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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.
6,209 approved · 891 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seven Stars Farm Livery Yard 498 Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0QA
Received 13 Apr 202227 Oak Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0EA
Received 13 Apr 2022Sobia News 44 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1EB
Received 13 Apr 2022384 Billinge Road Wigan WN3 6BH
Received 13 Apr 2022Haigh Woodland Park, Adventure Playground School Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PE
Received 13 Apr 2022139 Manchester Road Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FH
Received 13 Apr 202247 Rose Avenue Wigan WN6 8RE
Received 13 Apr 2022Land Between The Eastern Roundabout Of Junction 26 Of The M6 (with The M58 And A577), The A571 Billinge Road/Foundry Lane Junction, Known As The M58 Link Road And Smithy Brook Road, Known As Pemberton Link Road Wigan
Received 14 Apr 2022Bedford Pumping Station Bungalow Mill Lane Leigh WN7 2BG
Received 11 Apr 2022Parr Bridge Works Mosley Common Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8PR
Received 11 Apr 202245 Buchanan Drive Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4HJ
Received 12 Apr 202261 Douglas Bank Drive Wigan WN6 7NH
Received 14 Apr 20222 Hunters Chase Billinge Wigan WN5 7HZ
Received 14 Apr 202227 Porthleven Crescent Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FZ
Received 12 Apr 20226 Midland Close Leigh WN7 5BW
Received 17 Apr 20223 Garton Drive Lowton Warrington WA3 2LH
Received 19 Apr 2022Wigan And St Helens Sailing Club Rushdene Wigan WN3 5HJ
Received 2 Apr 20227A Pretoria Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PU
Received 19 Apr 202234 Turnberry Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7QL
Received 19 Apr 2022Development Land North Of Bryn Green Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 19 Apr 2022Development Land North Of Bryn Green Avenue Bryn Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 19 Apr 2022Aspull Clinic Haigh Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1XH
Received 20 Apr 20221 Burns Road Abram Wigan WN2 5QA
Received 20 Apr 20221 Garton Drive Lowton Warrington WA3 2LH
Received 20 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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