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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 dates12,450Searchable applications
552Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 9,279 approved or refused records
1,081Refused applications
8,198 approved · 1,081 refused · 602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/97916/FULL
To site cabin in rear garden to be used as dog grooming business
44 Buttercup Meadow Standish Wigan WN6 0ZU
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97914/CON
Condition discharge application to discharge Condtion No 11 (glazing and ventilation) in respect of previously approved application A/23/95328/FULL
Ben Johnson Hotel 702 Warrington Road Wigan WN3 6XN
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97917/HH
Two storey to side to provide ancillary living accommodation, together with roof light in front roof plane and timber cladding to elevations
14 Kingsdown Crescent Wigan WN1 2RS
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/02/55494/HH
To extend dwellinghouse, two storey side extension, comprising kitchen and dining room at ground floor with bedrooms above.
36 Shearwater Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 7TB
Received 13 Feb 2002 - UnknownA/24/97924/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 4 (Plant & Machinery: Acoustic/Sound Statement ) and 6 (CEMP) in respect of previously approved application : A/22/93526/LA
Haigh Woodland Park Lodge And Gates Wigan Lane Wigan
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97921/HH
Single storey extension to rear and installation of new door opening to side
6 Shires Close Hindley Wigan WN2 3SR
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97925/CON
Condition discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (site investigation), 5 (site contamination), 6 (surface water and foul drainage), 13 (levels) and 14 (landscaping) in respect of previously approved A/23/95323/FULL
Methodist Church Antrim Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6DP
Received 24 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97922/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed conversion and renovation of existing barn into a home gym/fitness studio with associated changing facilities, and the first floor into a multi-purpose space incorporating games room, library/reading room, home office, and storage areas, with external alterations to elevations and roof
Pennington Farm Pennington Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1NH
Received 25 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97923/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed erection of two outbuildings within the garden of the existing dwelling, one to be used as a domestic swimming pool house, and one to be used as entertaining space, garage and storage
Pennington Farm Pennington Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1NH
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97932/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition 9 (Cycle Storage) in respect of previously approved application: A/20/88612/MAJOR
Firsway Of Leigh 39 Plank Lane Leigh
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97927/HH
Single storey rear extension, following demolition of existing rear extension and canopy to front
89 Moss Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7BS
Received 26 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97929/NMAS
Non Material Amendment application for previously approved application : A/22/94090/MAJLA
Former Shevington Community Primary School Miles Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8EW
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97930/HH
First floor to rear extension
4 Edridge Way Hindley Wigan WN2 3JZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97931/LUCE
Certificate of lawful development for an existing boundary fence varying in height from 1m to 1.9m
88 Bodmin Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7PF
Received 26 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97933/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed change of use from a Class C3 dwellinghouse to a Class C4 6 bedroomed, 6 person HMO
55 Park Road Wigan WN6 7AA
Received 26 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97936/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge Condition 15 parts 2 and 3 (Site Contamination) in respect of previously approved application:A/22/94762/MAJOR
Rockleigh Hotel 50 Bolton Road Ashton-in-makerfield
Received 26 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97937/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition No 3 (Materials) in respect of previously approved application : A/24/97371/HH
101 Hall Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 2SF
Received 27 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97934/HH
Raise existing garage roof along boundary line to create garage conversion together with associated external alterations to fenestration
13 Melrose Drive Winstanley Wigan WN3 6ER
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97938/HH
Single storey rear extension
78 Thirlmere Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 7PZ
Received 27 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97935/NMAS
Non material amendment application for previously approved A/21/93043/MAJORAmendment condition 27 in respect of affordable housing, to replace two affordable plots from Site D to two of the same plots on Site C.The house types and tenures (shared ownership) remain the same, despite the change in location from Site D to Site C.Amendments have been needed to Site D such that the house types approved for affordable tenures on plots 128 and 129 of Plot D are no longer available. The Applicant therefore wishes to replace these with plots 90 and 91 on Site C.
Site A North Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site B South Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site C South West Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site D South Of Mesnes Avenue Site E North East Of Mesnes Avenue Worsley Mesnes Wigan
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97940/LB
Listed Building Consent for the installation of secondary glazing to all windows
1 Gothic Cottages School Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PD
Received 27 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/24/97942/PDMA
Prior notification for change of use from commercial shop to self-contained flat (C3)
48 Bryn Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AU
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Awaiting decisionA/24/97943/VARMAJ
To vary conditions 2, 3 and 4 of Planning Permission A/23/95751/MAJOR - to allow changes to approved materials and windows
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NN
Received 30 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97947/HH
First floor extension to side and extension to existing driveway to front
8 Sandway Wigan WN6 7SF
Received 30 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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