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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 dates12,334Searchable applications
551Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 9,178 approved or refused records
1,074Refused applications
8,104 approved · 1,074 refused · 598 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedA/24/97791/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condtion no 10 (Archaeological Works) in respect of previously approved application: A/23/96251/MAJPSI
Wigan And Leigh College Parsons Walk Building Parsons Walk Wigan WN1 1RR
Received 27 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97792/FULL
Replacement of existing timber frame sash windows with new UPVC sash windows to all elevations
Buckingham Row Brick Kiln Lane Wigan WN1 1XX
Received 27 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97793/MAJOR
Creation of 43 additional car parking spaces
Car Park B Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan Lane Wigan
Received 27 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97795/HH
Single storey to rear extension
15 Oakwood Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NT
Received 28 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97799/HH
Single storey extension to the rear
33 Meadowgrass Gardens Worsley Manchester M28 1PS
Received 28 Aug 2024 - UnknownA/24/97798/NMAS
Non Material amendment for previously approved application A/22/93217/MAJPSI, changes to proposed utilities infrastructure
HM Prison Hindley Barracks Road Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TH
Received 28 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97802/RMMAJ
Reserved matters application for a residential development of 88 dwellings relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale with associated service infrastructure following demolition of 156 and 158 Windsor Road pursuant to outline approval A/21/92801/OUTMAJ
Land East Of 112 Heath Road Heath Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9ET
Received 28 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97801/HH
Single storey to rear extension
20 Ashfield Park Drive Standish Wigan WN6 0EG
Received 28 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97803/VAR
Variation of conditions 2, 3 and 7 of previously approved A/23/95662/LA to allow for alterations to the changing cabin and fencing details
Water Activity Centre Scotsmans Flash Rushdene Wigan
Received 28 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97806/HH
Single storey to side and rear extension with loft conversion and rooflights together with external alterations
264 Warrington Road Wigan WN3 6PF
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97804/FULL
First floor extension to living accommodation above cafe.
Manchester Road Cafe And Sandwich Bar 416 Manchester Road Leigh WN7 2NP
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97805/CU
Change of use from a (Class C3) dwelling house to a (Class C2) children's residential home for up to 2 children
20 Ashland Avenue Wigan WN1 2DP
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97807/HH
New dormers to front and rear, two storey to side and single storey to rear extension with rooflights
26 Cromford Drive Wigan WN5 8JU
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97810/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition No 23 (Link Road) of previously approved application A/19/87673/OUTMAJ
Site Of Pemberton Colliery Smithy Brook Road Wigan
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97809/HH
Single storey extension to front and two storey extension to rear together with new windows to side and erection of 2.4m high boundary fences
15 Wilmot Drive Golborne Warrington WA3 3YB
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97808/HH
Replacement cladding, installation of balconies to rear at levels one and two and dual pitched roof to front together with external render and associated external alterations to windows, doors and parking, following removal of existing conservatory
35 Townfields Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9LJ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97812/HH
Two storey side extension
51 Church Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8BD
Received 30 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97822/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.5 (Hydro Morphological Survey), Condition No.7 (CEMP), Condition No.12 (Energy Reduction Measures), Condition No.16 (CT&EMP), Condition No.20 (Archaeological Works) and Condition No.25 (Buffer Zone) in respect of application A/23/94952/MAJOR
Land At Silk Mill Street Mosley Common Tyldesley
Received 30 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97817/HH
Single storey extension to rear following demolition of existing conservatory
52 Lessingham Avenue Wigan WN1 2HX
Received 30 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97826/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.4 (Method Statement), Condition No.5 (CEMP), Condition No.10 (Bat Mitigation), Condition No.15 (CT&EMP), Condition No.17 (Finished Floor) and Condition No.19 (WSI) in respect of application A/20/89097/MAJOR
251 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NT
Received 30 Aug 2024 - DecidedA/24/97814/HH
Single storey to rear extension
975 Atherton Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4TA
Received 30 Aug 2024 - UnknownA/24/97816/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey extension to rear
3 Lakeland Avenue Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8AT
Received 2 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97819/HH
First floor and single storey extensions to rear
Lilford Park House Wood End Leigh WN7 1JB
Received 2 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97823/HH
Part single and part two storey rear extension, together with porch to front
94 Chorley Road Standish Wigan WN1 2SX
Received 3 Sept 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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