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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 dates
14,315Searchable applications
577Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,739 approved or refused records
1,126Refused applications

9,613 approved · 1,126 refused · 650 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning 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

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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

  1. DecidedA/25/099582/WTTPO

    T1, T2, T3 Oak situated in the rear garden, crown lift to a height of 3 metres from ground level to aid in balancing the lower crowns.

    53 Church Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2AS

    Received 29 Aug 2025
  2. DecidedA/25/099583/WTTPO

    T1 - Silver Birch situated on the rear left boundary, crown lift to a height of 3-4 metres from ground level to give sufficient head room over the footpath. Balance on the property side to match.T2 - Silver Birch situated on the rear boundary in the centre of the three, section fell to ground level. Snapped out upper crown, can be pruned back but not enough foliage remaining. option to remove the stem but leaving just one upright stem at the rear leaving a large wound below at main union.

    61 Naburn Drive Orrell Wigan WN5 8SB

    Received 29 Aug 2025
  3. DecidedA/25/099585/HH

    Single storey side extension

    51 Walford Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 8PH

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  4. DecidedA/25/099586/HH

    External alterations to front and single storey extension to rear

    17 Grasslands Standish Wigan WN6 0GT

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  5. DecidedA/25/099587/HH

    Detached annex building to rear garden with solar panels

    34 Rydal Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 7EQ

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  6. UnknownA/25/099588/PDE

    Single storey rear extension projecting a maximum of 8 metres, height to the eaves 2.5 metres and height to the ridge 3.5 metres

    23 Pilgrims Way Standish Wigan WN6 0AJ

    Received 29 Aug 2025
  7. DecidedA/25/099593/WTTPO

    T1 (Oak) Crown reduce by by 3.5 metres and crown raise to clear ground by 5 metres to control crown size and reduce wind leverage.

    87 Waltersgreen Crescent Golborne Warrington WA3 3WA

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  8. DecidedA/25/099596/WTTPO

    T1 Lime, Request to crown lift by up to 2m. This is minimal work on distal branches only

    10B Boars Head Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0BH

    Received 2 Sept 2025
  9. DecidedA/25/099597/FULL

    Change of use from C3 (dwelling) to C4 (house in multiple occupation) for 4 persons

    570 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9JX

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  10. UnknownA/25/099598/NMAS

    Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/22/94807/MAJOR - Amended drainage strategy to direct foul water along a new MDPE rising main to be constructed along Hadbutt Lane to the existing United Utilities (UU) adopted pumping station

    Simply Fresh Foods Hadbutt Farm Hadbutt Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7FJ

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  11. DecidedA/25/099599/FULL

    To site timber framed building at rear of the property to be used as a clinical skills room

    Room Four Ltd 58 Legh Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3PA

    Received 2 Sept 2025
  12. UnknownA/25/099600/NMAS

    Non-Material Amendment application for previously approved application A/22/94798/MAJOR

    Site Of Heatons Bakery Boundary Street Wigan

    Received 27 Aug 2025
  13. DecidedA/25/099601/FULL

    Erection of new dwellinghouse with associated landscaping and new garden wall and gates, following demolition of existing ancillary storage building and removal of storage containers

    Hawkhurst Farm East Lancashire Road Glazebury Warrington WA3 5QE

    Received 2 Sept 2025
  14. UnknownA/25/099602/LUCE

    Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use of a property as a 5 bed, 5 person house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

    167 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9DP

    Received 2 Sept 2025
  15. DecidedA/25/099604/WTTPO

    T1 London Plane Fell

    40 Carders Close Leigh WN7 4JX

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  16. DecidedA/25/099605/WTTPO

    T1 Maple Crown reduce by no more than 2 metres. Crown thin by 20%.

    3 North Lane Tyldesley Manchester M29 7BF

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  17. DecidedA/25/099607/WTTPO

    European Beech Crown lift by 10 metres and 20% crown thin

    10 Ross Close Wigan WN2 1BH

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  18. DecidedA/25/099608/ADV

    To display 6 internally illuminated fascia signs, 1 non-illuminated sign and two, doubled-sided totem displays

    Home Bargains 49 Kirkhall Lane Leigh WN7 1SA

    Received 4 Sept 2025
  19. DecidedA/25/099609/CON

    Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.12 (CT&EMP) in respect of approved application A/25/098937/VARMAJ

    Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley

    Received 4 Sept 2025
  20. DecidedA/25/099610/MAJOR

    Proposed change of use from light industrial use to a sui generis use involving the collection, sorting, storage and recycling of waste metals (retrospective application)

    Unit 11 Ashton Grange Industrial Estate Bryn Road Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8BX

    Received 5 Sept 2025
  21. DecidedA/25/099611/LUCP

    Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to a care home for up to 6 residents aged 16-18 (Class C2)

    251 Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2AP

    Received 5 Sept 2025
  22. DecidedA/25/099612/HH

    Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and front dormers following demolition of detached garage

    1 Beech Grove Leigh WN7 3LW

    Received 5 Sept 2025
  23. UnknownA/25/099613/PDMA

    Prior notification for change of use from Class E to 2 self-contained flats Class C3

    52 Church Street Leigh WN7 1AZ

    Received 4 Sept 2025
  24. UnknownA/25/099614/LUCP

    Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey rear extension

    5 Allenby Street Atherton Manchester M46 0BJ

    Received 5 Sept 2025

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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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