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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 dates12,484Searchable applications
554Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 9,305 approved or refused records
1,082Refused applications
8,223 approved · 1,082 refused · 603 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/97944/CU
Change of use of first and second floors into 2 one bed apartments with dormer and external staircase to rear. The commercial unit (Use Class E) will be retained at ground floor with a new shopfrontage.
100 Market Street Atherton Manchester M46 0DP
Received 30 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97951/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Consition No 4 (EVCP) in respect of previously approved application A/24/96681/CU
Moss Side Farm Rindle Road Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7LT
Received 30 Sept 2024 - DecidedA/24/97945/HH
Conversion of existing detached garage into granny annex living accommodation with associated external alterations to the fenestration
16 Gadbury Court Atherton Manchester M46 0SQ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - UnknownA/25/098732/NMAS
Non Material Amendment application for previously approved application : A/22/94807/MAJORThis application seeks to substitute the Wentworth housetype on Plot 4 for the Alderley housetype.
Simply Fresh Foods Hadbutt Farm Hadbutt Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FJ
Received 12 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/24/97953/HH
Single storey extension to rear and new external ramp with 1.1 m high handrail following demolition of detached outhouse together with landscaping and forming of level access to the front and enlargement and replacement of front and side door openings, installation of window to ground floor side and replacement window to first floor rear
91 The Grove Ince Wigan WN2 2BE
Received 1 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97955/HH
Single storey rear extension and external render to rear
48 Shevington Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8BQ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97954/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 9 (landscape), 12 (EVCP), 13 (surface and foul water drainage), 14 (surface water drainage), 15 (site contamination) and 16 (Noise assessment) in respect of previously approved application : A/20/89851/FULL
Open Land North Of 12 Bridge Street Golborne
Received 1 Oct 2024 - UnknownA/24/97956/LUCE
Certificate of lawful development for an existing use of ground floor premises as a commercial use (Use Class E)
6B Bolton Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8PA
Received 2 Oct 2024 - UnknownA/24/97961/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a rear dormer extension
5 Warwick Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1XA
Received 3 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97962/CU
Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to office (Class E) together with opening up of former doorway at ground floor to create window and formalisation of parking layout
115 Manchester Road Ince Wigan WN2 2AB
Received 3 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97963/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condtion 23 (Great Crested Newt) in respect of previously appoved application : A/22/93217/MAJPSI
HM Prison Hindley Barracks Road Bickershaw Wigan WN2 5TH
Received 3 Oct 2024 - RegisteredA/24/97985/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (External Materials, Refuse Stores, Windows and Doors) and Condition No.4 (Financial and Contractual Agreements) in respect of application A/16/82932/LB
Pagefield Hotel 168 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7AW
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97972/HH
Single storey extension to rear following removal of existing detached garage, installation of rooflights to front, side and rear and render to all elevations
25 Stancliffe Grove Aspull Wigan WN2 1YG
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97970/ADV
To display one wall hung logo and two Grenadier entrance signs for new day nursery together with display of general safety and amenity signs
Worsley Mesnes Methodist Church Holt Street Worsley Mesnes Wigan
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97973/HH
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
8 Langholm Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6TT
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97975/VARMAJ
Application to vary conditions 2, 5 and 12 of previously approved A/21/92388/MAJOR to allow for new fencing to site frontage, amended PV locations, Eastern car park amendments, updated retaining wall to car park access, grass swale to west of sports block, removal of stair to access ramp, repositioning of new trees and addition of planting, relocation of gas enclosure and visitor cycle parking and updated services/plant to roof level
St John Fisher Catholic High School Baytree Road Wigan WN6 7RN
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97971/ADV
Erection of a single-sided freestanding 6m x 3m LED display unit following removal of existing double-sided freestanding 1.2m x 1.8m illuminated display
Texaco Service Station Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1SJ
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97969/HH
Two storey to side extension
19 Alder Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 0LS
Received 4 Oct 2024 - UnknownA/24/97967/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a single storey to rear extension following removal of existing conservatory. (More than 1/2 width)
6 Beech Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 9GG
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97968/HH
Single storey to side and rear extension
11 Belvedere Avenue Atherton Manchester M46 9LQ
Received 4 Oct 2024 - UnknownA/24/97965/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed single storey to rear and garage conversion
31 Collisdene Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8RL
Received 7 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97966/HH
Alterations to canopy porch, first floor side extension projecting to front and single storey extension to rear following demolition of existing conservatory together with installation of door to side
66 Crediton Drive Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5HU
Received 7 Oct 2024 - DecidedA/24/97974/NLA
Residential development of eight dwellings, new access and associated engineering, infrastructure and landscaping.
Land To West Of 64 Leyland Green Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens
Received 3 Oct 2024 - UnknownA/24/97976/HAA
To enlarge bungalow by way of an additional storey increasing ridge height to 7.98m
Shaws Fold Farm Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1PR
Received 7 Oct 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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