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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
10,951Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,074 approved or refused records
990Refused applications

7,084 approved · 990 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/23/96366/CU

    Proposed change of use from retail (Class E) to 4 self-contained, 2 bedroomed apartments (Class C3) together with external alterations including new window and door openings to all elevations

    140 Atherton Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3RN

    Received 3 Nov 2023
  2. DecidedA/23/96367/VAR

    To vary conditions 2 & 5 of Planning Permission A/20/89026/FULL - to allow setting of finished floor levels at 33.32m above Ordnance Datum in accordance with plan reference 5648/4a and amended Flood Risk Assessment

    244 Liverpool Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3HN

    Received 6 Nov 2023
  3. DecidedA/23/96368/RM

    Reserved Matters to A/22/93508/OUT for the erection of a single storey detached dwelling, seeking approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale

    Open Land To The Rear Of 168 Booths Brow Road Ashton-in-makerfield

    Received 6 Nov 2023
  4. DecidedA/23/96371/OUT

    Outline application for a new residential dwellinghouse on land to be severed from the existing dwellinghouse (all matters reserved)

    Langdale Tan House Lane Winstanley Wigan WN3 6DN

    Received 6 Nov 2023
  5. UnknownA/23/96383/CON

    Condition Discharge Application to discharge condition 4 (Noise Assessment) in respect of Application A/23/95667/FULL.

    Santander 27 - 29 Market Place Wigan WN1 1PE

    Received 6 Nov 2023
  6. DecidedA/23/96373/HH

    Rooflight to front and single storey extension to rear together with associated external alterations including render to existing garage

    17 Bettison Avenue Leigh WN7 3DB

    Received 6 Nov 2023
  7. DecidedA/23/96374/HHRET

    Erection of a detached garage to side of dwelling

    2 Cromer Road Wigan WN3 6RH

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  8. DecidedA/23/96375/ADV

    Erection of a digital advertisement panel

    Land Adjacent To Cinema Building Robin Park Road Wigan

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  9. UnknownA/23/96389/CON

    Condition Discharge Application to discharge condtions 5 (Validation Report), 16 (Remediation), 17 (Site Investigation) in respect of application A/21/92583/FULL.

    Site Of 189 Bag Lane Atherton

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  10. DecidedA/23/96380/HH

    Retrospective application for an external shed to side/front of dwelling

    47 Hedgebank Standish Wigan WN6 0GQ

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  11. DecidedA/23/96379/HH

    Single storey extension to side, incorporating the existing garage

    54 Rosebay Gardens Standish Wigan WN6 0ZH

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  12. DecidedA/23/96382/HH

    Two storey extension to side together with dormers to front and rear, installation of bay window to front and bifold doors to rear with partial render to all elevations

    38 Longhurst Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4PL

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  13. UnknownA/23/96381/LUCP

    Single storey rear extension together with dormer to rear

    15 Soughers Lane Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 0JS

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  14. DecidedA/23/96384/HH

    Installation of porch extension to front and rooflights to front and rear elevations

    5 Talman Grove Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8XW

    Received 8 Nov 2023
  15. DecidedA/23/96388/RET

    Siting of storage pod for a temporary period along with creation of gravel area for a vehicle, to be used in connection with dog walking business and woodland management (part retrospective)

    Brookside Wood Rectory Lane Standish

    Received 8 Nov 2023
  16. DecidedA/23/96390/HH

    Part single storey extension to side and part first floor extension to rear together with associated external alterations including installation of new window to front

    4 Downton Avenue Hindley Wigan WN2 3JL

    Received 9 Nov 2023
  17. DecidedA/23/96515/ADV

    Installation of replacement signage including two double sided freestanding externally illuminated trough lit poster sign, two internally illuminated individual letter and logo fascia signs, one internally illuminated oval fascia sign, one non-illuminated individual letters sign, one externally illuminated freestanding trough lit V sign, one freestanding externally illuminated trough lit poster sign and one non-illuminated totem panel sign

    Harvester Atherleigh Way Parsonage Way Leigh WN7 5SJ

    Received 9 Nov 2023
  18. DecidedA/23/96392/CU

    Change of use from a residential dwelling (Class C3) to a children's care home (Class C2) together with extension of parking to front

    29 Heybrook Close Abram Wigan WN2 5FS

    Received 10 Nov 2023
  19. UnknownA/23/96401/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.3 (Materials Layout), condition no.4 (Boundary Treatment Layout), condition no.8 (Gibfield White - AMS), condition no.10 (Drainage), condition no.11, 13 &14 (Mine Workings), condition no.19 (Biodiversity, Landscape & Habitat) and condition no.23 (External Levels) in respect of application A/23/95356/MAJOR

    Development Land Gibfield Park Avenue Gibfield Park Atherton

    Received 10 Nov 2023
  20. UnknownA/23/96400/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no.4 (Schedule and details of proposed replacement windows) and condition no.8 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) in respect of application A/23/95161/MAJOR

    Bar Quaye 42 King Street Leigh WN7 4LR

    Received 10 Nov 2023
  21. DecidedA/23/96394/HH

    Two storey extension to side following demolition of existing garage in addition to single storey lean to extension at rear

    2 Burnmoor St Marys Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1SX

    Received 13 Nov 2023
  22. DecidedA/23/96396/HH

    New porch to front following removal of existing

    22 Hope Crescent Shevington Wigan WN6 8AZ

    Received 13 Nov 2023
  23. DecidedA/23/96398/FULL

    To install two pods to the rear within service yard, along with alterations to elevations

    Applewood Farm Pub Restaurant Astley Park Way Worsley Manchester M28 1FJ

    Received 14 Nov 2023
  24. RegisteredA/23/96399/FULL

    Redevelopment of existing playing fields to provide accessible sports and outdoor learning provision including a covered multi use games area, hard and soft landscaping to create forest school and sensory garden, together with the installation of 2.4m high access gates

    Playing Field Oakfield High School Long Lane Hindley Green

    Received 14 Nov 2023

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