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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
10,972Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,092 approved or refused records
992Refused applications

7,100 approved · 992 refused · 529 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/23/96519/FULL

    Change of use of land to side to be incorporated into garden area and associated wall together with single storey extension to rear

    43 Harrington Park Shevington Wigan WN6 8GD

    Received 8 Dec 2023
  2. DecidedA/23/96517/CON

    Condition Discharge Application to discharge condition number : 5 (Site Contamination), 6 (Gas Migration), and 7 (Drainage) in respect of application : A/15/81539/MAJOR.

    Site Of Hemfield House Hemfield Road Ince

    Received 6 Dec 2023
  3. DecidedA/23/96520/HH

    Single storey extension to front and rear together with rendering to external brickwork

    9 Penbury Road Wigan WN1 2RJ

    Received 8 Dec 2023
  4. DecidedA/23/96527/VARMAJ

    Application to vary conditions 2, 16, 22 and remove 25 of previously approved A/20/89737/MAJOR to allow for the ground floor to be used as a food hall, the basement to be used in conjunction with the ground floor commercial units and associated physical alterations

    Evolution 36 - 44 King Street Wigan WN1 1BS

    Received 8 Dec 2023
  5. DecidedA/23/96526/HH

    Single storey rear extension

    28 Woodford Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2PS

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  6. DecidedA/23/96525/HH

    Single-storey extension to rear together with partial first floor extension to rear over existing dining room

    391 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1NU

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  7. UnknownA/23/96524/LUCP

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use to a residential care home for 2 children

    34 Lilford Street Leigh WN7 4JN

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  8. DecidedA/23/96532/MAJOR

    Remediation works to address environmental risks associated with historical land contamination arising from the past use of the site for coal gas manufacture, storage and distribution

    Transco Compound Sovereign Road Wigan WN1 3AE

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  9. DecidedA/23/96534/FULL

    Replacement of 14 window profiles, 6 external door profiles and 18 patio door profiles from timber/aluminium to upvc profiles

    2 - 60 Water View Park Leigh

    Received 12 Dec 2023
  10. DecidedA/23/96540/FULL

    Change of use from an opticians (Class E) to a drinking establishment (Sui Generis)

    Simply Eyes Optician 10 Downall Green Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 0DH

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  11. UnknownA/23/96539/LUCP

    Lawful Development Certificate (LDC) for associated highway works, including earthworks and fencing adjacent to the M58 Link Road Scheme, related to granted planning permission (reference: A/17/84615/MAJOR)

    Street Record M58 Junction 6 And M6 Junction 26 Roundabout East Orrell

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  12. DecidedA/23/96536/HHRET

    Detached garage - part retrospective

    12 Dryton Walk Aspull Wigan WN2 1HT

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  13. UnknownA/23/96535/NMAS

    Non-Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/91969/RMMAJ.

    Site Of Pemberton Colliery Smithy Brook Road Wigan

    Received 11 Dec 2023
  14. DecidedA/23/96552/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge and part discharge condition numbers: 5 (Highways Details, Part Discharge A - I ), 8 (Noise Assessment), 20 (Invasive Species), 22 (Interceptors and Hydrobrakes), 23 (Buffer Zones), 30 (Surface and Foul Drainage) & 37 (Hydraulic Flood Model) in respect of Application A/23/95287/MAJOR.

    Land At The Former Enterprise House Wigan Enterprise Park Seaman Way Ince

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  15. DecidedA/23/96546/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 19 (Surface Water) and 20 (Site Investigation) in respect of application : A/22/93633/MAJOR.

    Millingford Industrial Estate Bridge Street Golborne

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  16. DecidedA/23/96542/HH

    Installation of dormer to rear and roof lights to front

    47 Vicarage Road Orrell Wigan WN5 7AX

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  17. DecidedA/23/96541/MAJOR

    Residential development of 57 dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaping, infrastructure and associated works following demolition of 71 Pepper Lane

    Land To Rear Of And 71 Pepper Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0PY

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  18. UnknownA/23/96543/PDE

    Single storey rear extension projecting 3.36 metres, height to the eaves 2.40 metres and height to the ridge 2.67 metres

    7 Petworth Avenue Winstanley Wigan WN3 6JG

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  19. DecidedA/23/96544/HH

    Single storey extension to side and single storey to rear

    42 North Street Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8TD

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  20. DecidedA/23/96545/HH

    Proposed single storey extension to the side of the existing property, together with external alterations to dwelling, including new external ramp to rear

    4 Cedar Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2BN

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  21. DecidedA/23/96548/FULL

    Rear extension to existing workshop to provide additional workshop and store

    European Diesel Services Ltd Darby Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 3DW

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  22. RegisteredA/23/96549/LB

    Listed building consent for the conversion of existing storage building into 4 apartments, external alterations to elevations, new dormer to south elevation, decking area, bin and cycle stores

    The Bakehouse Foundry Yard Wallgate Wigan WN1 1DJ

    Received 14 Dec 2023
  23. UnknownA/23/96550/PDMA

    Prior notification for the proposed change of use of upper floors (Use Class E) to three apartments (Use Class C3)

    36 Market Street Wigan WN1 1JF

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  24. DecidedA/23/96553/FULL

    External alterations to existing shopfront including new entrance doors to front and side, replacement door to rear and installation of storage tank and concrete ramp to side

    KFC 1 Smithy Green Ince Wigan WN2 2AT

    Received 15 Dec 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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