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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
10,487Searchable applications
518Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,715 approved or refused records
950Refused applications

6,765 approved · 950 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/22/94570/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 8, 10, 19, 20 and 22 in respect of application A/21/90935/MAJOR

    Glass House Business Park Glass House Road Wigan WN3 6GL

    Received 12 Oct 2022
  2. DecidedA/22/94547/FULL

    Erection of new 3 bed dwellinghouse attached to existing dwellinghouse (51), together with new access thereto

    Land Adjacent 51 Belle Green Lane Ince Wigan WN2 2EP

    Received 12 Oct 2022
  3. DecidedA/22/94549/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to rear and dormers to side together with associated external alterations.

    9 Old Hall Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NA

    Received 12 Oct 2022
  4. DecidedA/22/94548/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, two storey to side together with associated external alterations.

    26 Norwich Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2JD

    Received 13 Oct 2022
  5. UnknownA/22/94577/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 in respect of application A/21/93043/MAJOR

    Site A North Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site B South Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site C South West Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site D South Of Mesnes Avenue Site E North East Of Mesnes Avenue Worsley Mesnes Wigan

    Received 13 Oct 2022
  6. DecidedA/22/94554/ADV

    To display free standing floodlit 'Coming Soon' signs to be displayed outside of the show homes/sales centre

    Highway Verge Worsley Mesnes Drive Wigan

    Received 13 Oct 2022
  7. DecidedA/22/94553/HHRET

    To retain erection of 2.3 metre high fence to side. Retrospective application

    47 Pennington Lane Ince Wigan WN2 2HH

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  8. UnknownA/22/94558/FULL

    Change of use and extension of ground floor of public house (Sui Generis) to form a retail unit (Class E(a)), external alterations thereto, to be accessed from Russell Street, retention of self-contained first floor flat accessed from Belle Green Lane, following the demolition of existing ground floor rear extension

    Oak Tree Inn 150 Belle Green Lane Ince Wigan WN2 2ET

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  9. DecidedA/22/94559/CU

    Change of use of dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a Children's Home (Use Class C2) for one child

    255 Bradley Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0XF

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  10. DecidedA/22/94555/DEM

    Prior notification for demolition of existing bungalow

    122 Leigh Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4XF

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  11. DecidedA/22/94557/CU

    Renovation of existing first and second floor bedsits to create an enlargement of the existing 8 bed HMO to form a 10 bed HMO

    139A Elliott Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8FL

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  12. DecidedA/22/94556/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to side and rear

    22 Andover Crescent Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HP

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  13. UnknownA/22/94578/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.7 in respect of application A/21/93043/MAJOR

    1 Cornwallis Road Wigan WN3 5XD

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  14. DecidedA/22/94564/CU

    To convert first floor to a flat, with alterations to elevations including new shopfront and entrance to flat, external flue and new windows to rear

    91 Market Street Atherton Manchester M46 0DA

    Received 17 Oct 2022
  15. DecidedA/22/94563/HH

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

    146A Stone Cross Lane South Lowton Warrington WA3 1JQ

    Received 17 Oct 2022
  16. UnknownA/22/94560/18PDA

    Prior Notification for removal of the existing bridge deck, infill the structure with concrete and construct associated embankments.

    Ince Railway Station Ince Green Lane Ince

    Received 14 Oct 2022
  17. RegisteredA/22/94579/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 4 (Floor Levels) and 5 (EV Charging Points) in respect of application A/21/92628/FULL

    Land South Of Pepper Lane Standish Wigan

    Received 17 Oct 2022
  18. DecidedA/22/94562/HH

    Erection of two detached and separate outbuildings to the rear of the property

    15 Bell Street Hindley Wigan WN2 4BD

    Received 18 Oct 2022
  19. DecidedA/22/94561/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side linking to existing detached garage together with garage conversion and associated external alterations

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

    Received 18 Oct 2022
  20. DecidedA/22/94565/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and first floor to side

    1 Chaucer Place Wigan WN1 2PL

    Received 12 Oct 2022
  21. DecidedA/22/94566/FULL

    To site shipping container to be used for storage purposes

    Pavilion Pennington Hall Park St Helens Road Leigh

    Received 18 Oct 2022
  22. UnknownA/22/94567/DEM

    Prior notification for demolition of the church and presbytery

    Twelve Apostles Roman Catholic Church Nel Pan Lane Leigh WN7 5JS

    Received 18 Oct 2022
  23. UnknownA/22/94568/PDM1

    Prior notification for change of use of a cafe to a dwellinghouse.

    598 Liverpool Road Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 3UJ

    Received 17 Oct 2022
  24. DecidedA/22/94573/LBRET

    Listed building consent to retain two storey side extension, conservatory/summer room to rear, detached double garage and mortar pointing and interior alterations

    Gidlow Hall Farm Dodds Farm Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1QP

    Received 19 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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