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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.
6,036 approved · 875 refused · 411 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land At Meadowvale Drive Pemberton Wigan WN5 8AL
Received 27 Sept 2021Land At And Adjacent To Hulton Park Bolton
Received 23 Sept 2021Wharfdale Henry Street Leigh
Received 30 Sept 2021Agricultural Land West Of Cat I' Th' Window Farm Almond Brook Road Standish
Received 4 Oct 2021Open Land East Of 26 Sovereign Fold Road Leigh
Received 7 Oct 2021Storage Yard Wesley Street Atherton
Received 7 Oct 20218 Cherwell Close Aspull WN2 1ZD
Received 4 Oct 202112 Sycamore Drive Winstanley WN3 6DG
Received 4 Oct 2021Norley Hall Cricket Club City Road Wigan WN5 0BA
Received 5 Oct 202115 Beverley Avenue Leigh WN7 1JT
Received 5 Oct 2021157 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NH
Received 4 Oct 2021Chadwicks Farm Crankwood Road Abram Wigan WN2 5YA
Received 8 Oct 2021Messuages Farm Great Moss Road Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7LE
Received 8 Oct 2021Footpath On Corner Of Gibfield Park Way And Wigan Road Atherton
Received 8 Oct 20212 Thanet Grove Leigh WN7 1JL
Received 11 Oct 2021291 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2QY
Received 5 Oct 2021Common Fold Farm Cumbermere Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 8ND
Received 11 Oct 20211 Wood Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8DJ
Received 12 Oct 202137 Stone Cross Lane North Lowton Warrington WA3 2SD
Received 6 Oct 202167 Rose Avenue Wigan WN6 8NE
Received 13 Oct 2021First And Second Floors 34A - 38A Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1QR
Received 7 Oct 20214 Merton Road Wigan WN3 6AQ
Received 14 Oct 202121 Greenland Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0TH
Received 14 Oct 2021Site Of 189 Bag Lane Atherton
Received 14 Oct 2021Records 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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