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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,189 approved · 1,138 refused · 672 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
45 Chorley Road Standish Wigan WN1 2SS
Received 17 Dec 202525 Bluebell Avenue Wigan WN6 8NS
Received 19 Dec 2025Infinity House 457 Newton Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1PB
Received 19 Dec 2025The Woodlands Mill Lane Aspull Wigan WN2 1QY
Received 22 Dec 20259 Stone Cross Lane North Lowton Warrington WA3 2SA
Received 22 Dec 2025325 Holden Road Leigh WN7 2HG
Received 22 Dec 2025Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints 125 Wigan Lane Wigan
Received 22 Dec 202542 Vicarage Road Orrell Wigan WN5 7AX
Received 22 Dec 202518 Rufford Place Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EL
Received 22 Dec 2025Haigh Woodland Park Lodge And Gates Wigan Lane Wigan
Received 22 Dec 2025Land Off Wellington Drive North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 22 Dec 2025Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 22 Dec 2025Hindley Railway Station Ladies Lane Hindley Wigan WN2 2QJ
Received 22 Dec 202547 Hooten Lane Leigh WN7 3DG
Received 23 Dec 2025Land To The East Of Rowan Avenue Lowton
Received 23 Dec 2025Bradley Lane Standish WN6 0XQ
Received 23 Dec 2025Northleigh Development Site Between A577 Corner Lane Smallbrook Lane To The North; A578 Leigh Road To The West; Nel Pan Lane To The South; Lovers Lane To The East.
Received 22 Dec 2025Land To Rear Of And 71 Pepper Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0PY
Received 23 Dec 2025361 Wigan Lane Wigan WN1 2RD
Received 23 Dec 2025New Horizon Lodge 251 Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2AP
Received 19 Dec 2025Land North Of Mosley Common South Of The Guided Busway Worsley
Received 23 Dec 20254 Breaston Avenue Leigh WN7 3DJ
Received 23 Dec 2025Land To The Rear Of St Johns Vicarage Lee Lane Abram WN2 5QU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land To Rear Of And 71 Pepper Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0PY
Received 24 Dec 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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