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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6,015 approved · 869 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedA/21/92234/ADV
Advertisement applied to retractable awning
167 Elliott Street Tyldesley M29 8FL
Received 6 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92191/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (materials), 4 (Contamination/gas migration) and 5 (Drainage) in respect of application A/20/89016/FULL
Unit 7 Gym Poplar Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 8QP
Received 6 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92232/FULL
Construction of a private driveway to the front of Light Oaks Hall, with associated landscaping and gates (Resubmission)
Light Oaks Hall Old Moss Lane Glazebury WA3 5PX
Received 6 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92233/LB
Listed Building Consent for the construction of a private driveway to the front of Light Oaks Hall, with associated landscaping and gates (Resubmission)
Light Oaks Hall Old Moss Lane Glazebury WA3 5PX
Received 6 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92236/FULL
Erection of two storey dwelling with paved parking area to front following demolition of existing bungalow and garage
15 Bowland Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8BD
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92237/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear attaching to existing detached garage
233 Bryn Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8BU
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92238/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear
59 Fulbeck Avenue Wigan WN3 5QN
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92239/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side, single storey to rear, canopy to front and rendered finish following demolition of existing detached garage
2 Barrow Street Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8SX
Received 9 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92212/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/18/85235/RMMAJ
Land At Langham Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TF
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92240/FULL
Construction of 4 no. kiosks in connection with waste water treatment works
Leigh Waste Water Treatment Works Hope Carr Lane Leigh WN7 3XB
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92179/HH
To extend dwelling with a proposed two storey and single storey rear extension
1 Runfield Close Leigh WN7 1EP
Received 29 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92180/HH
Dropped kerb
276 Woodhouse Lane Wigan WN6 7NN
Received 29 Jul 2021 - DecidedA/21/92241/FULL
Amendment to previously approved scheme under planning reference A/21/90753/FULL, to erect detached house with an increased roof height by 0.68m, as the angle of the roof will change from 35 degrees to 38 degrees.
122 Pepper Lane Standish WN6 0PW
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92196/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side/rear
211 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3UB
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92205/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey side/rear extension
52 Whitley Crescent Wigan WN1 2PP
Received 3 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92206/FULL
Installation of 6m high floodlights to tennis courts 3 and 4
Tennis Courts Astley And Tyldesley Miners Welfare Club Meanley Road Tyldesley M29 7DW
Received 3 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92213/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 9, 10 and 16 in respect of application A/21/90778/MAJLA
Land At Meadowvale Drive Pemberton Wigan WN5 8AL
Received 9 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92214/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/88872/HH - Move the front wall by 950mm
30 Flora Street Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9EG
Received 2 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92215/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/86515/RMMAJ - To remove Plots 1-3 1m away from the boundary. Noise Report: Revised Report relating the St Helens Road only (Plots 1-3 / Apartments 4-27 / Plots 28-31)
Northern Part Of Bridgewater Business Park West Bridgewater Street Leigh
Received 9 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92216/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 4 and 5 in respect of application A/20/90467/FULL
794 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 8AX
Received 2 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92217/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/88147/FULL - Fully infill Oak frame extension with glazing, add French doors with side glazing to the rear elevation and amend 1no. archway window to include a door. External works updated to provide wheelchair access to the property. Amendment to colour finish to external windows and doors.
Orrell Hall Farm Spring Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0JH
Received 11 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92243/HH
To extend dwelling with a single storey extension to rear
65 Bulteel Street Wigan WN5 9PZ
Received 11 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92242/HH
To erect a single storey side extension following the demolition of two detached garages
16 Thornbush Close Lowton WA3 2JU
Received 11 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92245/VAR
Application to vary condition 2 of A/20/90552/FULL to allow the previously approved single storey rear extension to be rendered.
86 Market Street Hindley WN2 3AN
Received 12 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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