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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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 dates13,486Searchable applications
569Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 10,108 approved or refused records
1,110Refused applications
8,998 approved · 1,110 refused · 627 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/098854/HH
Porch to front and single storey front extension with canopy and bow windows to front along with first floor side extension and Juliet balcony to side
15 Edmund Drive Leigh WN7 5BN
Received 31 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098856/HH
Two storey extension to rear and erection of detached single garage to rear
28 Chilton Close Leigh WN7 1SW
Received 31 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098870/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.5 (Trees), Condition No.6 (Trees), Condition No.7 (Trees), Condition No.8 (Drainage), Condition No.14 (Materials) and Condition 16 (Finishes - Doors and Windows) in respect of application A/23/96347/FULL
Hare And Hounds 153 Billinge Road Wigan WN5 9JE
Received 31 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098864/FULL
Change of use of first floor from offices (Class E) to 3 self-contained flats (Class C3), with retention of external staircase at rear
First Floor 16 Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9PL
Received 31 Mar 2025 - UnknownA/25/098857/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/22/94807/MAJOR - Re-orientation of Plot 1 so the approved dwelling faces the street
Hadbutt Farm Hadbutt Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FJ
Received 27 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098863/HH
Two storey extension to side and single storey extension to side/rear
86 Gilda Road Worsley Manchester M28 1BP
Received 31 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098872/CON
Condition Discharge application to Part Discharge Condition No.4 (Parts (i) and (ii) Risk Assessment and Remediation Strategy) in respect of application A/23/96052/MAJOR
Pit Pony Inn 71 Low Bank Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9RN
Received 31 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098867/FULL
Erection of detached dwellinghouse with attached garage, including solar panels to roofs and retention of store, following demolition of existing bungalow and outbuildings
Shaws Fold Farm Bolton Road Aspull Wigan WN2 1PR
Received 1 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098866/HH
Two storey extension to rear, single storey extension to rear, minor works to existing front elevation two storey bay windows and alterations to boundary wall
55 Whitley Crescent Wigan WN1 2PP
Received 1 Apr 2025 - UnknownA/25/098865/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/23/96226/MAJOR - Unit 2 yard area to provide additional trailer parking and fencing around the staff and visitor parking areas for each unit have been amended to timber knee rails from 2.4m paladin (mesh) security fencing
Land At Astley Park Way Worsley
Received 28 Mar 2025 - DecidedA/25/098873/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Drainage) in respect of application A/22/94681/MAJOR
Development Land Phoenix Way Ince WN3 4NW
Received 1 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098869/CU
Change of use from a single dwelling (Use Class C3) to a children's home for up to 2 children under 18 yrs old (Use Class C2) - with no physical or external alterations
11 Johnson Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8BT
Received 1 Apr 2025 - UnknownA/25/098871/LUCE
Certificate of lawful development to demonstrate that works approved under Planning Permission A/23/95286/VARMAJ have lawfully commenced on site
Glass House Road Glass House Business Park Wigan WN3 6GL
Received 2 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098874/HH
Single storey side and rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
1 Nairn Close Standish Wigan WN6 0RE
Received 2 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098876/HH
Single storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory to rear
18 Withington Drive Tyldesley Manchester M29 7NW
Received 3 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098880/FULL
Extension of existing industrial building along with hard and soft landscaping and alterations to parking area, following demolition of existing canopy and storage building
Unit 19 Makerfield Way Ince Wigan WN2 2PR
Received 3 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098886/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition 3 ( site remediation - verification report) for previously approved application A/23/95112/MAJOR
Site Of Stork Hotel PH Land At Corner Of Kitt Green Road And Pembroke Road Pembroke Road Wigan
Received 3 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098879/FULL
Installation of new external plant equipment to side elevation, comprising of 4 air conditioning (AC) condensers and 3 extract fans, together with acoustic wall lining and acoustic screen
36 Mesnes Road Wigan WN1 2DA
Received 3 Apr 2025 - UnknownA/25/098877/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development to demonstrate that works have commenced on site for the proposed single storey extension to Church Hall
St Thomas Church Hall Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield
Received 3 Apr 2025 - UnknownA/25/098875/PDMA
Prior notification for change of use of the ground floor to 2 self-contained flats (Use Class C3)
289 Downall Green Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 0NB
Received 3 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098888/CON
Condition Discharge application to part discharge condition number 10 - Site Contamination ( Remediation verification report for plots 1-4) in respect of previously approved application A/21/92470/MAJOR
6 Elliott Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8JE
Received 3 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098878/HH
Single storey extension to rear
9 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Received 4 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098887/CON
Condition discharge application to discharge condition number 4 (Coal mining activity ) and part discharge condition no 6 (Ground Gas Risk Assessment) in respect of previously approved application A/24/98163/FULL.
5 The Woodlands Wigan WN1 2NR
Received 4 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098890/CU
Change of use of existing ground floor storage area into a Community Centre and Place of Worship, with associated external alterations including additional windows and alterations to the entrance door, bike and bin storage provision together with the installation of 3 no parking spaces with 2 no. EV charging points
Rear Of Turnpike House Back Market Street Leigh WN7 1DR
Received 7 Apr 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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