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Wigan

Limited recent decision data is available for Wigan, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (1978-07-29–2026-06-30): 86.6% of 2,625 decisions approved.

3,863Total applications
2,272Approved
353Refused
144Withdrawn
217Pending
86.6%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,862Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 989 865 124
87.5%
Full Planning Application 394 330 64
83.8%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 250 191 59
76.4%
Discharge of Conditions 135 133 2
98.5%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 122 117 5
95.9%
GPD Domestic Extensions 97 89 8
91.8%
Change of Use 92 67 25
72.8%
Advertisement Consent 85 73 12
85.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 71 70 1
98.6%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 59 56 3
94.9%
Retrospective 57 45 12
78.9%
Listed Building Consent 48 45 3
93.8%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 41 25 16
61.0%
Telecommunications 32 23 9
71.9%
Prior Approval (Other) 30 27 3
90.0%
Local Authority 21 21 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 20 20 0
100.0%
GPD Class J Part 14 18 17 1
94.4%
Reserved Matters 12 12 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 10 7 3
70.0%
Major Public Sector Infrastructure 8 8 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 7 4 3
57.1%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 6 6 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 6 6 0
100.0%
Major LA 5 5 0
100.0%
GPD CLASS G (2015) 3 3 0
100.0%
Demolition 2 2 0
100.0%
Major with Env Statement 2 2 0
100.0%
GPD Class M (2015) 1 1 0
100.0%
GPD Class R (2015) 1 1 0
100.0%
Hazardous Substance Consent 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 185 165
89.2%
2023-Q4 231 206
89.2%
2024-Q1 226 189
83.6%
2024-Q2 219 190
86.8%
2024-Q3 224 196
87.5%
2024-Q4 238 192
80.7%
2025-Q1 195 167
85.6%
2025-Q2 211 183
86.7%
2025-Q3 210 185
88.1%
2025-Q4 216 190
88.0%
2026-Q1 203 166
81.8%
2026-Q2 20 19
95.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Wigan Central 204 174 30
85.3%
Standish With Langtree 142 120 22
84.5%
Leigh South 133 117 16
88.0%
Not Available 131 121 10
92.4%
Aspull New Springs Whelley 125 102 23
81.6%
Ashton In Makerfield South 121 109 12
90.1%
Astley 108 94 14
87.0%
Orrell 108 90 18
83.3%
Shevington With Lower Ground And Moor 107 85 22
79.4%
Leigh Central And Higher Folds 104 92 12
88.5%
Douglas 102 91 11
89.2%
Lowton East 101 89 12
88.1%
Planning guides

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