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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 dates9,427Searchable applications
497Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,875 approved or refused records
869Refused applications
6,006 approved · 869 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/21/92178/ADV
Installation of advertisement hoarding
Public Open Space Spruce Close Lowton
Received 28 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92112/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/90778/MAJLA - Update to proposed development surface water system. Change to hipped roofs from gable on bungalows and bays. Change to Hipped roofs on houses and removal of bays. Change to hipped roof projections from gable ends on supported living bungalow and removal of gable roofs outcrops and projecting bay windows on side elevations. Window to laundry and assisted bathroom amended with door added. Increase in size and alteration to position of the sub-station
Land At Meadowvale Drive Pemberton Wigan WN5 8AL
Received 22 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92177/FULL
Construction of Control Kiosk
Prospect Service Reservoir Kingshill Court Standish
Received 28 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92113/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/87897/RMMAJ - Plots 265-290 (affordable plots) changing the visitor parking spaces to spaces allocated to plots
Land North Of Garrett Lane East Of Garrett Hall West Of Mosley Common Road And South Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 23 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92114/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 7m, height to ridge of 3.17m and height to eaves of 2.4m
78 Hartley Green Gardens Billinge Wigan WN5 7GA
Received 23 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92115/NMAS
Working Amendment application for prevously approved application A/21/91024/HH - Change to the front corner of the rear extension to allow us to move the location of the utility room within the extension boundary to be located near to existing drains to reduce complexity of drainage
193 Wigan Road Standish Wigan WN6 0AE
Received 22 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92171/FULL
Change of use of first floor, second floor and loft to create 5 apartments together with part single storey, part three storey extension to rear and installation of roof lights to front and rear
22 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4LX
Received 28 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92170/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear
12 Cleworth Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7QW
Received 28 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92183/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear, together with dormer to rear and rooflights to front
24 Schofield Lane Atherton M46 0QB
Received 28 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92184/HH
To extend dwellinghouse by way of proposed single storey side and front porch extensions (Re-submission of application A/21/91112/HH)
Richmond House Richmond Close Standish WN1 2TA
Received 29 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92182/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to front, single storey at side, alterations to existing flat roofs to form pitched roof incorporating 3 rooflights
21 Rookery Avenue Appley Bridge WN6 9JX
Received 29 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92185/RET
Retrospective application for the retention of an area of hardstanding for the purpose of storing wrapped bales of haylage (agricultural storage) and agricultural machinery.
Willoughby Farm Meadow Pit Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1LQ
Received 29 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92194/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions no.6, no.10 and 11 in respect of application A/19/87385/MAJLA
27 Brackley House Bentinck Street Wigan WN3 6QT
Received 29 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92181/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey to front
17 Springbank Gardens Platt Bridge WN2 3GD
Received 29 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92188/LUCP
Certificate of Lawfulness for a single storey rear extension including demolition of existing conservatory
41 Dunsdale Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8PT
Received 30 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92186/HH
To erect new boundary treatment around existing property
27 Sycamore Avenue Golborne WA3 3SF
Received 30 Jul 2021 - RegisteredA/21/92195/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 in respect of application A/19/87804/MAJOR
353 Leigh Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4XL
Received 30 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92187/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side and single storey to rear together with the creation of additional parking area to front
29 Richmond Road Worsley M28 1AU
Received 30 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92189/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side, single storey to rear
150 Park Road Hindley WN2 3RX
Received 30 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92116/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 4.8m, height to ridge of 3.5m and height to eaves of 3m
8 Hanstock Close Orrell Wigan WN5 8SW
Received 26 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92197/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey rear extension
8B Denton Grove Orrell WN5 0HU
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92204/FULL
Erection of 3 stables and tack room in 2 blocks, together with the creation of a manege for personal use only
Langtree Hall Stables Langtree Lane Standish WN6 0QQ
Received 1 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92198/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side
27 Highfield Avenue Atherton M46 9LU
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92202/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to rear
59 Wigan Road Standish WN6 0BE
Received 2 Aug 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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