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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.
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.
6,131 approved · 888 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
19 Gibfield Drive Atherton Manchester M46 0GR
Received 9 Feb 2022Lowton Church Of England High School Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1DU
Received 16 Feb 2022Storage Yard Ashton Grange Industrial Estate Bryn Road Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 16 Feb 2022151 Astley Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 7AG
Received 16 Feb 20228 Averham Close Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PR
Received 14 Feb 2022Fred Longworth High School Printshop Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 8JN
Received 17 Feb 202279 - 81 Market Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3AE
Received 17 Feb 2022Land Adjacent 129 Stour Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7PX
Received 17 Feb 2022Morleys Hall Barn Morleys Lane Tyldesley
Received 17 Feb 2022Morleys Hall Barn Morleys Lane Tyldesley
Received 17 Feb 20228 Moss Grove Standish Wigan WN6 0HE
Received 17 Feb 202283 Back Lane Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9LE
Received 17 Feb 2022101 Pemberton Road Winstanley WN3 6DB
Received 15 Feb 2022Open Land East Of 26 Sovereign Fold Road Leigh
Received 17 Feb 2022St John Rigby College Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0LJ
Received 31 Jan 20222 Chester Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9JB
Received 17 Feb 202224 Greenbank Abram Wigan WN2 5XU
Received 18 Feb 202225 Simpkin Street Abram Wigan WN2 5QE
Received 18 Feb 2022157 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NH
Received 18 Feb 2022Leigh Sports Centre Sale Way Leigh Sports Village Leigh WN7 4JY
Received 18 Feb 20229 Tarnway Lowton Warrington WA3 2QJ
Received 18 Feb 202216 Wigan Road Ashton In Makerfield Wigan WN4 9BJ
Received 17 Feb 20221 South Whiteacre Standish Wigan WN6 0SW
Received 18 Feb 2022Pennywise News & Food Store 2 Ennerdale Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7AR
Received 18 Feb 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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