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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
10,755Searchable applications
519Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,927 approved or refused records
975Refused applications

6,952 approved · 975 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/23/95836/CON

    Condition Discharge Application to Discharge Condition No 10: (Site Investigation) in respect of Application : A/22/94090/MAJLA.

    Former Shevington Community Primary School Miles Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8EW

    Received 13 Jul 2023
  2. DecidedA/23/95840/HH

    Single storey extension to rear

    146 Almond Brook Road Standish Wigan WN6 0ST

    Received 13 Jul 2023
  3. DecidedA/23/95841/HH

    Single storey extension and bay window with canopy to front

    24 Silverdale Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0DN

    Received 13 Jul 2023
  4. DecidedA/23/95842/HH

    Porch to front, two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear following removal of existing garage and conservatory

    20 Green Lane Leigh Wigan WN7 2TD

    Received 13 Jul 2023
  5. UnknownA/23/95845/LUCP

    Certificate of lawful development for proposed dormer to rear together with external alterations to rear window and door openings and new window opening at first floor to side

    4 Desmond Street Atherton Manchester M46 0GH

    Received 13 Jul 2023
  6. DecidedA/23/95844/HH

    Single storey extension to rear following removal of existing conservatory

    137 Wigan Lower Road Standish Lower Ground Wigan WN6 8LD

    Received 13 Jul 2023
  7. DecidedA/23/95847/FULL

    Dormer to rear to create additional apartment

    V & V Takeaway 76 Market Street Wigan WN1 1HX

    Received 14 Jul 2023
  8. DecidedA/23/95852/HH

    Single storey rear extension following removal of conservatory and external alterations including additional doorway to rear

    2 Rossall Crescent Leigh WN7 3HU

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  9. DecidedA/23/95850/HH

    Single storey extension to front and side following removal of existing outbuilding and garage

    131 St Davids Crescent Aspull Wigan WN2 1ST

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  10. DecidedA/23/95851/RET

    Change of use of land to include as part of garden along with erection of 2m high fence (retrospective)

    71 Priestfields Leigh WN7 2RG

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  11. DecidedA/23/95853/CU

    Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Planning Use Class C3(a)) to a residential care home for up to two children (Planning Use Class C2)

    7 Broadacre Standish Wigan WN6 0SN

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  12. DecidedA/23/95860/ADV

    Installation of a free-standing internally illuminated digital advertising unit following removal of existing advert unit

    Advertising Site Adjacent 298 Chapel Street Leigh

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  13. DecidedA/23/95859/CU

    Change of use to hairdressing salon/tattoo studio (mixed use)

    15 And 17 Great George Street Wigan WN3 4DL

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  14. DecidedA/23/95858/HH

    Single storey extension to side and rear

    13 Hilton Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8PD

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  15. UnknownA/23/95862/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.36 (Archaeology) in respect of application A/21/91796/MAJES

    The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  16. DecidedA/23/95861/CON

    Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.31 (CT&EMP in relation to the New Market Hall, pavilion, hotel and Multimedia Centre) in respect of application A/21/91796/MAJES

    The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR

    Received 17 Jul 2023
  17. DecidedA/23/95857/HH

    Dormer to front and canopy to side together with associated external alterations following removal of dormer windows to front

    22 Landside Leigh WN7 3JT

    Received 18 Jul 2023
  18. UnknownA/23/95856/NMAS

    Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/22/94064/HH - Proposed alteration of extension combination window and door to a separate window and door with a brickwok pier between them

    14 Kings Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3PJ

    Received 14 Jul 2023
  19. UnknownA/23/95863/LUCP

    Certificate of lawful development for hip to gable roof alteration, roof lights to front and dormer to rear

    7 Cedar Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 0FS

    Received 18 Jul 2023
  20. DecidedA/23/95864/OUTMAJ

    Outline application for residential development of up to 31 dwellinghouses, seeking approval of access all other matters reserved

    Old Shams Farm Shakerley Lane Atherton Manchester M46 9TZ

    Received 18 Jul 2023
  21. UnknownA/23/95902/CON

    Condition Discharge Application to Part Discharge Condition No 8 (Site Remediation) in respect of Application: A/19/87529/FULL

    Site Of Former Manse 233 Wigan Road Ashton-in-makerfield

    Received 19 Jul 2023
  22. DecidedA/23/95869/RET

    Change of use of an agricultural building to use for stabling (DIY livery use), with associated building works, and the provision of a parking area (Retrospective Application)

    Walkers Lower Farm Scot Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1YL

    Received 18 Jul 2023
  23. DecidedA/23/95865/HH

    Single storey extension to front

    2 Browmere Wigan WN6 7SE

    Received 18 Jul 2023
  24. UnknownA/23/95870/RET

    Installation of an ATM in front elevation (Retrospective Application)

    5 - 9 Norfolk Street Newtown Wigan WN6 7BQ

    Received 19 Jul 2023

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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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