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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 dates12,990Searchable applications
557Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 9,728 approved or refused records
1,101Refused applications
8,627 approved · 1,101 refused · 614 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- UnknownA/25/098465/PDMA
Prior notification for change of use from offices to 11 apartments
Gateway House Standishgate Wigan WN1 1AE
Received 22 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098467/HH
Two storey front extension together with associated external alterations including window at first floor
32 Lazenby Crescent Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NJ
Received 23 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098469/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 3.5 metres, height to the eaves 2.4 metres and height to the ridge 2.7 metres following removal of existing extension
292 Orrell Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QZ
Received 24 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098470/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
Land Opposite Car Park And Adjacent To 20 Common Lane Tyldesley
Received 23 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098471/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 Between Garton Drive And Haywood Close Lowton
Received 23 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098476/HH
Bay window to front, roof light to side and dormer to rear together with associated external alterations including relocation of front door and new entrance to side
5 Kings Crescent Tyldesley Manchester M29 8JY
Received 24 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098478/FULL
Conversion of existing first and second floor flat to create 2 flats to create a total of 3 flats
81 Park Road Wigan WN6 7AE
Received 24 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098477/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a porch and canopy to front
22 Greenside Close Standish Wigan WN6 0WG
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098475/HH
Single storey extension to side, two storey extension to rear together with render to new extensions
60 Ashton Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3UR
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098479/HH
Single storey side and rear extension
15 Salesbury Way Wigan WN3 5QQ
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098486/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Drainage), Condition No.7 (Trees) and Condition No.9 (Levels) in respect of application A/23/96052/MAJOR
Pit Pony Inn 71 Low Bank Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9RN
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098480/HH
Single storey extensions to side and rear following demolition of detached single garage
1 Canterbury Close Atherton Manchester M46 9JT
Received 27 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098481/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed loft conversion with dormer
71 Gathurst Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8HW
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098482/VAR
Variation of condition 4 of previously approved A/23/96090/FULL to allow the operational hours to be Monday to Sunday 10:00 to 24:00 and Bank or Public Holidays 10:00 to 24:00 and variation of condition 6 of previously approved A/23/96090/FULL to allow music from normal operations hours to be Monday to Sunday 10:00 to 24:00 and Bank or Public Holidays 10:00 to 24:00
Eckersley Mill 1 Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098483/VARMAJ
Variation of condition 11 of previously approved A/23/96527/VARMAJ to amend the wording of the condition from Prior to commencement of any part of the development hereby approved, to Prior to installation of any elements and/or equipment associated with acoustic mitigation for the proposed development
Evolution 36 - 44 King Street Wigan WN1 1BS
Received 27 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098487/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for single storey extension to rear together with garage conversion and installation of additional windows to side elevation
46 Cambourne Drive Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4TU
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098488/CU
Change of use from 6 bed, 6 person HMO (Use Class C4), to a 6 bed, 7 person HMO (Sui Generis Use)
598 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9JX
Received 28 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098490/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (drainage), 5 (materials), 8 (landscaping), 9 (ecology) and 13 (floor finish) in respect of previously approved application : A/24/97769/FULL
Boatmans House 4 Boatmans Row Tyldesley Manchester M29 7JQ
Received 28 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098489/HH
Single storey side and rear extension
43 Thirlmere Avenue Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8QP
Received 28 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098494/ADV
Installation of two free standing digital internally illuminated LED advertising units
Land Adjacent Spinning Gate Shopping Centre Spinning Jenny Way Opposite Ellesmere Street Leigh WN7 4PG
Received 29 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098493/FULL
Erection of replacement dwellinghouse and alterations to access, following demolition of existing dwellinghouse and ancillary buildings
Whitegates 14 Haigh Road Haigh Wigan WN2 1LB
Received 29 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098491/CU
Change of use from residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a childrens care home (Use Class C2) for up to 1 person
6 Wallace Lane Wigan WN1 3XT
Received 29 Jan 2025 - RegisteredA/25/098495/NLA
Hybrid application for former Parkside Colliery Phase 2 comprising employment floorspace (Use Class (B8) and B2 / E(g) (ii) / E(g)(iii) with ancillary (E(g)(i)) and associated servicing and infrastructure, including sub-station, car parking, vehicle and pedestrian circulation space (outline application) and detailed enabling and infrastructure works, to facilitate employment development comprising sitewide earthworks to create development platforms, details of strategic landscaping, planting, ecological and noise mitigation, drainage and ground works and details of the means access served from the Parkside Link Road (PLR) (full application).
Land Site Of Former Parkside Colliery Winwick Road Newton Le Willows St Helens
Received 27 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098498/OUT
Outline application for the erection of a two storey detached dwellinghouse (All Matters Reserved)
Adjacent To Greenfield Bungalow Leigh Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4XF
Received 30 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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