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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 dates11,245Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,318 approved or refused records
1,012Refused applications
7,306 approved · 1,012 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/97253/AG
Prior notification for the erection of an extension to form agricultural spray and wash out building
Bryn Hall Farm Bryn Gates Lane Bamfurlong Wigan WN2 5JY
Received 8 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97255/ADV
To upgrade existing advertisement hoarding with an internally illuminated digital poster display
110 Woodhouse Lane Wigan WN6 7LZ
Received 8 May 2024 - UnknownA/24/97262/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for the proposed installation of solar roof panels to front and rear
17 Toll Gate Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 8QZ
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97259/HH
To erect a front porch
7 Leafield Tyldesley Manchester M29 8QE
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97254/HH
Single storey side and rear extension
32 Bispham Drive Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9RX
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97261/FULL
Erection of a 2m high mesh fence and gate to front of property
Tyldesley Scouts Group Shuttle Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8BS
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97257/CON
Condition Discharge Application to discharge condition number 9 ( CO2 Emission) in respect of application A/23/95751/MAJOR
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NN
Received 30 Apr 2024 - DecidedA/24/97260/HH
Remodelling of existing bungalow including porch to front, first floor extension to side and extension to rear dormer
10 Old Hall Mill Lane Atherton Manchester M46 0RW
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97258/HH
First floor extension to the side, removal of existing mono pitched roof and replacing with hipped roof
107 Treen Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7HB
Received 9 May 2024 - UnknownA/24/97269/CON
Condition Discharge Application to discharge conditions 3 (Materials), 6 (Site Contamination), 8 (Surface Water) and 9 ( Landscape) in respect of Application A/23/96500/LA.
Elizabethan Court Garage Court Tyldesley
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97263/HH
Single storey to side extension together with external alterations including render
10 Mervyn Place Wigan WN3 5JS
Received 10 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97264/HH
First floor extension over existing garage, two storey infill extension to the rear and a dormer extension to the rear roof.
3 Glen Drive Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9LQ
Received 10 May 2024 - UnknownA/24/97265/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4.80 metres, height to the eaves 2.40 metres and height to the ridge 3.40 metres
11 Spires Croft Leigh WN7 2RE
Received 9 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97271/HH
Two storey to side with render to front elevation at first floor level, single storey extension at rear, paving to front garden with new boundary fence at rear enclosing existing parking space, following removal of existing boundary wall/fence
6 Derbyshire Road Winstanley Wigan WN3 6LN
Received 10 May 2024 - UnknownA/24/97267/NMAS
Non Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/92421/FULL.a. to remove entrance canopy to rear;b. to vary size and layout of roofights to rear extension;c. to change the detail and materials of the external wall to the rear extension from retaining the existing stone wall to a new smooth red facing brick construction.d. to add a new door to the beer cellar in the external wall;
Barbar Elephant 190 Upholland Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7DJ
Received 10 May 2024 - UnknownA/24/97272/LUCP
Certificate for lawful development for a single storey to side extension.
3 Chester Drive Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9JB
Received 10 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97270/FULL
Erection of memorial monument
Grass Verge Opposite No. 5 Powell Street Wigan
Received 10 May 2024 - UnknownA/24/97273/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 5 bedroom, 5 person HMO (Class C4) together with an additional window to the first floor front elevation
65 Warrington Lane Wigan WN1 3RT
Received 10 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97274/ADV
Erection of an internally illuminated free-standing digital LED advertising unit
Land To Side Of Poolstock Near Westwood Way Wigan
Received 10 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97275/HH
Extension and external alterations to existing garage to form garden annexe
1 Woodhead Grove Wigan WN3 5PH
Received 10 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97276/HH
Single storey to rear extension together with garage conversion and external alterations including new doors and windows
7 Shakespeare Grove Wigan WN3 5YA
Received 13 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97277/HH
Two storey side extension
4 Prescot Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 9LN
Received 13 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97278/HH
Removal of the roof, increase in roof height to create bedrooms at first floor level with external alterations including porch to front and new windows to front and rear
20 Brownlow Lane Billinge Wigan WN5 7EY
Received 13 May 2024 - DecidedA/24/97283/CON
Condition Discharge application to Discharge Condition No.4 (CEMP) in respect of application A/23/96171/FULL
Open Land North East Of 21 Knowsley Street Leigh
Received 13 May 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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