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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
10,509Searchable applications
518Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,734 approved or refused records
953Refused applications

6,781 approved · 953 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning contact the planning teamLocal plan Local Plan evidence basePre-application advice Pre-application advice fees

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. DecidedA/22/94631/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - dormer to rear with Juliette balcony

    93 Winstanley Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7XE

    Received 1 Nov 2022
  2. DecidedA/22/94630/SO

    Application for an Order granting DevelopmentConsent for the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets

    Morgan And Morcambe Offshire Wind Farms Transmission Assets

    Received 28 Oct 2022
  3. DecidedA/22/94634/FULL

    Erection of replacement dwelling following demolition of existing dwelling

    2 Limes Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0AB

    Received 2 Nov 2022
  4. DecidedA/22/94633/FULL

    Installation of external staircase to rear to create new entrance to flat, hip to gable roof alteration, dormer to rear, new detached garage and associated external alterations including render, installation of additional windows to side at first floor and rooflight to front following removal of existing garage and external staircase

    82 Sale Lane And 2 Hough Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8NP

    Received 2 Nov 2022
  5. UnknownA/22/94651/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 in respect of application A/19/88288/LBC and and A/19/8828/CU

    6 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1JU

    Received 1 Nov 2022
  6. DecidedA/22/94635/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey rear extension

    280 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2AD

    Received 2 Nov 2022
  7. UnknownA/22/94652/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.16 in respect of application A/21/91116/MAJOR

    Development Land North Of Bryn Green Avenue Bryn Ashton-In-Makerfield

    Received 2 Nov 2022
  8. RegisteredA/22/94653/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (materials), 4 (cross sections) in respect of application A/21/92759/CU

    53 Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AD

    Received 2 Nov 2022
  9. RegisteredA/22/94654/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 in respect of application A/21/90873/FULL

    Bamfurlong Hall Farm Lily Lane Bamfurlong WN2 5JN

    Received 2 Nov 2022
  10. UnknownA/22/94656/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.8 in respect of application A/19/88287/CU

    6 Wallgate Wigan WN1 1JE

    Received 3 Nov 2022
  11. DecidedA/22/94638/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse single storey to side and dormer to rear

    2 Mount Crescent Orrell Wigan WN5 8LS

    Received 3 Nov 2022
  12. DecidedA/22/94646/FULL

    Erection of an infill building containing two retail units and an apartment at ground floor with 2 apartments on upper floors

    Vacant Land At 269-271 Leigh Road Atherton

    Received 3 Nov 2022
  13. DecidedA/22/94641/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse single storey to rear

    14 Paddock Rise Wigan WN6 8QB

    Received 4 Nov 2022
  14. DecidedA/22/94647/OUT

    Outline Application for proposed residential development following demolition of existing property (all Matters Reserved)

    188 Atherton Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3XA

    Received 4 Nov 2022
  15. DecidedA/22/94650/FULL

    Substitution of house types on plots 31-34 and 58-61 of A/18/86438/MAJOR to provide 4 semi-detached dwellinghouses to replace 8 apartments

    Open Land East Of 26 Sovereign Fold Road Leigh

    Received 4 Nov 2022
  16. DecidedA/22/94644/HH

    Erection of a detached double garage.

    75 Smethurst Lane Wigan WN5 8BL

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  17. DecidedA/22/94642/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear

    20 Chester Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9JB

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  18. DecidedA/22/94648/OUT

    Outline application for residential development of up to three dwellings and associated development following demolition of existing buildings (seeking approval of layout and scale)

    Owd Barn Service Station 50 Wigan Lower Road Standish Lower Ground Wigan WN6 8LJ

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  19. DecidedA/22/94643/HH

    To extend dwellinghouse to Single storey to rear including structural alterations

    23 Marlborough Road Atherton Manchester M46 9LT

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  20. DecidedA/22/94712/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.16 in respect of application A/21/90730/MAJOR

    Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  21. DecidedA/22/94713/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.19 in respect of application A/21/90730/MAJOR

    Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  22. DecidedA/22/94664/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 in respect of application A/22/93503/MAJOR

    Land Off Barracks Road Bickershaw WN2 5TE

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  23. UnknownA/22/94640/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/88342/MAJLA - Juliet balconies to be metal railings as per Wharfdale

    Railway Arches Car Park Brown Street Leigh

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  24. DecidedA/22/94661/FULL

    Erection of 3 detached dwellings on land to be severed from 516 Bickershaw Lane with associated access, parking and landscaping following demolition of existing conservatory and additional associated external alterations

    516 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TU

    Received 7 Nov 2022

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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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