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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.
6,275 approved · 901 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 Rear Of 42 Railway Street Hindley Wigan WN2 2QL
Received 13 Jul 2022Land To Side Of 22 Chester Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9JB
Received 13 Jul 202235 Maple Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2DA
Received 13 Jul 202230 Elmfield Shevington Wigan WN6 8DL
Received 13 Jul 202232 Oakwood Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NS
Received 13 Jul 2022Land To The North Of Mosley Common Worsley
Received 13 Jul 20221 Cornwallis Road Wigan WN3 5XD
Received 14 Jul 2022Open Land West Of 162 Manchester Road Astley Tyldesley
Received 14 Jul 2022Langtree Hall Stables Langtree Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0QQ
Received 30 Jun 202238 Car Bank Street Atherton Manchester M46 9NJ
Received 1 Jul 2022Land Adjacent 27 Chatsworth Street Wigan WN5 8BQ
Received 14 Jul 202236 Hardwick Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9UU
Received 14 Jul 20228 Lingards Drive Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FD
Received 15 Jul 2022Brock Mill Cottage Wingates Road Wigan WN1 2SJ
Received 15 Jul 2022Brock Mill Cottage Wingates Road Wigan WN1 2SJ
Received 15 Jul 202210 Berrington Grove Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9LD
Received 15 Jul 202221 Thistle Croft Tyldesley Manchester M29 7SY
Received 18 Jul 2022Jolly Mill Cottage Chorley Road Standish Wigan WN1 2TE
Received 18 Jul 202255A North Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7BF
Received 15 Jul 2022318 Holden Road Leigh WN7 2HG
Received 18 Jul 202228 St James Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8SY
Received 18 Jul 202214 Kings Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3PJ
Received 18 Jul 2022Bedford High School Manchester Road Leigh WN7 2LU
Received 11 Jul 2022193 Wigan Road Standish Wigan WN6 0AE
Received 12 Jul 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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