Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,946 approved · 865 refused · 406 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
25 Eskdale Avenue Wigan WN1 2HA
Received 15 Jun 202115 Chiswell Street Wigan WN5 8DW
Received 3 Jun 2021Site Of Ashtons Tenement Farm Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw
Received 8 Jun 202143 Rivers Street Orrell WN5 8NJ
Received 4 Jun 20218 Brooklands Avenue Leigh WN7 3HJ
Received 4 Jun 20212 Mere Oaks Standish Wigan WN1 2SL
Received 7 Jun 20212 Lower Green Lane Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7JE
Received 15 Jun 202116 Moorland Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8XQ
Received 7 Jun 2021101 Hindley Mill Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 4BT
Received 15 Jun 20218 Highfield Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 9LU
Received 7 Jun 2021Barnacre Dodds Farm Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1QP
Received 15 Jun 2021Waterworks Farm Arley Lane Haigh WN1 2UJ
Received 9 Jun 202138 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1RX
Received 15 Jun 202137 Wigan Lower Road Standish Lower Ground Wigan WN6 8LY
Received 15 Jun 202117 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Received 16 Jun 2021694 Liverpool Road Platt Bridge WN2 5BB
Received 16 Jun 2021Land At Garrett Hall Farm Garrett Hall Lane Tyldesley
Received 16 Jun 2021Land At Garrett Hall Farm Garrett Hall Lane Tyldesley
Received 16 Jun 202123 Fellside Wigan WN1 3XW
Received 15 Mar 2021160 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1SJ
Received 16 Jun 2021Birchalls Farm Wilton Lane Culcheth Warrington WA3 4BA
Received 14 Jun 2021The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR
Received 15 Jun 2021Sacia Packaging Ltd Warrington Road Wigan WN3 6XD
Received 16 Jun 202128 Raithby Drive Wigan WN3 5PY
Received 17 Jun 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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