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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
9,737Searchable applications
501Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 7,119 approved or refused records
893Refused applications

6,226 approved · 893 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning contact the planning teamLocal plan Local Plan evidence basePre-application advice Pre-application advice fees

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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.

Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

  1. UnknownA/22/93687/LUCP

    Certificate of lawful development for a single storey rear extension

    19 Gibfield Drive Atherton Manchester M46 0GR

    Received 4 May 2022
  2. UnknownA/22/93654/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/90543/MAJOR - To amend position of plot 5.

    Site Of Abraham Guest High School Orrell Road Orrell

    Received 3 May 2022
  3. DecidedA/22/93680/RET

    Redevelopment of existing single storey office building to provide new entrance/waiting area and additional office space (Retrospective Application)

    Office Building Whitehead Landfill Site Lower Green Lane Astley Tyldesley

    Received 5 May 2022
  4. UnknownA/22/93704/LUCE

    Certificate of lawfulness for an existing mixed use of a single residential dwelling unit and stables

    Moss Brook Stud Lower Green Lane Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7JZ

    Received 5 May 2022
  5. DecidedA/22/93705/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, dormer to rear

    13 Wenlock Road Leigh WN7 3LN

    Received 5 May 2022
  6. DecidedA/22/93707/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to rear over existing ground floor extension

    55 Alexandra Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8QS

    Received 6 May 2022
  7. DecidedA/22/93709/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side

    24A Helen Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3QR

    Received 5 May 2022
  8. DecidedA/22/93710/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear together with a garage conversion

    33 East Mount Orrell Wigan WN5 8LR

    Received 6 May 2022
  9. UnknownA/22/93657/PDE

    Single storey rear extension with a dual pitched roof, total projection of 3.2m to the rear and height to the ridge of 3.8m.

    37 Treen Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7HD

    Received 29 Apr 2022
  10. UnknownA/22/93711/LUCP

    Certificate of lawful development for an erection of a single storey rear extension

    31 Factory Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8GQ

    Received 6 May 2022
  11. DecidedA/22/93695/FULL

    To site storage container

    Playing Fields Scot Lane Wigan

    Received 7 May 2022
  12. DecidedA/22/93712/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear

    7 Strines Close Hindley Wigan WN2 2QZ

    Received 8 May 2022
  13. DecidedA/22/93669/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse single storey to rear together with roof alterations

    6 Back Lane Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9LH

    Received 29 Apr 2022
  14. DecidedA/22/93671/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey side and rear extension with associated external alterations

    7 Green Hayes Avenue Wigan WN1 2EP

    Received 3 May 2022
  15. DecidedA/22/93675/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse single storey extension to side

    78 Shelley Street Leigh WN7 5EX

    Received 3 May 2022
  16. DecidedA/22/93626/FULL

    Erection of replacement dwellinghouse, following demolition of existing with tarmacadam area to front

    Alderwood Croft Bungalow Green Lane Leigh WN7 2TP

    Received 18 Mar 2022
  17. DecidedA/22/93681/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to side

    11 Northwold Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HD

    Received 7 Apr 2022
  18. DecidedA/22/93682/LA

    To construct vehicular footpath crossings and driveways to Authority housing, footway build out island and new road markings

    193 - 249 Liverpool Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3HN

    Received 25 Apr 2022
  19. DecidedA/22/93713/CU

    Change of use of ground floor unit from offices (Use Class E(c)) to restaurant/bar (Use Class sui generis)

    Ascott Insurance 227 Elliott Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8DG

    Received 9 May 2022
  20. DecidedA/22/93715/CU

    Proposed conversion of upper floors of former bank building to a 12 bed HMO including renewal of windows

    First And Second Floors 7 Market Street Leigh WN7 1EE

    Received 9 May 2022
  21. DecidedA/22/93684/LA

    Erection of 6 bungalows with associated parking and landscaping, following demolition of the existing single storey building

    Land To The Side Of 5 Priory Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9UG

    Received 29 Apr 2022
  22. DecidedA/22/93716/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear

    60 Highfield Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 9LU

    Received 10 May 2022
  23. DecidedA/22/93733/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to front and garage conversion together with driveway extension

    17 Barwell Close Golborne Warrington WA3 3GZ

    Received 10 May 2022
  24. UnknownA/22/93686/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/89813/HH - Reduction in width to GF part of the two storey extension to provide 800mm side access to the rear and change of use of GF room created from garage to playroom

    335 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3PQ

    Received 5 May 2022

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What these statistics cover

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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