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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 dates9,455Searchable applications
497Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,897 approved or refused records
871Refused applications
6,026 approved · 871 refused · 411 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/21/92402/FULL
Change of use from Class E Commercial, Business and Service to Sui Generis Adult Gaming Centre, together with new shopfront
35 - 37 Market Place Wigan WN1 1PE
Received 14 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92403/ADV
Installation of 2 fascia signs with internally illuminated lettering and 2 externally illuminated projecting signs
35 - 37 Market Place Wigan WN1 1PE
Received 14 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92381/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to front and rear
194 Charles Street Leigh WN7 1PT
Received 7 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92393/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to rear, including Juliet balcony
25 Spinnerette Close Leigh WN7 2HP
Received 10 Sept 2021 - UnknownA/21/92407/PDE
Single storey rear extension with a projection of 4.5m, height to the eaves 2.6m and height to the ridge 3.8m
36 Wood Sorrel Way Lowton WA3 2GX
Received 14 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92408/LA
To extend existing school to provide 3 new classrooms and associated external works, together with external alterations to the gymnasium and kitchen elevations
Bedford High School Manchester Road Leigh WN7 2LU
Received 15 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92413/FULL
To site 3 fixed pergolas at side of public house.
George And Dragon Inn 7 King Street Leigh WN7 4LP
Received 16 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92414/LB
Listed building consent to site 3 fixed pergolas at side of public house, following removal of the existing collapsible Jumbrellas
George And Dragon Inn 7 King Street Leigh WN7 4LP
Received 16 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92416/ADV
Installation of 1 internally illuminated replacement height restrictor
KFC Unit 10 Parsonage Retail Park Parsonage Way Leigh WN7 5SJ
Received 16 Sept 2021 - UnknownA/21/92415/LUCP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey to rear
18 Chestnut Avenue Leigh WN7 3JN
Received 16 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92417/TCSO
Prior notification for the installation of an 16.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround cabinet at base and associated ancillary works
Adjacent To Car Park Spar Supermarket 1A High Street And School Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0HA
Received 16 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92420/ADV
To display 1no internally illuminated SMD LED Digital Advertisement
104 - 108 Wallgate Wigan WN3 4AB
Received 17 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92421/FULL
Extensions to rear and new covered dining area to the side, together with alterations to external elevations including new windows and rooflights
190 Upholland Road Billinge WN5 7DJ
Received 17 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92451/HH
To extend dwelling with first floor extensions to both sides and pitched roof to front garage/porch
34 Greenfield Road Atherton M46 9LW
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92419/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side (alteration to previous approval no A/21/91149/HH approved)
63 Brook Drive Astley Tyldesley M29 7HR
Received 17 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92447/HH
Erection of two storey side and single storey rear extension
8 Queens Close Worsley Manchester M28 1BQ
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92448/HH
To extend dwelling, single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
17 Dellside Close Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0ND
Received 19 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92422/HH
Permanent vehicular footpath crossing
4 Hall Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 2SA
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92452/ADV
To retain internally illuminated shop signage
7 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1LD
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/22/92454/FULL
Two storey extension to side together with conversion of existing building to form 6 apartments
Rear Part Of 172 Manchester Road Ince Wigan WN2 2EA
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92449/FULL
To erect new replacement temporary changing room building following demolition of existing temporary building.
Rose Bridge Academy Holt Street Ince Wigan WN1 3HD
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92412/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side
14 Alma Grove Wigan WN3 6SS
Received 16 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92429/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to front with balcony above, single storey to the side together with new boundary treatments
7 Canning Close Hindley Wigan WN2 3NQ
Received 20 Sept 2021 - DecidedA/21/92464/RET
To retain the change of use from alley way to residential garden, together with the erection of 1.8m high boundary fencing (Resubmission of refused planning application A/20/89937/RET
Land Rear Of 17 South Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7GQ
Received 21 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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