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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 dates12,928Searchable applications
557Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 9,676 approved or refused records
1,099Refused applications
8,577 approved · 1,099 refused · 613 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/098439/ADV
To display 3 non-illuminated fascia signs
Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses Smallbrook Lane Leigh WN7 5PZ
Received 16 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098440/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4.10 metres, height to the eaves 2.40 metres and height to ridge 3.40 metres
32 Mayfield Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0HZ
Received 16 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098443/PDE
Single storey rear projecting 4.5metres, height to the eaves 2.5 metres and height to the ridge 4 metres
58 Valley Road Wigan WN5 9HN
Received 17 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098446/HH
Two storey side extension
3 St Malo Road Wigan WN1 2PN
Received 17 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098445/NMAS
Non Material Amendment for previously approved application : A/23/95207/MAJOR. The proposed development has been amended to include a single detached garage in the rear garden area of plot 1.
Moss Bank Nurseries Hooten Lane Leigh
Received 13 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098447/HH
Single storey rear extension
17 St Austell Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FY
Received 17 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098453/TCSO
Prior notification of installation of a 15m steel pole to support fibre cables and radio antennae together with associated cabinets housing electronic communications apparatus to form part of a high-speed broadband electronic communications network
Grass Verge Adjacent 2 Bolderwood Drive Hindley Wigan WN2 3JF
Received 17 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098452/TCSO
Prior notification for installation of a 15m steel pole to support fibre cables and radio antennae together with associated cabinets housing electronic communications apparatus to form part of a high-speed broadband electronic communications network
Grass Verge Opposite Hulme Road Marsh Recreational Fields Wigan Road Leigh
Received 17 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098449/FULL
Change of use of first floor from retail (Use Class E) to a residential dwelling (Use Class C3) together with a dormer to the rear.
D & M Brogan Family Butchers 274 Wigan Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 0AR
Received 17 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098448/HH
Single storey rear extension
71 Gathurst Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8HW
Received 17 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098450/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 6 metres, height to the eaves 2.6 metres and height to the ridge 3.6 metres
154 Henry Street Leigh WN7 3HA
Received 20 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098451/HH
Two storey side extension
87 Moss Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7BS
Received 20 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098458/CON
Condition Discharge application to Discharge Condition No.9 (Contamination - Submission of a Verification Report on completion of remedial works) in respect of application A/23/96560/VAR
Gidlow Methodist Church Buckley Street Wigan WN6 7HE
Received 20 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098454/HH
Single storey side extension with pitched roof over existing extensions to side and rear together with associated external alterations and render to front
27 Fairholme Avenue Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8LL
Received 20 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098455/FULL
Construction of detached classroom building within school site.
Expanse Learning And Development Hub 15 Tyrer Avenue Wigan WN3 5XE
Received 20 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098457/FULL
Installation of external flue at rear
38 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4LA
Received 20 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098459/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.5 (Noise) and Condition No.7 (Drainage) in respect of application A/23/95751/MAJOR
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NN
Received 20 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098462/CON
Condition discharge application to discharge conditions No 2 (Boundary Treatment) and 3 (Landscaping) in respect of previously approved application A/22/93815/FULL
Vacant Land To The South Of Princess Road, West Of Mill Street And North Of Druid Street Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9HR
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098460/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for proposed change of use of dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 5 bed 5 person HMO (Use Class C4) with single-storey rear extension and rear dormer
434 Wigan Road Atherton Manchester M46 0QD
Received 22 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098461/ADV
To display non-illuminated fascia sign
8 - 10 Crompton Street Wigan WN1 1YP
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098463/CON
Condition Discharge Application to part discharge condition No 4 (Site Contamination - for Plots 35 to 47 only) and open space in respect of previously approved application: A/22/93614/MAJLA.
Land At Derby Street, Woodville Road, Ince-In-Makerfield
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098464/MAJOR
Erection of a foodstore (Use Class E) with associated internal access roads, parking, servicing area, hard and soft landscaping, external lighting, substation and associated site works together with amended vehicular access to Orrell Road following demolition of existing buildings
Abbey Lakes Hall Orrell Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QZ
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098472/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition 6 (site Contamination ) Point 4 ( Verification reports for plots 227-232) in respect of previously approved application A/23/95120/MAJOR.
Parcel Of Land Formally 10 - 16 West Bridgewater St And 40 West Bridgewater Street Leigh WN7 4HB
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098473/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition 13 (Site contamination ) for Plots 220-226 in respect of previously approved application : A/19/86515/RMMAJ
Northern Part Of Bridgewater Business Park West Bridgewater Street Leigh
Received 22 Jan 2025
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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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