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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 dates14,952Searchable applications
595Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,207 approved or refused records
1,138Refused applications
10,069 approved · 1,138 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- UnknownA/25/100157/NMAS
Working Amendment application for previously approved application A/23/96040/MAJOR - Updates to drawing references listed in the following conditions:Condition 2 - Approved plan listCondition 4 - Drainage DocumentationCondition 10 - Ecological EnhancementsCondition 17 - Boundary Treatments
St Thomas Church Of England Primary School Clarence Street And Playing Fields Hawkhurst Street Leigh WN7 2BP
Received 9 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100158/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART DISCHARGE Condition No.8 (Archaeology Item b) i)) in respect of approved application A/24/96773/LA
Old Zoo Site Haigh Woodland Park School Lane Haigh
Received 11 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100159/PDMA
Prior notification for the proposed conversion of 1st and 2nd floors from offices (Use Class E) to 6 residential 1 bed 1 person studio apartments (Use Class C3), with associated residential amenity area
11 Standishgate Wigan WN1 1UF
Received 10 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100160/HH
Single storey front extension, single storey rear extension and external alterations to the fenestration
16 Park Road Billinge Wigan WN5 7JS
Received 10 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100164/FULL
Change of use from Solicitors (Use Class E) to Respite and Rehabilitation centre (Use Class C2), engineering works to front to create lightwell, 2 metre high wall to rear/side, 1.8 metre high gate to rear, bin store to rear and additional UPVC window opening at 2nd floor to front
13 Bridgeman Terrace Wigan WN1 1SX
Received 11 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100165/HH
Single storey rear extension
63 Treen Road Tyldesley Manchester M29 7HD
Received 11 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100166/WTTPO
T1 - Beech - remove to ground level due to decay and safety concerns
14 Back Lane Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9LH
Received 11 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100167/FULL
New shop front, roof lights, replacement upvc windows at first floor and new access to front together with change of use of first and second floor to create self-contained flat, dormer to rear and additional window openings at first floor to rear
29 Railway Road Leigh WN7 4AA
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100168/HH
Porch to front and single storey extension to rear with external alterations including render to all elevations following demolition of existing garage and dormer
4 Standish Wood Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0YD
Received 12 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100172/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Drainage), Condition No.8 (External Walls and Roof Materials) and Condition No.10 (Landscaping) in respect of approved application A/25/099399/VAR
3 Verda Street Abram Wigan WN2 5SB
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100173/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.7 (EV Charging), Condition No.9 (Nesting Birds and Bats) and Condition No.12 (CO2 Emissions) in respect of approved application A/24/098254/VARMAJ
97 Alderley Lane Leigh WN7 3DW
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100176/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.21 (Hard Surfacing Materials) in respect of application A/23/96541/MAJOR which was approved conditionally on appeal
Land To Rear Of And 71 Pepper Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0PY
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100177/HH
Single storey front extension
77 Hurst Street Leigh WN7 3AF
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100178/HH
Single storey rear extension with roof lanterns together with external alterations following garage conversion
9 Ellwood Gardens Shevington Wigan WN6 8FP
Received 15 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100179/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for proposed loft conversion with dormer to rear and first floor gable window
7 Rutland Drive Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8RY
Received 15 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100180/PDMA
Prior notification of proposed change of use of part of ground floor and first floor of commercial use (Use Class E) to 5 self-contained apartments (Use Class C3)
21 Powell Street Wigan WN1 1XD
Received 15 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100181/FULL
Installation of new shop front with automated sliding door, anti-graffiti coating to fa�ade and two replacement ATMs. Part retrospective
Barclays Bank 6 Market Place Wigan WN1 1QS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100182/ADV
Installation of new and replacement signage including externally illuminated backlit ATM signage and backlit surrounds for two ATMs and ATM back panels, externally illuminated backlit individual letter and logo fascia signs, externally illuminated downlit projecting hanging sign, new internal suspension kit signage, safety manifestation to glazing and internally illuminated digital display screen inside the store. Part retrospective
Barclays Bank 6 Market Place Wigan WN1 1QS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100183/PDE
Single storey rear extension projecting 4.05 metres, height to eaves 2.4 metres and height to the ridge 3.8 metres
7 Ripon Avenue Wigan WN6 7HH
Received 11 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100185/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.15 Materials), Condition No.16 (Landscaping) and Condition No.17 (Highway Extension) in respect of approved application A/22/94681/MAJOR
Development Land Phoenix Way Ince WN3 4NW
Received 15 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100187/HH
Part single, part two storey side extension and external alterations with render to first floor element
11 Dryden Close Wigan WN3 5TD
Received 15 Dec 2025 - UnknownA/25/100188/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Trees), Condition No.5 (Archaeology), Condition No.10 (Bat Licence or Bat Boxes), Condition No.11 (Ecological CEMP) and Condition No.12 (Invasive Species) in respect of approved application A/24/98015/MAJOR
The Goods Shed Railway Road Golborne Warrington WA3 3BY
Received 15 Dec 2025 - RegisteredA/25/100191/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.7 (Brickwork, Roof Tiles and Timber Cladding), Condition No.8 (Schedule of Trees and Plants), Condition 11 (biodiversity enhancements), Condition No.12 (CT&EMP), Condition 13 (waste storage details and management plan) and Condition No.16 (Finished Floor Levels) in respect of approved application A/22/94708/MAJOR
The Old Bakery Darby Lane Hindley WN2 3DW
Received 15 Dec 2025 - DecidedA/25/100192/HH
Front dormer with external alterations
17 Ruskin Crescent Abram Wigan WN2 5PX
Received 15 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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