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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 dates9,436Searchable applications
497Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,884 approved or refused records
869Refused applications
6,015 approved · 869 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- UnknownA/21/92119/PDE
Single storey flat roofed extension to rear with a projection of 4.47m, height to top of roof of 2.75m.
2 Holme Terrace Wigan WN1 2HH
Received 26 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92121/PDE
Single storey flat roofed extension to rear with a projection of 5.9m, height to top of roof of 2.75m
4 Holme Terrace Wigan WN1 2HH
Received 26 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92199/RET
Erection of a summerhouse with attached shed at the rear of the rear garden (retrospective).
41 Rosley Road Wigan WN3 5NF
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92200/RET
To retain installation of ATM in front elevation
55 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1BE
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92201/RADV
To retain installation of internally illuminated ATM signage
55 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1BE
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92190/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 5, 6 and 7 in respect of application A/18/85708/FULL
Land At Side Of 12 Bromley Close Wigan WN2 1BA
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92203/HH
To construct a permanent vehicular footpath crossing and layout hardstanding
334 Wigan Road Atherton M46 0GD
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92208/ADV
To display on front elevation: 1 x Fascia Sign, 1 x Projecting Sign and 1 opening hours decal, to display on side elevation: 1 x Fascia Sign & 1 x Projecting Sign
Pizza Hut 13-15 Market Street Leigh WN7 1DR
Received 3 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92122/HH
To construct a detached building to form granny annexe for additional living accommodation of a dependent relative and part as a garden store (Resubmission)
16 Pinewood Crescent Ince WN2 2DT
Received 22 Jul 2021 - UnknownA/21/92125/AG
Agricultural determination for a proposed building for the storage of hay
Willdor Farm Edge Green Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan
Received 21 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92135/HH
To extend dwelling with a single storey front extension
21 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Received 23 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92207/FULL
To create new gated access from Newton Road
Land Adjacent 387 Newton Road Lowton WA3 1NU
Received 3 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92210/HH
To extend bungalow to side, installation of roof light and alterations to elevations
14 Aldford Way Standish WN6 0TP
Received 4 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92211/HH
To extend bungalow - increase in roof height incorporating front and rear dormers, and new windows in gable elevations
14 Longcroft Tyldesley M29 7EN
Received 4 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92221/HHRET
To retain timber domestic outbuilding within rear garden area
17 Redgrave Rise Winstanley WN3 6HG
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92222/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side elevation
28 Recreation Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8SU
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92223/HH
To extend dwelling, two storey and single storey rear extension
578 East Lancashire Road Tyldesley M29 7HX
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92220/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear/side
3 Breaston Avenue Leigh WN7 3DJ
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92219/HH
To extend dwelling - proposed single storey rear extension
2 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92224/CU
Change of use from Public House (Sui Generis) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) and installation of extraction/ventilation equipment at rear, with minor alterations to the elevations.
16 Warrington Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9PL
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92227/CU
Change of use of offices (currently Class E) to a Sui Generis Use - use as a house of multiple occupation
53 Church Street Leigh WN7 1AY
Received 5 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92229/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey extension on rear elevation
74 Heath Lane Lowton WA3 2SJ
Received 6 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92230/HH
To extend dwelling, by demolition of existing garage and rear utility, erection of two storey side extension with front pediment to front elevation
22 Woodlands Road Tyldesley M29 7BH
Received 6 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92231/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey extension to rear creating a ground floor bedroom and bathroom
1 Kings Avenue Lowton WA3 2BJ
Received 6 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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