Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,750 approved · 950 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 At Frog Lane/Field Street/Hey Street Wigan
Received 3 Oct 2022Churchfields Plots 50,51 And 52 Rectory Lane Standish Wigan
Received 3 Oct 2022The Coach House Haighlands Copperas Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PB
Received 3 Oct 202220 Thorneycroft Leigh WN7 2TH
Received 4 Oct 20224 Tintern Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9HY
Received 4 Oct 20229 Warlow Drive Leigh WN7 5NZ
Received 4 Oct 20225 Planewood Gardens Lowton Warrington WA3 2BS
Received 4 Oct 2022215 UpHolland Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7DL
Received 3 Oct 2022Land At Albert Street Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan
Received 4 Oct 202216 Norfolk Street Wigan WN6 7BJ
Received 30 Sept 202211 Upper Dicconson Street Wigan WN1 2AD
Received 4 Oct 2022Site Of 196 - 218 City Road Wigan
Received 4 Oct 2022Hesketh Meadow Playing Fields Hesketh Meadow Lane Lowton
Received 5 Oct 2022Uncle Stes Diner 47 Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AA
Received 21 Feb 2002418 Chaddock Lane Astley Tyldesley M29 7JS
Received 5 Oct 202280 Oakwood Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NS
Received 5 Oct 2022493 Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1QW
Received 5 Oct 202215 Bowland Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8BD
Received 5 Oct 2022113 Hartley Green Gardens Billinge Wigan WN5 7GB
Received 5 Oct 202218 Brock Mill Lane Wigan WN1 2NZ
Received 5 Oct 2022Gas Holder 3 South Of West Of Railway Line Off Green Street Wigan
Received 6 Oct 202236 Beech Walk Leigh WN7 3LL
Received 6 Oct 202245 Winstanley Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7XE
Received 5 Oct 202212 Whimbrel Road Astley Tyldesley M29 7HJ
Received 6 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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