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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.
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.
6,856 approved · 962 refused · 502 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 Forbes Close Hindley Wigan WN2 2QU
Received 17 Feb 20232 Alston Road Wigan WN2 1AU
Received 17 Feb 2023Byrchall High School Warrington Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9PQ
Received 17 Feb 2023Land Adjacent 204 Chaddock Lane Worsley Manchester M28 1DN
Received 17 Feb 202377 Woodhurst Drive Standish Wigan WN6 0RW
Received 17 Feb 202332 Oakwood Avenue Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NS
Received 20 Feb 202312 Wells Drive Wigan WN2 1BG
Received 20 Feb 2023St Peter Church Of England Bryn Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 0AA
Received 20 Feb 2023Morleys Hall Barn Morleys Lane Tyldesley
Received 20 Feb 202356 Cornwall Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 8LT
Received 20 Feb 2023High Spirits 19 - 21 Bradwell Road Lowton Warrington WA3 2NY
Received 21 Feb 2023St Williams RC Church And Presbytery 87 Ince Green Lane Ince Wigan WN2 2DG
Received 21 Feb 202310 Northcroft Wigan WN1 3YU
Received 21 Feb 202323 Rothwell Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3EJ
Received 21 Feb 2023Embrace Wigan And Leigh Platt Bridge Community Zone 81 Ribble Road Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5EG
Received 14 Feb 2023Car Park North Of 306 Wigan Road Ashton-In-Makerfield
Received 19 Feb 2023Open Land South Of Greenough Independent Methodist Church Coop Street Wigan
Received 21 Feb 2023Land North Of Mosley Common South Of The Guided Busway Worsley
Received 21 Feb 2023Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 21 Feb 202342 King Street Leigh WN7 4LR
Received 22 Feb 202321 Smethurst Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7DW
Received 23 Feb 2023Stanley Nook Farm Stanley Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1YJ
Received 23 Feb 202313 Kiveton Drive Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9EX
Received 24 Feb 202350 Moor Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8RR
Received 24 Feb 2023Records 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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