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Planning application documents: what to read first
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 dates13,582Searchable applications
571Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 10,179 approved or refused records
1,111Refused applications
9,068 approved · 1,111 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- UnknownA/25/098980/PDQ
Prior notification for change of use from agricultural building to a residential dwelling with building operations and alterations to elevations
Martland Mill Farm Martland Mill Lane Wigan WN5 0LZ
Received 28 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098981/HH
Single storey rear extension
92 Spring Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QB
Received 28 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098984/LBLA
Listed building consent for chimney to rooflight conversion of Lodge 1, capping of entrance arch and upgrade to arch lantern
Haigh Woodland Park Lodge And Gates Wigan Lane Wigan
Received 29 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098983/HH
Single storey side and rear extension
10 Lawson Avenue Leigh WN7 5NP
Received 29 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098985/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4 metres, height to the eaves 2.4 metres and height to the ridge 3.75 metres
105 Sydney Avenue Leigh WN7 3LT
Received 29 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098987/HH
Detached garage to front of property and 1.2m high front boundary fence.
11 Ashlands Avenue Worsley Manchester M28 1SE
Received 30 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098986/NLA
Reserved matters application following outline consent P/2022/0063/OUP seeking approval for layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping forresidential development of 122no dwellings.
Land West Of Lodge Lane Haydock St Helens
Received 30 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098989/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No's : 17 (Landscaping), 18 (LEMP) and 23 (Piling) in respect of previously approved application : A/23/94952/MAJOR
Land At Silk Mill Street Mosley Common Tyldesley
Received 30 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/098992/HH
Dormer conversion including side dormers and single storey to side (part retrospective)
46 Timperley Lane Leigh WN7 3DT
Received 2 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/098993/RET
Change of use from a 2 bed dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) into a 5 bed HMO for 5 occupants (Use Class C4) (Retrospective Application)
67 Twist Lane Leigh WN7 4BZ
Received 2 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/098990/NMAS
Non Material Amendment application in respect of previously approved application A/23/95235/MAJOR: Reconfiguration of the basement including Multi Media Centre Core Arrangement
The Galleries Wigan
Received 2 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/098991/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No 4 (Coal Mining) in respect of previously approved application A/24/97220/FULL
Pendle Witch 2 - 4 Warburton Place Atherton Manchester M46 0EQ
Received 30 Apr 2025 - DecidedA/25/099014/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition No 16 (Drainage Management) in respect of previously approved application A/24/96789/MAJOR
Oakdale House Cale Lane Aspull
Received 2 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/098994/FULL
Refurbishment and upgrading of shop frontages including removal of existing front render, replacement of upper floor upvc windows with timber sash windows, new shopfronts and doors, internal chain link security shutters
97 And 99 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4ND
Received 2 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/098995/MAJPSI
Installation of two new windows and one new single external glazed door with existing door to be infilled, together with alterations to path
St Peters Church Of England School Kildare Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3HY
Received 6 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099002/HH
Extension to existing front dormer
27 Willowbrook Drive Shevington Wigan WN6 8AH
Received 6 May 2025 - RegisteredA/25/099006/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition No's : 4 (Affordable Housing), 12 Part 3 ( Remediation Verification), 15 (Travel Plan), 16 (Ecology Pack), 17 (External Lighting), 24 (Birds and Bats), 31 (Drainage Management), 36 (Crime Prevention Measures) in respect of previously approved application : A/23/95287/MAJOR
Land At The Former Enterprise House Wigan Enterprise Park Seaman Way Ince
Received 6 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099003/HH
Single storey extension to the rear projecting to side, together with part rendering of front elevation
38 Winsmoor Drive Hindley Wigan WN2 3SP
Received 6 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099010/FULL
Replacement dwelling with outbuilding to rear together with repositioning of access and creation of new driveway, parking area and 1.3 metre high wall and gates following demolition of existing dwelling and garage
6 Headland Close Lowton Warrington WA3 1HH
Received 7 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/099004/NMAS
Non Material Amendment application for previously approved application : A/21/91693/MAJORTo provide double entrance gates to front left boundary of site. To nominally amend access to communal areas in front of Plots 1-4 & 1-14. To amend 2B4P & 3B5P unit Elevations to include apex style canopy to principal entrance.
Former Beer Garden Of The Old Springs Spring Road Orrell Wigan
Received 6 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/099005/NMAS
Non Material Amendment for previously approved application: A/24/97220/FULLRelocation of the door and windows and skylights on the front elevation
Pendle Witch 2 - 4 Warburton Place Atherton Manchester M46 0EQ
Received 7 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099011/MAJOR
The repair, internal and external works, and selective demolition to facilitate the reoccupation of Mill 3 for commercial use within (Use Class E), with associated car parking and landscaping
Eckersley Mill 3 1900 Building Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 7 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099012/LB
Listed Building Consent for the repair, internal and external works, and selective demolition to facilitate the reoccupation of Mill 3 for commercial use within (Use Class E), with associated car parking and landscaping
Eckersley Mill 3 1900 Building Swan Meadow Road Wigan
Received 7 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099007/FULL
Retain use of land into garden, and to erect a 1.8 metre high boundary fence with post driven spikes, following removal of existing fence with foundations. Retrospective application in part.
20 Greenfields Close Hindley Wigan WN2 4EL
Received 7 May 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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