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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.
11,142 approved · 1,162 refused · 721 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
175 Crompton Way Lowton Warrington WA3 1FW
Received 9 Apr 202667 Twist Lane Leigh WN7 4BZ
Received 9 Apr 20262 Mere Oaks Standish Wigan WN1 2SL
Received 9 Apr 2026Methodist Church Antrim Close Winstanley Wigan WN3 6DP
Received 9 Apr 202625 Highfield Drive Standish Wigan WN6 0EJ
Received 9 Apr 20262 New Street Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5JB
Received 10 Apr 2026271 Bolton Road Atherton Manchester M46 9HG
Received 9 Apr 20261 Limes Avenue Standish Wigan WN6 0AB
Received 10 Apr 2026Smallacre 7 Hawthorn Avenue Standish Wigan WN1 2ST
Received 10 Apr 2026Leigh Plumbing Services 113 Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2DA
Received 10 Apr 202647 Milton Grove Orrell Wigan WN5 8HP
Received 10 Apr 2026Masonic Hall Chapel Street Pemberton Wigan WN5 8JP
Received 10 Apr 202612 Close Street Hindley Wigan WN2 4DF
Received 13 Apr 2026Pier 2 Wigan Pier Wallgate Wigan WN3 4EU
Received 13 Apr 20263 Market Street Hindley Wigan WN2 3AE
Received 31 Mar 2026141 St Helens Road Leigh WN7 3JH
Received 11 Apr 2026St Thomas Church Hall Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield
Received 12 Apr 2026Queens Arms 9 Harrison Street Wigan WN5 9AU
Received 14 Apr 202610 Anthorn Road Wigan WN3 6UF
Received 15 Apr 20261 Talbot Street Golborne Warrington WA3 3NN
Received 15 Apr 2026758 - 760 Atherton Road Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4SB
Received 15 Apr 20265 Kilshaw Court Kilshaw Street Pemberton Wigan WN5 8EA
Received 15 Apr 2026169 Shevington Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8AD
Received 15 Apr 20262 Rectory Farm Rectory Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0XD
Received 17 Apr 2026Records 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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