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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates13,605Searchable applications
571Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 10,199 approved or refused records
1,111Refused applications
9,088 approved · 1,111 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedA/25/099009/RMMAJ
Application for approval of the reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to application ref. A/25/098937/VARMAJ for the erection of 219 dwellings (100% affordable dwellings), with associated landscaping, public open space, internal access roads, car parking and associated infrastructure
Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 7 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099013/HH
Conservatory to front
43A Bryn Road South Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8QR
Received 8 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/099017/AG
Prior notification for an extension to an existing barn
Johnsons Farm Kenyon Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1LQ
Received 8 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099015/HH
Side extension and external alterations to existing bungalow including additional window to side at first floor and replacement windows and render to front following removal of garage and store
9 Fairholme Avenue Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8LN
Received 8 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099016/RET
Change of use of land to form extension to garden (Retrospective Application)
33 Tatham Grove Winstanley Wigan WN3 6JT
Received 8 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099020/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Conditions 10 (remediation strategy) and 29 (CT&EMP) in respect of previously approved application : A/24/97732/MAJOR
Site Of Hemfield House Hemfield Road Ince
Received 8 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099019/HH
Single storey to rear
35 Marton Drive Atherton Manchester M46 9WA
Received 8 May 2025 - RegisteredA/25/099027/VARMIN
To vary conditions 1 and 9 of Planning Permission A/23/95587/VARMIN - to extend the authorised period of use for topsoil manufacturing until 30.06.2027 and enable the importation of local sand and to use sand other than than extracted at Astley Moss Quarry which has ceased working and is now being restored
Peat Works Nook Lane Astley Tyldesley
Received 9 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099037/CON
Condition Discharge application to Part Discharge Condition 10.1 (Contamination) and Condition 12.1 (Gas Migration) and to Fully Discharge Condition 20 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) and Condition 21 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) in respect of application A/24/97281/MAJPSI
Central Park Montrose Avenue Wigan WN5 9XL
Received 9 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099025/HH
Single storey extension to rear
7 Hall Barns Light Oaks Hall Old Moss Lane Glazebury Warrington WA3 5PX
Received 9 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099024/HH
Single storey rear extension
9 Rylands Street Wigan WN6 7BL
Received 12 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099029/HH
Pitched tiled roof to existing front flat garage/porch roof, alterations to front entrance hall, removal of existing pvc weatherboard and render to front elevation
74 Southlands Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0TT
Received 12 May 2025 - RegisteredA/25/099030/VARMIN
Variation of condition 4 of planning permission A/17/83795/MAJMIN to extend hours of operation from 17:00 to 18:00 (Monday to Friday); and to allow wagon operations associated with container tilter on four days per month rather than one day per month.
Land To The North Of Chanters Industrial Estate Atherton
Received 12 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099032/HH
Single storey rear extension projecting to the side
50 Lincoln Drive Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9HT
Received 13 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/099033/AG
Prior notification for the erection of a slurry store
Standish Hall Farm Standish Hall Standish Wood Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0YQ
Received 13 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099031/NLA
Construction and operation of a 50MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility including the erection of battery container units, inverters, 132kV substation, 33kV customer switchgear, storage container and welfare container, water tank, new internal access ro ads, resurfaced compound, installation of perimeter fencing and access gate, associated works; and landscaping.
Land South West Of New Fold Orrell
Received 8 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099035/HH
Single storey side and rear extension
24 Sycamore Drive Winstanley Wigan WN3 6DG
Received 13 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099047/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition no 20 (demolition strategy) with respect to previously approved application : A/24/098254/VARMAJ
97 Alderley Lane Leigh WN7 3DW
Received 13 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099034/HH
Alterations to first floor side roof removing dormer window and adding pitched roof with eaves level matching main dwelling, single storey rear extension plus garage conversion
18 Knights Close Atherton Manchester M46 0TE
Received 13 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099036/HH
Single storey to rear, first floor to rear with loft conversion together with alterations to elevations
19 Oak Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0EA
Received 13 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/099038/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/21/91796/MAJES in relation to design changes to hotel
The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR
Received 9 May 2025 - UnknownA/25/099041/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey rear extension
21 Glastonbury Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 1ET
Received 14 May 2025 - RegisteredA/25/099042/VARMIN
To vary conditions 1 and 8 of A/23/95636/VARMIN - to extend the authorised period of use for topsoil manufacturing in connection with the adjacent approved site including use of existing buildings until 30.06.2027 and enable sand to be imported from other local quarries
Peat Works Nook Lane Astley Tyldesley
Received 14 May 2025 - DecidedA/25/099048/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge condition numbers: 4 (EVCP), 5 (Coal Mining Legacy), 6 (site investigation), 8 (Materials external), 9 (surface water drainage) and 11 (Landscaping) in respect of previously approved application : A/23/95435/FULL
Standish Cricket Club Green Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0TX
Received 14 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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