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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 dates14,869Searchable applications
594Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,140 approved or refused records
1,135Refused applications
10,005 approved · 1,135 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/100100/HH
Single storey wrap around extension to side and rear with roof lights following demolition of existing conservatory
12 Meadowvale Drive Pemberton Wigan WN5 8AL
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100101/WTTPO
T4 Oak - Crown reduce by 20% using thinning process to reduce some excessive lateral reach by up to 3m where appropriate, resulting in a well balanced aerated canopy of good form.T5 Oak - Crown thin by up to 20%
62 Heath Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1HR
Received 30 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100102/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Materials) in respect of approved application A/24/97732/MAJOR
Site Of Hemfield House Hemfield Road Ince
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100103/WTTPO
Removal of 5No. willow tress due to subsidence , reduction of oak trees by 3 meters overhanging play area
Lowton West Primary School Slag Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2ED
Received 1 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100104/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for proposed hip to gable roof alteration to facilitate loft conversion
13 Norwood Avenue Lowton Warrington WA3 2AE
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100105/HH
Single storey rear extension
27 Stancliffe Grove Aspull Wigan WN2 1YG
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100106/HH
Single storey rear extension
35 Southmead Lowton Warrington WA3 2XE
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100107/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART DISCHARGE Condition No.6 (1-3 - Contamination and Remediation Strategy) and to FULLY DISCHARGE Condition No.3 (Foul and Surface Water Drainage Scheme), Condition No.4 (Coal Mining Risk), Condition No.9 (Finished Floor Levels), Condition No.15 (Invasive Species Management Plan) and Condition No.23 (Construction Compound Layout Plan) in respect of application A/23/95434/FULL
Standish Cricket Club Green Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0TX
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100108/LB
Listed Building consent for the creation of first floor terrace with glass screening and link bridge to provide access to raised garden, together with alteration to rear elevation of dwellinghouse to include replacement of window with door
3 Lakeside Cottages Standish Wigan WN1 2UU
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100109/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.19 (Crime Impact Statement) in respect of approved application A/24/96773/LA
Old Zoo Site Haigh Woodland Park School Lane Haigh
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100113/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART DISCHARGE Condition No.7 (Biodiversity Enhancements - Locations of the proposed biodiversity enhancements) and to FULLY DISCHARGE Condition No.5 (EV Charging), Condition No.8 (External Lighting), Condition 9 (Invasive Species), Condition No.10 (Construction Environmental Method Statement) and Condition No.13 (Building Control M4(2)) in respect of approve application A/23/96094/FULL
Land South Of 3 Jackwood Close Wigan
Received 1 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100114/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/24/96789/MAJOR - Retention of wall to rear of plots 4-9 instead of new fencing. Existing concrete panel fence, starting to the rear of Plot 18 (E3) and ending to the rear corner of Plot 22, to be removed in its entirety. Existing acoustic fence to be retained to rear of plots 1-38 and side of plot 38 at a maximum height of 2.4m.
Oakdale House Cale Lane Aspull
Received 24 Nov 2025 - DecidedA/25/100115/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART DISHCARGE Condition No.22 (Contamination - Plots 113-155 Plot Validation Datasheet Report) in respect of approved application A/21/90730/MAJOR
Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ
Received 2 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100118/HH
Single storey rear extension
9 Devon Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 8EX
Received 3 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100120/FULL
Change of use from single dwelling (use Class C3) to a childrens residential home for up to 3 children (Use Class C2) together with installation of new driveway
33 Carr Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 1AF
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100121/FULL
Change of use from a dwelling house (Use Class C3) into a 4 bed HMO for 4 occupants (Use Class C4) together with cycle store in rear garden
10 Lorne Street Wigan WN1 3JJ
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100122/FULL
Change of use from a 3 bed dwelling house (Use Class C3) into a 4 bed HMO for 4 occupants (Use Class C4)
44 Prestt Grove Wigan WN3 5UX
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100123/FULL
Change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a 4 bed, 4 person HMO (Use Class C4) together with bicycle store to rear
5 Baldwin Street Wigan WN1 3LZ
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100124/FULL
External alterations to building, to include rooflights, alterations to fenestration including addition of first floor windows, external wall insulation finished in white render, canopy to side, together with external works to grounds comprising new boundary fencing 3m and 2.4 m high and a multi-use games area
Kings Park Christian Centre Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1UB
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100125/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.22 (Lighting) in respect of approved application A/22/94882/MAJOR
Agricultural Land South Of Wigan Road Farm Wigan Road Golborne
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100126/CON
Condition Discharge to PART DISCHARGE Condition No.14 (Remediation Strategy - Getting Approval of the Initial Remediation Strategy) and to FULLY DISCHARGE Condition No.5 (Coal Mining), Condition No.10 (Invasive Species) and Condition No.15 (Gas Monitoring Report) in respect of approved application A/25/098597/FULL
Land At Briar Grove Briar Grove Leigh
Received 4 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100127/FULL
Creation of a menage in an existing equestrian grazing paddock
Chamberlains Farm Crow Orchard Road Standish Wigan WN6 8RP
Received 4 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100128/FULL
Conversion of attached double garage and lounge area to form a separate self-contained one-bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3), including installation of new windows and doors and associated internal alterations
49 Queen Street Orrell Wigan WN5 0AE
Received 4 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100130/14PDJ
Prior notification for installation of 1425 roof mounted solar panels to pitched and flat roofs
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Leigh Infirmary The Avenue Leigh WN7 1HS
Received 4 Dec 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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