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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 dates13,965Searchable applications
575Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 10,476 approved or refused records
1,118Refused applications
9,358 approved · 1,118 refused · 643 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/099373/HH
Single storey side and rear extension with render to rear following demolition of existing extension
25 Coniston Avenue Wigan WN1 2EY
Received 21 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099375/HH
Single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory
12 Royden Avenue Wigan WN3 5QU
Received 20 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099378/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.4 (Biodiversity Enhancements), Condition No.7 (Noise Assessment) and Condition No.8 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) in respect of approved application A/22/94763/MAJOR
Snuggledown Of Norway Unit 10 Lockett Road South Lancashire Industrial Estate Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8DE
Received 21 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099379/FULL
Change of use of an existing two-storey commercial unit (Class E) to form three self-contained residential units (Class C3) with alterations to external elevations
15A - 17A Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1QP
Received 21 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099380/MAJOR
Erection of a Use Class E(a) foodstore with supporting vehicular access roads, car parking, servicing area, hard and soft landscaping and site infrastructure
Land To The East Of Frith Street Wigan WN5 0UW
Received 21 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099381/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Materials - External Walls and Roof), Condition No.4 (Noise) and Condition No.6 (Materials of the Rooflights) in respect of approved application A/21/92171/FULL
22 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4LX
Received 21 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099382/HH
Extension to existing front and rear dormers with pitched roof to front dormer
1 Longton Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2RP
Received 21 Jul 2025 - UnknownA/25/099383/LUCE
Certificate of lawful development for an existing use of property as a 6-bedroom, 6-person house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4)
365 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7PH
Received 22 Jul 2025 - UnknownA/25/099384/18PDA
Prior approval application for the provision of lift to provide access to the station building and platform, with associated works, provision of two aluminum clad lift shafts off Wigan Road, installation of compliant access stair down to platform 1 and 2 and installation of 2 air conditioning condensers
Bryn Railway Station Wigan Road Ashton-in-makerfield
Received 22 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099385/NLA
Construction and operation of an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility, including amended access, landscaping, parking and other ancillary works
Land To The East Of Winwick Link Road Winwick Warrington
Received 21 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099386/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.2 (Materials), Condition No.3 (Windows and Doors), Condition No.5 (Roof Construction), Condition No.10 (Landscaping), Condition No.12 (Traffic Management Plan), Condition No.13 (Sound Proofing) and Condition No.15 (Separating Wall Insulation) in respect of approved application A/22/93188/RET
Morleys Hall Barn Morleys Lane Tyldesley
Received 22 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099388/CON
Condition discharge application to discharge Condition 53 (HPM and CEMP), Condition No.54 (Biodiversity Enhancement) excluding Part IV, and Condition 55 (BNG Offsite) in respect of approved application A/25/098937/VARMAJ in relation to Phase 2 (Wellington Drive) only.
Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 22 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099389/FULL
New shop front and external refurbishment
67 Gerard Street Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9AG
Received 22 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099393/HH
Single storey rear extension, external alterations and render to proposed extension and existing single storey rear extension following demolition of porch (part retrospective)
12 Winchester Avenue Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9LL
Received 22 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099394/FULL
External alterations including reinstatement of blocked windows, additional window openings at ground and first floor and rooflights to rear
Q8 Sports Bar 21 Powell Street Wigan WN1 1XD
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099395/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.4 (Noise) in respect of approved application A/23/96500/LA
Elizabethan Court Garage Court Tyldesley
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099397/FULL
Installation of new glazed entrance door and aluminium dummy windows, new plant and air conditioning units in service yard, new steel security doors, replacement timber gate and external LED lighting.
Coop 237 Church Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2RZ
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099398/FULL
Addition of new first floor over existing building for storage and office purposes together with external alterations including additional window openings, reinstatement of door opening, additional access opening, installation of roller shutter, erection of new boundary treatment to front, side and rear and laying of hardstanding to rear
36 - 38 Church Street Leigh WN7 1BB
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099399/VAR
To vary condition 1 (plans) of Planning Permission A/21/92329/VAR- to allow development to be built in accordance with amended plans - change to house type
3 Verda Street Abram Wigan WN2 5SB
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099400/HH
Conservatory to rear (retrospective)
15 Anvil Crescent Ince Wigan WN2 2FL
Received 23 Jul 2025 - UnknownA/25/099401/LUCE
Certificate of lawful development for the existing use, as a Class C4 6 bedroomed, 6 person House in Multiple Occupation
55 Park Road Wigan WN6 7AA
Received 23 Jul 2025 - UnknownA/25/099402/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed 5 person, 5 bedroom house in multiple occupation
126 Manchester Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8RN
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099403/HH
Proposed Garden Room (part retrospective)
2 Findley Cook Road Wigan WN3 6GJ
Received 23 Jul 2025 - DecidedA/25/099404/FULL
Creation of new internal first floor level and associated internal and external alterations to include replacement windows and refurbishment of existing, installation of new glazed doors with shutters thereto
Methodist Church 32B Wigan Road Leigh WN7 5AH
Received 24 Jul 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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