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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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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,882 approved · 1,133 refused · 659 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
Development Land Phoenix Way Ince WN3 4NW
Received 22 Oct 2025Haigh Woodland Park Lodge And Gates Wigan Lane Wigan
Received 28 Oct 2025173 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2NH
Received 29 Oct 2025245 Westleigh Lane Leigh WN7 5PN
Received 27 Oct 202520 Toulston Road Wigan WN6 7EX
Received 28 Oct 20258 Scarisbrick Street Wigan WN1 2BS
Received 29 Oct 20253 St Malo Road Wigan WN1 2PN
Received 29 Oct 2025Site A North Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site B South Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site C South West Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site D South Of Mesnes Avenue Site E North East Of Mesnes Avenue
Received 29 Oct 2025Land To The Rear Of 1 St Wilfrids Road Standish Wigan WN6 0DQ
Received 29 Oct 2025Site A North Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site B South Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site C South West Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site D South Of Mesnes Avenue Site E North East Of Mesnes Avenue
Received 29 Oct 2025Site A North Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site B South Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site C South West Of Worsley Mesnes Drive Site D South Of Mesnes Avenue Site E North East Of Mesnes Avenue
Received 29 Oct 2025Land Off Firs Lane & Plank Lane Leigh
Received 29 Oct 2025Tyldesley Health Centre Poplar Street Tyldesley Manchester M29 8AX
Received 29 Oct 2025St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School Rookery Avenue Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9PF
Received 30 Oct 2025Haigh Hall School Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PE
Received 30 Oct 2025Haigh Hall School Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PE
Received 30 Oct 202525 Melling Way Winstanley Wigan WN3 6JB
Received 30 Oct 20255 Berkeley Avenue Winstanley Wigan WN3 6HN
Received 30 Oct 2025Moss Bank Nurseries Hooten Lane Leigh WN7 3DG
Received 30 Oct 20256 Mount Crescent Orrell Wigan WN5 8LS
Received 30 Oct 2025Development Land Plot 1 Walthew House Lane Martland Park Wigan
Received 31 Oct 202540 Miles Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8EB
Received 31 Oct 2025NatWest 4 Standishgate Wigan
Received 31 Oct 2025Land South West Of New Fold Orrell
Received 30 Oct 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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