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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 dates9,325Searchable applications
495Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,793 approved or refused records
863Refused applications
5,930 approved · 863 refused · 404 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91759/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a loft conversion with velux windows to the front and rear
2 Marsland Green Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7LH
Received 2 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91761/HHRET
Erection of boundary fencing, varying heights of 1.2m to 1.8m (max height)
24 Castle Hill Park Hindley Wigan WN2 4DZ
Received 2 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91762/RET
To retain static caravan, which is fixed to an existing building, for residential use
Crompton House Farm Hope Lane Leigh WN7 3SF
Received 2 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91764/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey side and rear tying into existing pitched roof garage
40 The Poplars Leigh WN7 3QH
Received 3 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91690/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 6m, height to ridge of 3.9m and height to eaves of 2.5m
77 Dryden Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0JZ
Received 3 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91784/FULL
Installation of two flues in produce and machinery storage building
Boundary Farm Cottage Boundary Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0YX
Received 3 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91739/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side
1 Grange Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AT
Received 3 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91777/VAR
Application to vary condition 2 of application A/20/90472/FULL to allow revised elevations and internal layout, and to provide details to allow removal of conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (EV charging point) and 5 (Drainage Details)
Land Adjacent To 42 Ashton Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3UN
Received 3 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91779/ADV
To display 1 internally illuminated fascia signs, 3 non illuminated fascia signs, 2 internally illuminated slimline box signs and two internally sited digital display screens
Unit H Loire Drive Robin Park Wigan
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91778/HH
Single storey side and rear extension and addition of window to side elevation
26 Oak Avenue Golborne Warrington WA3 3LF
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91775/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side
87 Lynton Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8PY
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91776/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear
4 Chapman Close Wigan WN3 6GQ
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91780/OUT
Outline Application for the erection of a replacement dwelling and detached stable block, following demolition of existing dwelling and ancillary/outbuildings, seeking to approve access, appearance, layout and scale
Vauses Farm 75 Wigan Road Shevington Wigan WN6 8PY
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91781/HH
To extend existing detached garage with a front extension connecting to existing gable of applicant's dwelling
35 Sovereign Fold Road Leigh WN7 5HX
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91782/HH
To extend bungalow - single storey to side and rear
111 Cottesmore Way Golborne Warrington WA3 3XJ
Received 4 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91797/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and single storey to rear following removal of existing rear extension
13 Newlands Drive Lowton Warrington WA3 2RY
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91772/CU
Change of use of cow shed into residential use associated with the attached dwelling including internal and external alterations
Swallows Nest Barn Castle Hill Road Hindley Wigan WN2 4BX
Received 6 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91773/LB
Listed Building consent for change of use of cow shed into residential use associated with the attached dwelling including internal and external alterations
Swallows Nest Barn Castle Hill Road Hindley Wigan WN2 4BX
Received 6 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91791/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to side, balcony to rear and render to side and rear
132 Wigan Road Standish Wigan WN6 0AY
Received 7 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91702/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 13 in respect of application A/20/90238/MAJOR
Patricroft Road Ince WN2 2DF
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91783/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear
16 Moss Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7BU
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91792/HH
To extend dwelling - ground floor side and rear extensions including re-building of garage and a two storey side extension
25 Eskdale Avenue Wigan WN1 2HA
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91794/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to front
28 The Poplars Leigh WN7 3QH
Received 7 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91697/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/88976/FULL - The full height windows at ground floor on the rear elevation are to be replaced with half height windows as indicated on the proposed elevations. Air source heat pump units are to be installed beneath cill level to supply each of the 4no. apartments. The air source heat pump installation will comply wih the Microgeneration Certification Scheme Planning Standards (MCS 020); the volume of the outdoor compressor unit will be below 0.6 cubic metres and all parts of the unit will be sited more that 1m from the boundary.
Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 4 Jun 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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