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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.
6,749 approved · 950 refused · 492 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chatsworth Street Car Park Chatsworth Street Wigan
Received 26 Sept 2022Woodland Adventure Nursery Dam House Astley Hall Drive Tyldesley Manchester M29 7TX
Received 26 Sept 202211 Holborn Avenue Wigan WN3 5EG
Received 27 Sept 2022Crown Inn 19 Sefton Road Wigan WN3 6QU
Received 26 Sept 2022Agricultural Land North Of Bradshaw Hall Farm Hall Lane Aspull
Received 27 Sept 202234 Padiham Close Leigh WN7 2RU
Received 27 Sept 2022650 Atherton Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4SQ
Received 27 Sept 202296 Wirral Drive Winstanley Wigan WN3 6LD
Received 27 Sept 202253 - 55 Walthew Lane Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5AL
Received 27 Sept 2022165 Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2AN
Received 28 Sept 2022Land Adjacent 21 Garrett Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EY
Received 28 Sept 2022Byrchall High School Warrington Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PQ
Received 28 Sept 2022146 Elliott Street Tyldesley M29 8FJ
Received 28 Sept 202283 Park Hey Drive Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9JG
Received 28 Sept 2022Storage Yard MGF Ltd Wallwork Road Astley Tyldesley
Received 29 Sept 2022Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 29 Sept 2022Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 29 Sept 2022The Whitesmiths Arms 86 - 88 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1XA
Received 30 Sept 202244 Gawsworth Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3RB
Received 30 Sept 202212 Charlock Close Leigh WN7 3LG
Received 30 Sept 20221 Springpool Billinge Wigan WN3 6DE
Received 30 Sept 2022The Whitesmiths Arms 86 - 88 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1XA
Received 3 Oct 202238B Gathurst Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8HA
Received 3 Oct 202220 Spencer Road Wigan WN1 2PW
Received 3 Oct 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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