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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
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 dates18,118Searchable applications
602Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 13,827 approved or refused records
1,210Refused applications
12,617 approved · 1,210 refused · 782 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Awaiting decisionA/26/101635/HH
Single storey rear extension projecting to side
17 Cornelian Grove Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 9RW
Received 8 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101637/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.12 (Play) in respect of approved application A/25/098376/RMMAJ
Land Off Wellington Drive North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101638/HH
Porch to front, part single/part two storey side and rear extension
25 Old Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8AR
Received 8 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101640/WTTPO
T1- Remove all deadwood from horse chestnut overhanging public footpaths & main road. This tree has just dropped a large branch into the properties grounds. T2- Fell to ground level silver birch trees with fungi. This tree isn???t in good health and has the potential to hit the property if it fails. T3- Dead sycamore tree to be felled to ground level. T4 - Dead oak tree to be felled to ground level. T5- Mature beech tree to be pollarded as has fungi at the base and on the main stem. This tree is overly mature and would be catastrophic to its surroundings if it fails. T6- Beech trees x2 to be pruned back from property as branches are touching roof / gutters.
The Vicarage 5 Copperas Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1PA
Received 14 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101641/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Internal Walls), Condition No.4 (Materials), Condition No.5 (Water Goods), Condition No.7 (Roof Works), Condition No.8 (Removal of Chimney and Cellar Staircase), Condition No.9 (Internal Insulation), Condition No.22 (EV Charging), Condition No.24 (Ecological Enhancement), Condition No.25 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and Condition No.26 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) in respect of approved application A/26/100259/FULL
109 Shevington Moor Standish Wigan WN6 0SE
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101642/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Internal Walls), Condition No.4 (Materials), Condition No.5 (Water Goods), Condition No.7 (Roof Works), Condition No.8 (Removal of Chimney and Cellar Staircase) and Condition No.9 (Internal Insulation) in respect of approved application A/26/100260/LB
109 Shevington Moor Standish Wigan WN6 0SE
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101643/WTTPO
T1, Oak - Reduce by approx. 3m. Crown lift to no more than 5m over entrance to land (annotated yellow), alleviating potential future vehicular damage. Removal of epicormic growth around base and lower stem.
103 Gathurst Lane Shevington Wigan WN6 8HS
Received 11 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101644/WTTPO
T1 Beech- Fell
Bridgeside Barn Red Rock Lane Haigh Wigan WN1 2UW
Received 12 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101646/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.9 (Ecological Enhancements) in respect of approved application A/25/099009/RMMAJ
Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley
Received 12 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101658/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.20 (Bat Surveys) and Condition No.22 (Landscape Management Plan) and Supplementary Details relating to Condition No.14 (Landscaping) in respect of approved application A/23/96251/MAJPSI
Wigan And Leigh College Parsons Walk Building Parsons Walk Wigan WN1 1RR
Received 13 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101660/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.4 (Revised Hard and Soft Landscaping Scheme) in respect of approved application A/25/100255/VARMAJ
Land To The Rear Of St Johns Vicarage Lee Lane Abram WN2 5QU
Received 13 Oct 2026 - UnknownA/26/101664/NMAS
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission reference A/26/10042/VAR (Section 73 permission), itself relating to planning permission reference A/23/96265/FULL. Amendments include changes to materials, and comprise the replacement of 'white' brick slip tiles with 'off-white' brick slip tiles.
Car Park Robin Park Leisure Centre Robin Park Road Wigan
Received 9 Oct 2026 - RegisteredA/26/101666/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART discharge Condition No.41 (Noise - in relation to the Hotel only) in respect of approved application A/25/099781/VARMAJ
The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR
Received 14 Oct 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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