yard
93 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9EA
Received 14 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91381/HHRET
Application to retain an existing boundary wall
1 Rose Hill View Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0ER
Received 14 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91400/HH
To extend dwelling, proposed single storey rear extension and front porch alteration together with minor elevational alterations to front and side elevations
7 Central Avenue Atherton M46 9RG
Received 15 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91399/HH
To extend dwelling - two storey side and rear extension (resubmission)
4 Makinson Avenue Hindley WN2 2SE
Received 15 Apr 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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