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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 dates9,241Searchable applications
495Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,720 approved or refused records
853Refused applications
5,867 approved · 853 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91444/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.11 in respect of application A/18/86438/MAJOR
Open Land East Of 26 Sovereign Fold Road Leigh
Received 21 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91416/FULL
To erect a detached dwelling together with off road parking provision
Land To The Rear Of 869 Atherton Road Hindley Green WN2 4TB
Received 21 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91357/LA
Installation of 2 new paths in Central Park Atherton to accommodate new running track
Central Park Atherton Hamilton Street Atherton
Received 7 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91359/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to front and side, two storey to side and single storey at rear
45 Buchanan Drive Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4HJ
Received 12 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91364/HH
To extend dwellinghouse by way of a single storey rear extension, with a rear infill canopy addition, together with the formation of a pitched roof to the existing single storey projection at the front/side
10 Pennine Avenue Winstanley Wigan WN3 6DR
Received 12 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91367/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to rear
9 Kentmere Drive Astley Manchester M29 7QH
Received 12 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91370/FULL
To erect a detached dwelling with associated external alterations including the provision of a driveway and off-road parking
209 Car Bank Street Atherton Manchester M46 0WY
Received 12 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91371/HH
Two storey side with a ridge height increase and a single storey rear extension to the dwellinghouse
56 Kirkwood Close Aspull WN2 1DZ
Received 9 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91375/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to the side and single to rear
15 Westfield Grove Wigan WN1 2QJ
Received 13 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91376/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear extension and chimney to side (amended description)
22 Briarwood Close Tyldesley M29 7TL
Received 13 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91377/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to rear
50 Beacon View Standish WN6 0RL
Received 14 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91417/FULL
Erection of detached dwelling following demolition of existing dwelling
Carr Lane Farm Carr Lane Lowton WA3 1AQ
Received 21 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91418/CU
Change of use of retail shop to booking office for executive travel and private hire transport operating between the hours of 6am-7pm during 7 days.
78 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4NP
Received 21 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91419/CU
Proposed change of use of former ground floor bakery to drinking establishment (Sui Generis), together with a single storey extension to rear
24 Gerard Street Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9AA
Received 22 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91379/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side
11 Woodburns Row Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7QU
Received 14 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91380/HH
Single storey rear extension with alteration to a pitched roof over existing flat roofed side extension
10 Oxford Road Orrell WN5 8PQ
Received 22 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91382/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey to front with new pitched roof over existing side extension
14 Fountains Walk Lowton Warrington WA3 1EU
Received 16 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91421/FULL
Refurbishment of existing retail unit comprising of loading bay extension and plant enclosure to the side, and alterations to external elevations and car park
Morrisons Shuttle Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8AW
Received 22 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91422/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey to rear
4 Marklands Chase Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7TN
Received 22 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91385/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - porch and garage to front
27 Crossgill Tyldesley M29 7DT
Received 19 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91424/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey extension to side
26 Telford Street Atherton M46 0QH
Received 22 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91426/CU
Change of use from restaurant use to 6 self-contained flats, with external alterations to create new entrance door and changes to existing fenestration
216 Belle Green Lane Ince WN2 2ET
Received 23 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91415/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 4.5m, height to ridge of 4m and height to eaves of 3m
16 Green Hayes Avenue Wigan WN1 2EP
Received 22 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91446/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 in respect of A/20/90457/RM
Parr Bridge Works Mosley Common Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8PR
Received 23 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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