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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.
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.
6,002 approved · 869 refused · 409 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Feb 2002 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aspull Clinic/Aspull Surgery Haigh Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1XH
Received 22 Jul 2021Wigan Council 126 - 128 Ridyard Street Wigan WN5 9RQ
Received 23 Jul 20211 Lyndon Avenue Shevington Wigan WN6 8BT
Received 23 Jul 20211 Lyndon Avenue Shevington Wigan WN6 8BT
Received 23 Jul 20212 Wilton Avenue Wigan WN2 1AA
Received 23 Jul 2021Land Opposite 33 - 35 Pinewood Crescent Orrell Wigan WN5 8NF
Received 20 Jul 202114 Carders Close Leigh WN7 4JX
Received 23 Jul 2021Mesnes House Mesnes Street Wigan WN1 1QJ
Received 23 Jul 2021228B Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2AF
Received 26 Jul 202197 Green Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0TX
Received 26 Jul 202124 Market Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3AN
Received 26 Jul 202159 Askwith Road Hindley Wigan WN2 4NS
Received 26 Jul 20218 Squires Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 8JF
Received 26 Jul 202118 Newlands Drive Lowton Warrington WA3 2RY
Received 26 Jul 2021Open Land West Of 162 Manchester Road Astley Tyldesley
Received 21 Jul 202134 Grant Road Wigan WN3 5JN
Received 26 Jul 2021431 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7PN
Received 26 Jul 202123 Clarke Street Leigh WN7 4HU
Received 26 Jul 20212 Palmerston Close Hindley Wigan WN2 3NG
Received 26 Jul 20213 Lane Head Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2TB
Received 26 Jul 202143 Bodmin Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EZ
Received 27 Jul 202116 Greyfriars Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9RL
Received 27 Jul 202121 Bryn Street Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9AX
Received 27 Jul 202141 And 43 Wayfarers Drive Tyldesley Manchester M29 8RP
Received 28 Jul 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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