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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.
6,221 approved · 892 refused · 429 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Lidgate Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HA
Received 25 Apr 20221 Brook Fold Atherton Manchester M46 0FT
Received 26 Apr 202236 Longcroft Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EN
Received 26 Apr 2022Land At Derby Street, Woodville Road, Ince-In-Makerfield
Received 26 Apr 2022Land Between 84 And 76-78 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TA
Received 19 Apr 2022Open Land Longridge Avenue Standish
Received 20 Apr 2022Land At Junction 25 Of The M6 Motorway, Wigan, Which Is Bounded By The M6 Slip Road And A49 Warrington Road Junction To The East, Agricultural Land To The North And The M6 Motorway To The West Wigan
Received 20 Apr 2022Wharfdale Henry Street Leigh
Received 20 Apr 202221 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TB
Received 21 Apr 2022Development Land East Of 2 - 4 Woods Lane Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 27 Apr 2022One Stop Store Unit 2 71 Warrington Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PJ
Received 27 Apr 2022Millingford Industrial Estate Bridge Street Golborne
Received 27 Apr 2022Firsway Of Leigh 39 Plank Lane Leigh WN7 4YA
Received 27 Apr 20226 Crossford Close Wigan WN3 6BT
Received 27 Apr 20226 Firs Park Crescent Aspull Wigan WN2 2SJ
Received 28 Apr 20229 Bassett Grove Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HT
Received 28 Apr 202245 Langham Road Standish Wigan WN6 0TF
Received 28 Apr 20225 Sandy Park Hindley Wigan WN2 4EF
Received 28 Apr 2022Robin Hill Farm West Robin Hill Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0PR
Received 28 Apr 2022Old Zoo Site Haigh Woodland Park School Lane Haigh
Received 28 Apr 2022Old Zoo Site Haigh Woodland Park School Lane Haigh
Received 28 Apr 202268 Mayfield Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0HZ
Received 28 Apr 202245 Sterndale Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0LX
Received 29 Apr 2022Laithwaite Park Scot Lane Newtown Wigan
Received 29 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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