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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.
6,204 approved · 891 refused · 428 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Feb 2002 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Crowther Drive Winstanley Wigan WN3 6LY
Received 27 Mar 2022196 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2AQ
Received 3 Apr 2022Samuels Fold Cottage Pendlebury Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1LT
Received 4 Apr 2022Oldhams Fold Playing Field Orrell Road Orrell
Received 4 Apr 2022Land Between Cross Street And Charles Street And Adjacent To James Street And Elliott Street Tyldesley
Received 4 Apr 20227 Meads Grove Tyldesley Manchester M29 7HE
Received 4 Apr 2022Land Between 84 And 76-78 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TA
Received 24 Mar 2022109 Holme Terrace Wigan WN1 2HF
Received 4 Apr 2022Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 24 Mar 2022Pavement Outside Vision Express 18 Standishgate Wigan
Received 4 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Vision Express 18 Standishgate Wigan
Received 4 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Specsavers 3 - 5 Standishgate Wigan
Received 4 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Of Specsavers 3 - 5 Standishgate Wigan
Received 4 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Lloyds 2-6 Market Street Wigan WN1 1JN
Received 4 Apr 2022Pavement Outside Lloyds 2-6 Market Street Wigan WN1 1JN
Received 4 Apr 2022Fred Longworth High School Printshop Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 8JN
Received 4 Apr 202211 Halewood Avenue Golborne Warrington WA3 3RH
Received 4 Apr 202222 Dellside Close Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0ND
Received 5 Apr 2022Greenfields Shakerley Lane Atherton Manchester M46 9TZ
Received 28 Mar 2022The Bakehouse Foundry Yard Wallgate Wigan WN1 1DJ
Received 5 Apr 20222 Silsbury Grove Standish Wigan WN6 0EY
Received 5 Apr 20222 Chisholm Close Standish Wigan WN6 0QP
Received 6 Apr 2022Collier Brook Farm Bag Lane Atherton Manchester M46 0JY
Received 6 Apr 2022Site Of Platt Bridge Labour Club Platt Street Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5DA
Received 6 Apr 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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