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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 dates9,258Searchable applications
495Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,735 approved or refused records
854Refused applications
5,881 approved · 854 refused · 401 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91471/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - porch to front
5 Rutland Avenue Lowton WA3 2RQ
Received 29 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91470/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear extension
60 Chestnut Drive Leigh WN7 3JW
Received 29 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91472/TCSO
Prior notification for the proposed installation of an 18m high Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works
On Footpath At Junction Of York Avenue And Crawford Avenue Tyldesley M29 8NH
Received 29 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91473/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side and single storey to front
21 Kirkwood Close Aspull WN2 1DZ
Received 29 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91465/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear and side extension
11 Woodford Avenue Lowton WA3 2PS
Received 28 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91469/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear
12 Oak Tree Close Atherton M46 0RP
Received 28 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91477/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of applications A/17/83701/CU
Former Colliers Rest Public House 28 Firs Lane Leigh
Received 30 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91480/CU
Conversion of existing basement and loft into 2no self contained apartments. Elevational alterations to front elevation
4 Springfield Street Wigan WN1 2NA
Received 30 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91479/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side
74 Lincoln Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9HU
Received 30 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91474/FULL
Erection of detached building comprising of 9 dwellings, including car parking
Land Adjacent To Brook Lane Orrell Wigan
Received 30 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91481/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear and first floor to both side elevations, together with external alterations including rendering installation of french doors and Juliet balcony in rear elevation
49 Park Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3RU
Received 30 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91476/FULL
Erection of two storey detached dwellinghouse following demolition of existing bungalow
66 Ashton Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3UR
Received 4 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91475/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to the rear
14 Trescott Mews Standish Wigan WN6 0AW
Received 4 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91484/HH
Provision of a dropped kerb to facilitate access to property
417 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7PN
Received 3 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91485/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side, together with re-building of existing conservatory to a garden room
1 Rose Bank Close Wigan WN1 2QU
Received 3 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91487/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to the side and rear
6 Clondberry Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 8RE
Received 4 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91488/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in respect of application A/18/86066/FULL
Open Land North Of 56 Liverpool Road Hindley
Received 3 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91482/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, first floor and two storey to side together with two storey and single storey to rear
8 Redpol Avenue Leigh WN7 2GA
Received 30 Apr 2021 - DecidedA/21/91483/HH
To extend dwelling - part two storey and part single storey rear extension with juliet balcony
7 Donnington Close Leigh WN7 3NY
Received 30 Apr 2021 - UnknownA/21/91498/CU
Change of use of upper floors and building to the rear to 21 residential apartments and rear link bridge extension
Tower Buildings 66 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1BA
Received 4 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91500/LB
Listed Building Consent for the change of use of upper floors and building to the rear to 21 residential apartments and rear link bridge extension
Tower Buildings 66 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1BA
Received 4 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91495/ADV
Proposed installation of fascia and projecting signage
47 - 51 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4NB
Received 4 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91490/HH
To extend dwellinghouse to the front linking with existing garage and single storey to the rear
3 Orchard Court Billinge Wigan WN5 7BF
Received 4 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91503/RMMAJ
Reserved matters application of outline permission A/19/88153/VARMAJ for erection of a single terraced unit building for retail, leisure and restaurant/cafe uses (Class E(a), (b) and (d) - formerly Classes A1, A3 and D2). Seeking approval of scale, layout, appearance and landscaping
Parr Bridge Works Mosley Common Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8PR
Received 4 May 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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