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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.
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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 dates10,555Searchable applications
514Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,776 approved or refused records
957Refused applications
6,819 approved · 957 refused · 498 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning 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
- DecidedA/22/94850/ADV
Installation of 3 no. internally illuminated fascia signs
Parr Bridge Retail Park Mosley Common Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8RZ
Received 19 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94849/FULL
Erection of 2.4 metre high mesh security fence to perimeter of the playground
St Benedicts Catholic Primary School Abbot Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3DG
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94858/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 (Drainage details) in respect of application A/21/91777/VAR
42 Ashton Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3UN
Received 19 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94848/FULL
Erection of 2.4 metre high mesh security fence and gates to perimeter of school field and woodland area
Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School Nel Pan Lane Leigh WN7 5JS
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94853/AG
Prior notification for the siting of a container for agricultural storage purposes
Land North Of The Barn Landside Croft Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3RU
Received 19 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94852/FULL
Erection of a Sub Station
The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94857/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.8 in respect of application A/21/91693/MAJOR
Former Beer Garden Of The Old Springs Spring Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0JJ
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94862/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.3 (Validation Reports for Plots 44-52, 54-60 inclusive and Front Garden of Plot 53) in respect of application A/20/90541/VARMAJ
Land At Frog Lane/Field Street/Hey Street Wigan
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94855/PDE
Single storey rear flat roofed extension with roof lantern, with a projection of 5m, height to top of roof lantern of 3.2m
50 Southlands Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0TT
Received 19 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94859/FULL
Erection of detached building to be used as 3 no. Class B2 general industrial units
Vacant Land East Of D And D Fabrications Moat House Street Ince
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94860/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 5, 7 and 8 in respect of application A/22/93614/MAJLA
Land At Derby Street, Woodville Road Ince-In-Makerfield
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94863/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge all conditions in respect of application A/21/91951/FULL
80 St James Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8TU
Received 19 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94864/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/91693/MAJOR. Minor amendments have been made to the window configurations of the house types - 2 bed house, the kitchen window cill has been raised to avoid clash with kitchen counter tops. 3 bed house, front window opening configurations have been amended and a bathroom window added to the gable. Apartments, ground floor bay window projects out more to allow for glazing to side panels
Former Beer Garden Of The Old Springs Spring Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0JJ
Received 19 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94868/FULL
Erection of 2.4 metre high mesh security fence around playing fields following removal of existing fence
Marus Bridge Primary School Kelvin Grove Wigan WN3 6SP
Received 20 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94870/MAJOR
Change of use, repair, internal and external works, and selective demolition to facilitate conversion of the mill to 137 apartments, creation of a roof top extension, with associated car parking and landscaping
Eckersley Mill 3 Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 20 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94871/LB
Listed Buidling Consent for the change of use, repair, internal and external works, and selective demolition to facilitate conversion of the mill to 137 apartments, creation of a roof top extension, with associated car parking and landscaping
Eckersley Mill 3 Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 20 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94867/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - part first floor, part two storey and part single storey to side
35 Haddon Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2JQ
Received 20 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94866/FULL
Installation of control kiosk and provision of reinforced grass system vehicular service access road
Recreation Ground Adjacent 76 Wigan Road Atherton
Received 20 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94865/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear together with external alterations including additional windows, rooflights and external render
11 Radway Tyldesley Manchester M29 8WA
Received 20 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94872/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, single storey to front and part single storey part two storey extensions to side and rear following demolition of existing carport, utility, kitchen and outhouse at side and rear
106 Shevington Moor Standish Wigan WN6 0SE
Received 21 Dec 2022 - RegisteredA/23/94920/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in respect of application A/21/92387/LB
Chaddock Hall Chaddock Lane Worsley M28 1DN
Received 21 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/22/94873/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to side and rear
92 Douglas Bank Drive Wigan WN6 7NH
Received 21 Dec 2022 - DecidedA/23/94919/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 18 and 19 in respect of application A/21/92386/FULL
Chaddock Hall And Barn Chaddock Lane Worsley M28 1DN
Received 21 Dec 2022 - UnknownA/22/94875/LUCP
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed porch to the front and a single storey rear extension following removal of existing conservatory
1 Ranworth Drive Lowton Warrington WA3 2SY
Received 21 Dec 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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