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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
10,470Searchable applications
518Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,700 approved or refused records
950Refused applications

6,750 approved · 950 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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/22/94537/CON

    Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.3 - Validation Reports for Plots 42, 43, 59, 60, 44 to 50, 51 to 56 and 55 to 58 in respect of application A/20/90541/VARMAJ

    Land At Frog Lane/Field Street/Hey Street Wigan

    Received 3 Oct 2022
  2. DecidedA/22/94494/FULL

    Substitution of house types to plots 50, 51 and 52 of previously approved application A/15/80981/RMMAJ

    Churchfields Plots 50,51 And 52 Rectory Lane Standish Wigan

    Received 3 Oct 2022
  3. DecidedA/22/94493/FULL

    To convert and extend former coach house to use for residential purposes, together with alterations to external elevations

    The Coach House Haighlands Copperas Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PB

    Received 3 Oct 2022
  4. DecidedA/22/94492/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse two storey to front with porch following demolition of existing conservatory

    20 Thorneycroft Leigh WN7 2TH

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  5. DecidedA/22/94491/HH

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

    4 Tintern Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9HY

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  6. DecidedA/22/94490/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side, first floor to side over garage together with associated external alterations including dormers to front and rear.

    9 Warlow Drive Leigh WN7 5NZ

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  7. DecidedA/22/94495/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for single storey extensions to side and rear

    5 Planewood Gardens Lowton Warrington WA3 2BS

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  8. DecidedA/22/94496/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to rear

    215 UpHolland Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7DL

    Received 3 Oct 2022
  9. DecidedA/22/94497/FULL

    Erection of 6 single storey industrial units in 3 separate blocks, comprising workshops and storage units, together with associated access and parking

    Land At Albert Street Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  10. UnknownA/22/94498/PDE

    Single storey rear extension projecting 3.2 metres, height to eaves 2.4 metres and height to ridge 3 metres

    16 Norfolk Street Wigan WN6 7BJ

    Received 30 Sept 2022
  11. UnknownA/22/94501/CU

    Change of use to create 8 residential apartments, external alterations including additional windows and doors at ground floor, alterations to existing window and door openings with installation of new timber windows and doors. Erection of new boundary wall and railings to front overall height 1.5m and improvements to yard to rear following removal of external staircase to rear

    11 Upper Dicconson Street Wigan WN1 2AD

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  12. DecidedA/22/94500/FULL

    To develop vacant land for residential purposes - 5 dwellinghouses with access thereto

    Site Of 196 - 218 City Road Wigan

    Received 4 Oct 2022
  13. DecidedA/22/94503/RET

    Retrospective siting of 5 containers used for changing facilities, toilet block and storage, together with a gated compound on a temporary basis

    Hesketh Meadow Playing Fields Hesketh Meadow Lane Lowton

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  14. DecidedA/02/55575/FULL

    CU HGround FLoor from Shop to Student Drop in CafeA1 to A3

    Uncle Stes Diner 47 Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AA

    Received 21 Feb 2002
  15. DecidedA/22/94505/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse single storey to rear

    418 Chaddock Lane Astley Tyldesley M29 7JS

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  16. DecidedA/22/94504/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear

    80 Oakwood Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NS

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  17. UnknownA/22/94508/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a loft conversion, rooflights to front and rear and a single storey rear extension

    493 Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1QW

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  18. DecidedA/22/94509/VAR

    To vary condition 2 of A/22/93516/FULL to allow development to be carried out in accordance with amended plans: to include additional single storey element to side and change approved garage to an additional bedroom, together with alterations to rear elevation and additional windows in side elevations

    15 Bowland Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8BD

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  19. UnknownA/22/94507/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for dormer to rear and roof light to front

    113 Hartley Green Gardens Billinge Wigan WN5 7GB

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  20. DecidedA/22/94506/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a single storey rear extension together with rooflights to front and rear and an additional window to the side

    18 Brock Mill Lane Wigan WN1 2NZ

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  21. UnknownA/22/94510/DEM

    Prior Notification for the proposed demolition of gas holder, associated buildings, infrastructure and associated restoration of the site

    Gas Holder 3 South Of West Of Railway Line Off Green Street Wigan

    Received 6 Oct 2022
  22. DecidedA/22/94513/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - first floor to side and two storey to rear, together with canopy and additional window to front following garage conversion

    36 Beech Walk Leigh WN7 3LL

    Received 6 Oct 2022
  23. DecidedA/22/94511/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear together with associated external alterations

    45 Winstanley Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7XE

    Received 5 Oct 2022
  24. DecidedA/22/94512/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - two storey to rear following demolition of existing conservatory

    12 Whimbrel Road Astley Tyldesley M29 7HJ

    Received 6 Oct 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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