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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 dates9,556Searchable applications
497Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 6,986 approved or refused records
883Refused applications
6,103 approved · 883 refused · 415 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/22/92925/FULL
Siting of 5 No container cabins on the existing fields for football equipment storage
Gin Pit Playing Fields Gin Pit Tyldesley M29 7dw
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92918/HH
The demolition of existing conservatory, and the construction of a single storey side and rear extension
8 Westbury Avenue Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HW
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92883/FULL
Permanent Catering Cabin adjacent to Crown Hotel, site location to use one existing car parking space
Car Park Crown Hotel 106 Wigan Road Aspull WN2 1DP
Received 13 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92922/FULL
Replacement of existing UPVC windows with timber sash and casement windows. Replacement of render with tiling to Elliott St ground floor elevation
Skenning Bobs 166 Elliott Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8DS
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/22/92921/HH
To extend dwelling with a two storey side and rear extension, a single storey rear extension and dormers to front and rear
23 Shildon Close Wigan WN2 1AN
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92924/MAJOR
Redevelopment of site to provide 18 B2/B8 industrial units and 2 Class E (B) Drive Thru restaurants, including associated landscaping and parking, following demolition of existing buildings
Hindley Green Business Park Leigh Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4TN
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92926/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to front to link into existing detached garage
7 Holton Way Winstanley Wigan WN3 6LZ
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92906/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 6, 9 and 14 in respect of A/21/90730/MAJOR
Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ
Received 17 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92904/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.20 for Phase 1 only in respect of application A/17/83795/MAJMIN
Land To The North Of Chanters Industrial Estate Atherton
Received 17 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92905/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.15 of application A/12/76665 in respect of gas and garden validations for plots 45, 46, 49 and 67-84 only
Northleigh Development Site Between A577 Corner Lane Smallbrook Lane To The North; A578 Leigh Road To The West; Nel Pan Lane To The South; Lovers Lane To The East.
Received 17 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92927/ADV
To display internally illuminated and non illuminated fascia signs
Currys Unit 5 Parsonage Retail Park Parsonage Way Leigh WN7 5SJ
Received 17 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/22/92886/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - canopy to front, two storey to side, single storey to rear/side and detached outbuilding, following demolition of existing conservatory and detached garage
19 Millcroft Avenue Orrell Wigan WN5 8TP
Received 17 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92930/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side extension projecting beyond existing rear elevation to form a granny annex, with part render external finish.
22 Wellfield Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4QW
Received 20 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92929/LUCP
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey extension to rear
8 Hampstead Road Standish Wigan WN6 0RR
Received 20 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92931/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear
94 Sydney Avenue Leigh WN7 3LU
Received 20 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92893/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/91971/MAJOR - See Cover Letter L004 - Amendment to wording of conditions 3 and 8
1 Bridge Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3BB
Received 13 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92894/NMAS
Working Amendment for previously approved application A/21/91832/CU - The original proposal was to incorporate the basement as storage for 5 cycles. Building Control has assessed the basement and advised that it doesn't conform to the requirements in terms of head height and egress from the property and has advised that it would provide an unnecessary risk. I have worked with building control to specify another area of the property that would be adequate as the house storage and bike storage. I have also detailed the waste storage facility and modification to the waste water
43 Bridgeman Terrace Wigan WN1 1TT
Received 14 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92907/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.13 of application A/19/86515/RMMAJ in respect of garden verification for plots 38 to 50
Northern Part Of Bridgewater Business Park West Bridgewater Street Leigh
Received 20 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92908/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no. 17 (archaeology) in respect of A/15/81740/OUTMES
Agricultural Land East Of Rectory Farm Rectory Lane Standish
Received 20 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92928/LUCP
Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed single storey extension to the rear
6 Kells Grove Wigan WN6 7EU
Received 20 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92895/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/91002/MAJOR - Re-location of two EV (electric vehicle) parking spaces
Aspull Clinic/Aspull Surgery Haigh Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1XH
Received 16 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92941/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear
10 Dryden Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0JZ
Received 21 Dec 2021 - UnknownA/21/92896/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/94/41751 - Proposed new entrance door to existing south elevation
2 Challenge Way Martland Park Wigan WN5 0LD
Received 17 Dec 2021 - DecidedA/21/92898/LB
Listed Building consent application for the demolition of existing farm building and works to Grade II Listed Garrett Hall Farmhouse and conversion to 3 dwellings
Garrett Hall Farm Garrett Lane Tyldesley M29 7EY
Received 14 Dec 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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