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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 dates13,042Searchable applications
557Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 9,768 approved or refused records
1,102Refused applications
8,666 approved · 1,102 refused · 617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/098500/LBC
Listed building consent for elevational changes to warehouse extension including two new roller shutter doors, new window and entrance door apertures, demolition of link corridor, parking areas, hard and soft landscaping
Leigh Spinners Company Leigh Spinners Mill Park Lane Leigh WN7 2LB
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098499/HH
Single storey rear extension following removal of exixting conservatory
6 Trecastell Close Wigan WN1 3YT
Received 30 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098501/FULL
Shopfront refurbishment, new awning and external accessible ramp, steps and handrails
Sportsline 26 Gerard Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AA
Received 31 Jan 2025 - UnknownA/25/098502/NMAS
Non Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/91796/MAJES to vary the description in relation to the Pavilion element of the description to a Pavilion to include Use Class E (b), (c) and (g) (i), along with pub/drinking establishment (Use Class Sui Generis)
The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR
Received 31 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098505/FULL
Refurbishment of shopfront and installation of awning
Indulge Hair 49 Gerard Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AG
Received 31 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098506/MAJPSI
To install air source heat pump and associated works
St John Rigby College Gathurst Road Orrell Wigan WN5 0LJ
Received 31 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098504/HH
Two storey extension to front to replace existing front porch
2 Hawkley Avenue Wigan WN3 6XW
Received 31 Jan 2025 - DecidedA/25/098507/LUCE
Certificate of lawful development to demonstrate that Planning Permission A/18/85925/CU has lawfully commenced
5 Market Street Leigh WN7 1ED
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098509/HH
Two storey extension to side and rear and single storey extension at rear with associated external alterations to fenestration together with the extension of canopy to front and alterations to existing driveway to provide additional parking space
127 Almond Green Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0ZT
Received 3 Feb 2025 - UnknownA/25/098508/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4 metres, height to the eaves 2.18 metres and height to the ridge 3.56 metres following partial demolition to rear of existing dwelling
27 Desmond Street Atherton Manchester M46 0GH
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098510/HH
Creation of terrace with glass balustrade at first floor to rear over existing extension
2 Bores Meadow Standish Wigan WN1 2XA
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098513/HH
Installation of dormers to front and rear and single storey side and rear wrap around extension together with rooflights to front and solar panels to rear
2 Harlech Avenue Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4RA
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098511/HH
Alterations to roof and new dormer to rear
Stelen Farm Astley Moss Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7LY
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098518/CON
Condition Discharge application to Part Discharge Condition No.22 (Soil Validation Certificates for 1st phase of handovers (Plots 64-72, 74-80 and 99-104)) in respect of application A/21/90730/MAJOR
Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ
Received 3 Feb 2025 - RegisteredA/25/098526/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.9 (Wheel Cleaning), Condition No.10 (Drainage) and Condition No.13 (CEMP) in respect of application A/17/84560/OUTMAJ
Land East Of Leigh Road South/West Of Bee Fold Lane And West Of Millers Lane Atherton
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098522/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Materials), Condition No.4 (Coal Mining Activity), Condition No.7 (Contamination), Condition No.8 (Gas Migration), Condition No.9 (Drainage) and Condition No.12 (CEMP) in respect of application A/22/93605/FULL
Land At Liza Street Leigh
Received 3 Feb 2025 - UnknownA/25/098512/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey extension to rear
15 Derwent Street Leigh WN7 4HS
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098514/HH
First floor extension to side
109 Chestnut Drive South Leigh WN7 3JX
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098515/HH
To extend dwellinghouse - single storey to front, side and rear
16 Lawson Avenue Leigh WN7 5NP
Received 3 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098520/FULL
Erection of detached dwelling on land to be severed from 26 Kings Avenue, together with alterations to access and new access to existing dwelling
26 Kings Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2BY
Received 4 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098521/FULL
Replacement shop frontage, including new timber cornice, windows and doors and rendered masonry plinth to front and side elevations
Scrivens 6 - 8 Garswood Street Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9AF
Received 4 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098527/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge conditions 3 (refuse storage), 10 (site investigation), 11 (remediation strategy), 12 (LEMP) and 19 (noise assessment) in respect of previously approved A/23/96416/MAJOR
Site Of Pemberton Colliery Queen Pit Road Wigan
Received 4 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098528/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No 6 (Remediation Strategy) in respect of previously approved application A/21/92473/MAJOR
Land At Wigan Enterprise Park Seaman Way Ince Wigan
Received 4 Feb 2025 - DecidedA/25/098529/CON
Condition Discharge Application to discharge condition no 7 (Noise Assessment) in respect of previously approved application A/21/92473/MAJOR
Land At Wigan Enterprise Park Seaman Way Ince Wigan
Received 4 Feb 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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