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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 dates9,445Searchable applications
497Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,890 approved or refused records
870Refused applications
6,020 approved · 870 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/92330/LB
Listed Building Consent for the installation of heel grips to quadrants and extension of lock ladders (Lock 90)
Dean Lock Leeds And Liverpool Canal Wigan
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92328/FULL
Erection of building comprising 5 industrial or storage and distribution units (Use Class B2/B8) with access, parking, associated infrastructure and landscaping
Sovereign Business Park Kingscroft Court Wigan WN1 3AP
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92341/HH
Erection of first floor rear extension and pitched roof over existing ground floor extension
34 Acresfield Tyldesley Manchester M29 7NL
Received 26 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92342/HH
To erect detached brick garage
3 Grasmere Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8BP
Received 27 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92324/CU
Change of use to 5 bed house of multiple occupation
118 Swinley Road Wigan WN1 2DJ
Received 26 Aug 2021 - RegisteredA/21/92335/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 6, 7, 15 and 24 in respect of application A/18/86438/MAJOR
Open Land East Of 26 Sovereign Fold Road Leigh
Received 27 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92343/ADV
To display advertisement signs, comprising of 1no externally illuminated projecting sign, 2no hand painted wall signs, 3no. wall mounted signs, and 2 no. gate post signs
Cherry Gardens Hotel 263 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NT
Received 27 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92354/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, to side and rear, incorporating front and rear dormers, together with porch to front and render to front elevation.
4 Beechwood Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9LZ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92353/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey extension to side & single storey extension to rear
12 Chilton Close Leigh WN7 1SW
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92351/HH
To extend dwelling - construction of a two storey extension to side of existing house and construction of single storey extension to rear, following demolition of existing garage
4 The Hollies Wigan WN1 2NQ
Received 30 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92352/HH
To extend dwelling, to increase height of the main roof
71 Naburn Drive Orrell WN5 8SB
Received 31 Aug 2021 - UnknownA/21/92312/PDE
Single storey to rear with a projection of 5.5m, height to ridge of 3.5m and height to eaves of 2.5m
33 Whinchat Close Lowton Warrington WA3 2GG
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92355/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear/side, following removal of existing conservatory
102 Melrose Drive Winstanley Wigan WN3 6EG
Received 1 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92361/FULL
Installation of 0.7m high weld mesh fencing to top of wall along boundary with the vicarage (overall height 2.43m) and 2.4m high timber fencing to outer face of existing railings along Bengal Street
Leigh St Marys Church Of England Primary School Walmesley Road Leigh WN7 1YE
Received 2 Sept 2021 - UnknownA/21/92333/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4 and 7 in respect of application A/21/90679/FULL
Open Land North Of 638 Wigan Road Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 2 Sept 2021 - UnknownA/21/92360/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed use as GP Surgery (Use Class E(e))
66 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1UW
Received 2 Sept 2021 - UnknownA/21/92359/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed use as GP Surgery (Use Class E(e))
13 - 15 Fleet Street Wigan WN5 0DU
Received 2 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92374/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey rear extension
62 Pepper Lane Standish WN6 0PT
Received 3 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92365/CU
Change of use from beauty salon to tattoo studio
1C - 1D Brown Street North Leigh WN7 1BU
Received 3 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92373/HH
To extend dwelling - single storey extension to side and rear of existing property
18 Forest Drive Standish WN6 0SG
Received 3 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92375/RET
Retrospective Application - Change of use to drinking establishment (Sui Generis Use) including upper floors and rear courtyard area
86 Market Street Atherton M46 0DP
Received 3 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92378/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to rear together with detached ancillary outbuilding replacing existing garage
Sea View Toddington Lane Haigh WN2 1LF
Received 6 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92331/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - pitched roof to existing flat roofed dormer
358 Manchester Road Astley Tyldesley M29 7DY
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedA/21/92376/HH
To construct permanent vehicular footpath crossing
498 Bryn Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 8AN
Received 6 Sept 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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