Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,106 approved · 884 refused · 415 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
75 Stout Street Leigh WN7 4QR
Received 3 Jan 2022Vacant Land Rigby Street Hindley
Received 6 Jan 2022Leigh Spinners Mill Park Lane Leigh WN7 2LB
Received 6 Jan 2022Leigh Spinners Mill Park Lane Leigh WN7 2LB
Received 6 Jan 2022Stanley Nook Farm 1 Stanley Road Aspull WN2 1YH
Received 22 Dec 2021Network Plus Chaddock Lane Astley M29 7JT
Received 22 Dec 20213 Elnup Avenue Shevington Wigan WN6 8AT
Received 7 Jan 2022237 Wigan Road Atherton Manchester M46 0GB
Received 7 Jan 20223 St Andrews Drive Wigan WN6 7RQ
Received 7 Jan 2022Site Of Pemberton Colliery Smithy Brook Road Wigan
Received 7 Jan 20221 The Elms Lowton Warrington WA3 1DP
Received 10 Jan 2022The Cottage Dodhurst Farm Sandy Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 4ER
Received 10 Jan 202235 Oxford Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8PQ
Received 5 Jan 202245 Thirlmere Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0AT
Received 10 Jan 2022117 Chorley Road Standish Wigan WN1 2TE
Received 10 Jan 20226 Amis Grove Lowton Warrington WA3 2LL
Received 10 Jan 2022Go Local 140 Hardybutts Wigan WN1 3NE
Received 11 Jan 202233 Norwich Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2JD
Received 10 Jan 20224 Toulston Road Wigan WN6 7EX
Received 11 Jan 202254 Whitley Crescent Wigan WN1 2PP
Received 11 Jan 20221 Bridge Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3BB
Received 11 Jan 2022Land East Of Rectory Farm Rectory Lane Standish
Received 11 Jan 2022Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ
Received 20 Dec 2021Storage Land South Of 110 Astley Street Tyldesley
Received 11 Jan 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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