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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
10,656Searchable applications
516Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,856 approved or refused records
968Refused applications

6,888 approved · 968 refused · 504 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/23/95310/HH

    Erection of a detached garage to the rear of the property

    Hadbutt House Hadbutt Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FJ

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  2. DecidedA/23/95311/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawful Development for removal of existing flat roof over sun lounge to be replaced with pitched roof together with associated external alterations including partial render

    1 Oakwood Drive Leigh WN7 3LZ

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  3. DecidedA/23/95306/HH

    Detached two storey garage to rear

    315 Westleigh Lane Leigh WN7 5PW

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  4. UnknownA/23/95312/PDE

    Single storey rear extension projecting 4.27 metres, height 2.25 metres to eaves and height to the ridge 3.66 metres

    15 Westonby Court Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8WB

    Received 24 Mar 2023
  5. DecidedA/23/95317/HH

    Single storey extension to rear following removal of existing conservatory

    19 St Clements Road Wigan WN1 2RU

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  6. DecidedA/23/95318/HH

    Single storey extension to side

    12 Charlock Close Leigh WN7 3LG

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  7. DecidedA/23/95328/FULL

    Change of use from public house to six residential apartments, including single storey extension to rear following demolition of existing single storey rear extension, together with external alterations and parking

    Ben Johnson Hotel 702 Warrington Road Wigan WN3 6XN

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  8. DecidedA/23/95323/FULL

    Demolition of existing building and erection of one dwelling and garden room, associated landscaping and boundary treatments with new access from Pemberton Road

    Methodist Church Antrim Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6DP

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  9. DecidedA/23/95322/HH

    Single storey rear extension projecting to the side

    8 St Marks Avenue Wigan WN5 0TZ

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  10. UnknownA/23/95321/LUCP

    Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey side extension

    538 Atherton Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4LY

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  11. DecidedA/23/95320/FULL

    Substitution of house type to plot 5 of previously approved housing development A/21/91902/FULL

    Fairhouse Barn Pocket Nook Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AL

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  12. DecidedA/23/95324/HH

    Bay window to front and extension to rear following removal of existing conservatory and kitchen

    76 Balcarres Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1SB

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  13. UnknownA/23/95330/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/22/94494/FULL - To include revised Materials Dispersion Plan drawing reference in list of approved drawings

    Churchfields Rectory Lane Standish Wigan

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  14. DecidedA/23/95335/HH

    Porch, dormer windows and rooflight to front, pitched roof over existing flat roof to side and dormer to rear

    376 Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0PZ

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  15. DecidedA/23/95334/HH

    Single storey extension to side

    2 Eccles Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0HR

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  16. DecidedA/23/95340/FULL

    Installation of two rapid electric vehicle charging stations within car park, associated equipment and marking of 3 parking spaces for use as EV charging bays

    McDonalds Yew Tree Way Stone Cross Park Golborne Warrington WA3 3JD

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  17. UnknownA/23/95332/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/20/90543/MAJOR - Revised Materials.

    Site Of Abraham Guest High School Orrell Road Orrell

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  18. DecidedA/23/95339/FULL

    Change of use - ground floor from retail shop (Class E) to residential flat (Class C3), bay window to front and boundary wall to create garden area, with external alterations to gable elevation

    17 Ellesmere Road Wigan WN5 9LA

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  19. UnknownA/23/95333/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/19/88109/RMMJLA - Arrangement for external paving around Extra Care building updated, moving the paving closer to the building, omitting apartment patios and intermediate planting. Boundary treatment type 6, 7 and 8 added; Brick piers added to brick boundary walls. Boundary treatment amended for plots 6, 7, 13, 14 and 18 and the section between the external compound and site boundary. Re-location of solid timber fence from the front of the sub-station to the rear to exclude sub-station from compound. Brick wall to adjacent path extended vertically to act as guarding

    Sandalwood Drive Wigan

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  20. DecidedA/23/95337/HH

    Part first floor and part single storey extension to rear together with Juliet balcony to rear and associated external alterations to side and rear including render following demolition of existing conservatory

    40 Church Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2AU

    Received 29 Mar 2023
  21. DecidedA/23/95338/HH

    Extension to existing dormers to front and rear together with open porch and a new conservatory to rear after demolition of existing conservatory

    14 Highfield Drive Standish Wigan WN6 0EJ

    Received 29 Mar 2023
  22. DecidedA/23/95336/HH

    Single storey extension and canopy to front together with single storey extension to rear

    6 Harrington Park Shevington Wigan WN6 8GD

    Received 28 Mar 2023
  23. DecidedA/23/95341/FULL

    Change of use from C3 (3 bed house plus garage) to a 7 person HMO which includes 3 self-contained units and a single storey rear extension to link the property to the converted garage.

    210 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9ED

    Received 29 Mar 2023
  24. UnknownA/23/95342/PDE

    Single storey side and rear extension projecting 4.7 metres, height to the eaves 3 metres and an overall height of 3.7 metres

    164 Bolton Road Atherton Manchester M46 9LF

    Received 27 Mar 2023

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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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