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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 dates9,291Searchable applications
495Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,761 approved or refused records
859Refused applications
5,902 approved · 859 refused · 403 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91598/FULL
Change of use from former bus depot/store to manufacturing/assembly facility for double glazed windows, ancillary offices and two self contained units including minor elevational alterations
Jim Stones Bus Depot 1 Derby Street Leigh WN7 4PF
Received 18 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91605/LUCP
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for single storey extension to rear and porch to front
212 Billinge Road Wigan WN5 9HX
Received 18 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91601/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear following demolition of existing single storey rear extension
24 Acresfield Tyldesley Manchester M29 7NL
Received 18 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91588/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.6 in respect of application A/20/89771/MAJOR
Unit 6B Yew Tree Way Stone Cross Park Golborne Warrington WA3 3JD
Received 11 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91589/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey extensions to the side and rear
223 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3UB
Received 12 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91590/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/90225/HH - Change the external wall finish of both the extension and the original dwelling from facing brick to painted render. Relocate the two ground floor windows in the north elevation of the extension to the south elevation. Change the large patio door in the rear elevation of the extension to two smaller ones
67 Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QJ
Received 11 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91591/HHRET
To extend dwellinghouse, front and rear dormers (retrospective)
28 Martland Avenue Shevington WN6 8EG
Received 14 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91593/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to side and single storey rear
20 Ling Drive Atherton Manchester M46 9BH
Received 17 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91596/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear following demolition of existing sun room to side, together with extension of the raised patio area
40 Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QH
Received 14 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91597/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side and single storey to rear
3 Crompton Street Ince Wigan WN3 4UN
Received 17 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91599/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/89365/MAJOR - Amended layout of front visitor car parking. Minor amendments of the route to fencing to the front of the site and inclusion of pedestrian gates. Increased size of security lodge to right hand side of main building
Tremco Ltd 5 Coupland Road Hindley Industrial Estate Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4HT
Received 13 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91610/CU
Change of use from retail premises to form a licenced wine bar
137 Market Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3AA
Received 18 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91602/NMAS
Non-material amendment application for previously approved application A/19/87495/CU - To amend access to the two ground floor flats facing Manchester Road to the rear, off Lord Street. To omit the extension to the East of the rear two flats and extend to the West
Former Royal Hotel 176 Manchester Road Ince Wigan WN2 2EA
Received 17 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91618/RMMAJ
Erection of 19 dwellinghouses - Reserved Matters to A/18/84930/OUTMAJ for access, scale, landscaping, layout, and appearance
55 Crawford Avenue And Land To The West And Rear Of 55-25 Crawford Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 8ET
Received 18 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91615/FULL
Erection of detached dwellinghouse following the demolition of the existing single storey side extension at 5 St Nicholas Road, together with the sub-division of garden areas and the installation of associated access and hard and soft landscaping
5 St Nicholas Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1DY
Received 18 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91614/HHRET
To retain lean-to extension
16A Plantation Gates Wigan WN1 3UP
Received 18 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91621/HH
To erect 1.8m high fence to front of side garden
150 Douglas Road Atherton Manchester M46 9FE
Received 18 May 2021 - RegisteredA/21/91608/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.7 in respect of application A/19/86811/FULL
Agricultural Buildings Light Oaks Hall Old Moss Lane Glazebury
Received 18 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91611/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey extension and raised decking area to rear
14 Rivington Avenue Wigan WN1 2HY
Received 18 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91609/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/20/88731/HH
41 Andover Crescent Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HP
Received 18 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91612/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/19/86868/FULL
Former Colliers Rest Public House 30 Firs Lane Leigh WN7 4SB
Received 19 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91628/FULL
Construction of a new fenced energy generation plant and associated new gas meter enclosure on the existing service yard
Magnavale Warrington Ltd Yew Tree Way Stone Cross Park Golborne Warrington WA3 3JD
Received 19 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91617/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in respect of application A/18/85539/FULL
Land East Of 5 New Lodge Wigan WN1 2ND
Received 19 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91627/HH
To extend dwelling - proposed first floor extension over existing side extension
15 Sefton Avenue Orrell WN5 8UN
Received 19 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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