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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 dates9,305Searchable applications
495Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,775 approved or refused records
861Refused applications
5,914 approved · 861 refused · 403 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91631/HH
To extend dwelling - proposed two storey and single storey extension to rear, new two storey side extension, single storey porch extension to front and internal re-modelling and demolition of existing garage to side
217 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3UB
Received 20 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91630/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear extension with loft conversion and rear dormer
3 Ely Drive Tyldesley M29 7RL
Received 20 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91619/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 3.5 metres, height to eaves 2.25 metres and height to ridge 3.55 metres
310 Poolstock Lane Wigan WN3 5RA
Received 17 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91629/FULL
Alterations to existing entrance to school and extension to front to form additional office space together and other minor internal alterations
St Stephens Church Of England Primary School Manchester Road Astley Tyldesley M29 7BT
Received 20 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91620/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 3.5 metres, height to eaves 2.25 metres and height to ridge 3.55 metres
312 Poolstock Lane Wigan WN3 5RA
Received 17 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91623/14PDJ
Prior notification for the installation of a roof mounted 10kW solar photovoltaic system
Leigh Bus Station King Street Leigh WN7 4LP
Received 13 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91660/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.8 in respect of A/20/90457/RM
Parr Bridge Works Mosley Common Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8PR
Received 20 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91632/MAJOR
To erect new part 2 storey, part 3 storey residential care home with 66 bedrooms, together with associated parking and landscaping (alternative to A/16/82411/MAJOR)
The Croft Residential Home 399 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw WN2 5TE
Received 20 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91652/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 and no.4 in respect of application A/16/83282/RMMAJ
Land At Frog Lane And Field Street Wigan
Received 20 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91659/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 2 and 3 in respect of application A/20/90541/VARMAJ
Land At Frog Lane/Field Street/Hey Street Wigan
Received 20 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91635/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey and single storey to rear together with first floor windows to the side elevations
6 Carawood Close Appley Bridge WN6 8DP
Received 17 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91638/HH
To install a dropped kerb to the front of the property
342 Wigan Road Atherton Manchester M46 0GD
Received 21 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91664/RET
To retain change of use of ground floor to Class E with ancillary production of hot food to take away, installation of steel staircase to rear, installation of new door and flue to rear
137 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9DP
Received 21 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91653/HH
To extend dwelling - part single, part two storey side extension
4 Woolston Drive Tyldesley Manchester M29 8WL
Received 21 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91663/FULL
Change of use to create house of multiple occupation consisting of 2 units (20 bedrooms in total) with communal facilties, two self contained apartments and one 5 bed flat with ancillary facilities, together with upper floor extension to create second floor, creation of roof terrace and elevation alterations including the removal of the shopfront to the front
23 Powell Street Wigan WN1 1XD
Received 21 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91645/FULL
The removal and replacement of 3 existing antennas with 3 upgraded antennas affixed to existing support poles on the rooftop, the removal and replacement of 1 cabinet with 1 cabinet and 1 OFS01 L-Rack, the installation of 1 GPS affixed to an antenna support pole and ancillary development thereto
Ena Mill Flapper Fold Lane Atherton Manchester M46 0HB
Received 21 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91646/LB
Listed Building application for the removal and replacement of 3 existing antennas with 3 upgraded antennas affixed to existing support poles on the rooftop, the removal and replacement of 1 cabinet with 1 cabinet and 1OFS01 L-Rack, the installation of 1 GPS affixed to an antenna support pole and ancillary development thereto
Ena Mill Flapper Fold Lane Atherton Manchester M46 0HB
Received 21 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91666/HH
To extend dwelling - proposed dormer extension to front elevation
22 Cromford Drive Wigan WN5 8JU
Received 21 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91636/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to rear including Juliet balconies, single storey to side, porch extension at front, together with alterations to roof and external alterations to elevations
20 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Received 24 May 2021 - RegisteredA/21/91661/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 6 and 8 in respect of application A/17/84444/FULL
Land To Rear Of 178-188 Warrington Road Abram
Received 23 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91665/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to front, two storey to side and rear and single storey to rear following demolition of existing garage to rear
25 St Marys Close Aspull Wigan WN2 1RL
Received 24 May 2021 - UnknownA/21/91675/RET
To retain detached timber outbuilding (summerhouse)
58 Rosebay Gardens Standish Wigan WN6 0ZH
Received 24 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91692/FULL
Erection of wooden outdoor classroom
All Saints Church Of England Primary School Chapel Fields Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 3QS
Received 24 May 2021 - DecidedA/21/91693/MAJOR
To construct 6 no semi-detached dwellings and 8 no 1-bedroom apartments with associated gardens/communal open space, 20 car parking spaces, bin and cycle stores, and hard and soft landscaping (including means of enclosure), to be accessed via Spring Road
Former Beer Garden Of The Old Springs Spring Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0JJ
Received 24 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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