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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 dates11,012Searchable applications
526Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,124 approved or refused records
995Refused applications
7,129 approved · 995 refused · 530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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
- UnknownA/24/96660/CON
Condition Discharge Application to discharge Condition 23 (Great Crested Newt survey) in respect of Application : A/22/93217/MAJPS.
HM Prison Hindley Barracks Road Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TH
Received 17 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96681/CU
Change of use of the farmhouse from a dwellinghouse to a commercial office use
Moss Side Farm Rindle Road Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7LT
Received 19 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96694/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.5 (Container internal layout) in respect of application A/23/95944/FULL
Playing Field Atherton Community School Hamilton Street Atherton
Received 22 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96682/HH
Installation of a heat pump to the rear elevation
9 Cornwall Place Wigan WN5 9TH
Received 22 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96685/HHRET
Installation of double patio doors to the rear of the existing garage, new gate to the side of the dwelling and garden works including new patio area with outdoor seating and canopy structure, new boundary treatment and the addition of a water feature (Retrospective)
Lawsons Farm House 6 Orford Close Golborne Warrington WA3 3WP
Received 22 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96686/14PDJ
Prior notification for installation solar panels to library roof
Shevington Library Gathurst Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8HA
Received 19 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96689/CU
Change of use and raise in roof height of existing garage and games room together with associated external alterations to create a new residential dwelling with associated parking and landscaping on land to be severed from Number 52 Wigan Lower Road
52 Wigan Lower Road Standish Lower Ground Wigan WN6 8LJ
Received 22 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96688/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition no.6 (Remediation Validation) in respsect of application A/22/93503/MAJOR
400 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TE
Received 18 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96690/HH
Single storey to rear extension
2 Holden Walk Wigan WN5 9JQ
Received 22 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96692/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey extension to rear
29 Farefield Avenue Golborne Warrington WA3 3XD
Received 22 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96691/HH
Single storey to side extension together with external alterations
27 Tenbury Drive Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9RJ
Received 22 Jan 2024 - RegisteredA/24/96707/CON
Condition Discharge Application to discharge condtions: Condition 3 Reserved Matters, Appearance, landscaping, layout & ScaleCondition 4 Electric car charger provisionCondition 6 Surface water and foul drainage design Condition 7 Proposed Levels Condition 8 Amphibian avoidance measures method statementCondition 9 Bat survey Condition 10 Survey for otter and water voleCondition 11 Invasive plant species survey and mitigating measures method statement to be submittedCondition 12 Brook protection during the construction phase of the developmentCondition 13 Biodiversity enhancement measures for nesting birds and other wildlife to be submittedin respect of Application : A/22/94473/OUT
Garrett Hall Farm Garrett Hall Gardens Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EY
Received 23 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96695/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.19 (Verification Report) in respect of application A/22/92731/MAJOR
Macdermid Graphics Solutions & Macdermid Offshore Solutions Cale Lane Wigan
Received 23 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96697/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 6 metres, height to the eaves 2.43 metres and maximum height 3 metres
1 Rosedale Drive Leigh WN7 2TN
Received 23 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96698/LUCE
Certificate of Lawful Development for an existing second floor dormer extension to rear together with replacement flat roof to outrigger at first floor following removal of pitched roof
36 Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0HS
Received 23 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96700/RET
Installation of solar panels to pitched roof (Retrospective)
Wigan And Leigh College Leigh Campus Sale Way Leigh Sports Village Leigh WN7 4JY
Received 24 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96703/NLA
Restoration of Ravenhead Quarry through the importation of non-hazardous material
Ravenhead Quarry Chequer Lane Up Holland
Received 16 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96705/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed detached outbuilding following demolition of existing garage
20 Elmridge Leigh WN7 1HN
Received 24 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96706/HH
Two storey extension to side and external alterations following demolition of existing garage
2 Lakeland Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8AT
Received 25 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96708/HH
First floor side/rear extension above existing ground floor
9 Beech Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 9GG
Received 25 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96710/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed dormer to rear following removal of existing chimney
37 Balmoral Drive Leigh WN7 2TX
Received 25 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96709/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a care home for up to 1 child (Class C2)
29 Rigley Potts Park Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4UN
Received 25 Jan 2024 - DecidedA/24/96712/HH
Porch to front
46 Acresfield Tyldesley Manchester M29 7NL
Received 26 Jan 2024 - UnknownA/24/96720/CON
Condition Discharge Application to discharge condition numbers 1 (Start date), 2( Approved Plans), 3 (Materials), 4 (EVCP), 5 (Site Contamination) 6 (Biodiversity), 7 (Bat and Bird Boxes), 8 (Drainage), in respect of Application : A/23/95683/FULL.
Rear Of 86 To 92 Bag Lane, Fronting Gloucester Street Atherton Manchester M46 0JS
Received 26 Jan 2024
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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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