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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 dates14,779Searchable applications
582Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,087 approved or refused records
1,134Refused applications
9,953 approved · 1,134 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/25/100016/WTTPO
T1 (Beech) Pollard 1 x Storm damaged stem to 1 metre below previous failure point.
285 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2QY
Received 14 Nov 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100017/VARMAJ
Application to vary condition 5 of previously approved A/15/80706/VARMIN to amend the hours of operation to allow the MRF to operate on Sundays and Bank Holidays from 07:00-18:00
Household Waste Recycling Centre Makerfield Way Ince Wigan WN2 2PR
Received 14 Nov 2025 - UnknownA/25/100018/LUCE
Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use of a property as a 6 bed, 6 person house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4)
88 Park Road Wigan WN6 7AQ
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100019/FULL
New entrance at first floor to rear to facilitate entrance to flat and external staircase with 1.8-metre-high screen to first floor raised landing area
15 Hope Carr Road Siddow Common Leigh WN7 3ET
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100021/HH
Single storey extension and detached garage to rear with external alterations following demolition of existing garage
6 Ashbourne Avenue Wigan WN2 1AD
Received 17 Nov 2025 - UnknownA/25/100022/NLA
Erection of 2 no. agricultural buildings to form a new dairy farming unit with associated feed hopper and water tank. An anerobic digester tank and digestate storage tank and slurry tank together with associated building to accomodate anaerobic digester equipment and a new attenuation pond
Borsdane Farm Jacks Lane Bolton BL5 2DL
Received 13 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100023/CON
Condition Discharge application to DISCHARGE Condition No.13 (Contamination) in respect of approved application A/22/93496/MAJOR
Collier Brook Farm Bag Lane Atherton Manchester M46 0JY
Received 17 Nov 2025 - UnknownA/25/100024/LUCP
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer
37 Pinewood Crescent Orrell Wigan WN5 8NF
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100020/HH
Garage conversion, new windows to front and rear with new pitched roof
8 Fairholme Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8LL
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100025/HH
New dormer extension to front
9 Fountains Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7WQ
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100027/FULL
Installation of 3-metre-high fencing with mesh infill panels and pedestrian gate.
The Holden School 78 Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2PQ
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100029/CON
Condition Discharge application to DISCHARGE Condition No.1 (External Finishes) in respect of approved application A/25/099384/18PDA
Bryn Railway Station Wigan Road Ashton-in-makerfield
Received 13 Nov 2025 - UnknownA/25/100030/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey rear extension
16 Princes Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 7DA
Received 17 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100031/CON
Condition Discharge application to DISCHARGE Condition No.13 (Validation Completion Report and Plot Garden Validation Reports) in respect of approved application A/22/93761/MAJOR
Site Of Abraham Guest High School Orrell Road Orrell
Received 14 Nov 2025 - UnknownA/25/100032/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/24/98160/HH - Alteration to the three front dormer windows to glazing within the apex
2 Fellside Wigan WN1 3XW
Received 14 Nov 2025 - UnknownA/25/100033/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/24/97683/HH - Alter the approved drawings with the attached revised drawings for a smaller garage proposal
31 Spring Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8QB
Received 18 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100034/FULL
Erection of single storey teaching facility with roof mounted solar panels, alterations to parking layout and other associated works including landscaping and external lighting
Vacant Land To The Rear Of 104 Prescott Street Wigan WN6 7DD
Received 19 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100036/WTTPO
x3 Sycamore x1 Lime Crown reduction of 3m and push back from building to create 3m clearance. There has been a fallen tree that came down in the storm on 15th Nov and are worried about these others needing attention.
Prospect House Green Lane Standish
Received 19 Nov 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100037/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART DISCHARGE Condition No.25 (Gas - Plots 428-431, 426-427, 422-425, 432-435, 421, 420, 401-404, 405-408, 409, 410, 411-412, 413-415, 416-417 and 418-419), and FULLY DISCHARGE Condition No.4 (Drainage), Condition No.5 (Archaeology), Condition No.7 (Birds and Bats), Condition No.8 (Invasive Species), Condition No.10 (Ecological Pond), Condition No.20 (Public Right of Way), , Condition No.30 (Surfacing for Parking and Paths), Condition No.34 (Boundary Treatments) and Condition No.35 (Fence, Wall or Gate enclosure) in respect of approved application A/23/96128/VARMAJ
Garrett Hall Farm Garrett Hall Gardens Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EY
Received 19 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100038/HH
Single storey side/rear extension with render to proposed side and rear elevations and external alterations following demolition of porch and detached garage
10 Knightscliffe Crescent Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 8DX
Received 19 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100039/HH
Single storey extension to front
39 Peel Hall Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 8TA
Received 19 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100040/WTTPO
Quercus Robra (English Oak). The work I want to carry out is a 10-15% crown thin throughout the oak as the tree has grown out of control from the centre and has a lot of one sided weight. I will also dead wood the tree completely as the neighbours have completed about pieces of falling deadwood in their garden. I will also reduce the limbs of the oak by half a metre to where they were previously pruned back to.
26 Castlemere Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6NA
Received 19 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100041/FULL
Erection of structure to enclose outdoor seating area
Car Park Adjacent To Cafe Bistro Stone Cross Lane North Lowton
Received 20 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100042/HH
Detached garage with render to all elevations following demolition of existing garage
29 Downham Walk Billinge Wigan WN5 7ER
Received 19 Nov 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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