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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 dates9,400Searchable applications
496Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,853 approved or refused records
868Refused applications
5,985 approved · 868 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/91933/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side
12 Townson Drive Leigh WN7 3NJ
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91935/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear following demolition of existing garage and conservatory
31 Wayfarers Drive Tyldesley M29 8RP
Received 28 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91922/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved A/19/87529/FULL- Minor alterations to the approved housetype design adding a rear dormer to the upper roof and altering the lower rear glass roof to a normal tiled roof - Substitution of approved housetype design drawing 462/HT5/01 Rev A - Proposed Floor Plans and Elevations
Site Of Former Manse 233 Wigan Road Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91938/FULL
To site two no. storage containers to be used in association with junior sports teams
Playing Pitches Bankes Avenue Orrell
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91932/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side
7 Hollinbrook Wigan WN6 7SG
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91934/HH
To extend dwellling - single storey side extension
23 Central Drive Shevington WN6 8BA
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91939/ADV
To display free standing advertisement board
Site Located On The Southern Corner Of The Junction Between Newton Road And Pocket Nook Lane Lowton
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91937/FULL
To refurbish, alterations and part demolition of an existing light industrial unit to create two segregated units falling within either Planning Use Classes E(g) (Business), B2 (General Industrial) or B8 (Storage and Distribution), together with the formation of associated access, parking and infrastructure
GJS Windsor Engineering Hope Carr Industrial Estate Butts Street Leigh WN7 3AE
Received 28 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91895/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 3.5 metres, height to eaves 2.6 metres and height to ridge 3.4 metres
2 Burnham Grove Wigan WN2 1AG
Received 23 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91931/HH
Proposed pitched roofed single garage to side of dwelling
2 Adams Drive Wigan WN3 5UH
Received 28 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91897/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 3.26m, height to ridge of 3.54m and height to eaves of 2.36m
25 Rivers Street Orrell Wigan WN5 8NJ
Received 23 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91899/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side and single storey to rear
9 Harrier Close Leigh WN7 2GN
Received 21 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91900/14PDJ
Prior notification for the installation of a 107.54 KW and a 97.28 KW roof mounted solar panel systems
Wigan Investment Centre Waterside Drive Wigan WN3 5BA
Received 22 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91901/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey to rear & dormer and roof extension over existing garage/dining room at side/rear (Resubmission)
28 Douglas Street Atherton M46 9EB
Received 22 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91940/FULL
To install ATM in shop front. (Retrospective Application)
553 - 555 Atherton Road Hindley Green WN2 4SJ
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91941/ADV
Installation of internally illuminated ATM signage (retrospective application)
553 - 555 Atherton Road Hindley Green WN2 4SJ
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91936/HH
Single storey extension to the side, to replace existing conservatory
99A Crooke Road Standish Lower Ground WN6 8LR
Received 28 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91950/HH
To extend dwelling - two storey side extension to existing semi-detached dwelling
64 Tan House Drive Winstanley WN3 6JP
Received 29 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91949/HH
To erect a single storey timber clad garden room to side of dwelling to provide additional working from home capacity and storage to dwelling
27 Spencer Road Wigan WN1 2QR
Received 29 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91948/HH
To extend the dwellinghouse by the way of a two storey to side and single storey rear extension
22 Salwick Close Wigan WN3 6RE
Received 29 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91947/HH
To extend bungalow - single storey to the side following the removal of the conservatory and chimney feature
22 Hope Crescent Shevington WN6 8AZ
Received 29 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91952/HH
Addition of first floor to existing bungalow together with two storey extensions to front and rear to create two storey dwelling together with render to all elevations
440 Newton Road Lowton WA3 1JE
Received 29 Jun 2021 - DecidedA/21/91946/HH
Proposed two storey side and single storey rear extension
15B Buckland Drive Wigan WN5 0JR
Received 29 Jun 2021 - UnknownA/21/91919/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/11/75372 - Section 96(a) removal of condition 14 on appication ref. A/11/75372/OUT and/or A/13/78387 (variation of conditions)
Land At Gibfield Park North Road/Gibfield Park Avenue Atherton M46 0RE
Received 24 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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