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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
84.6% of applications approved
Ranks #220 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
23.9% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #50 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 142 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£200,000 median sale price
0.0% year on year · 3,989 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
44.4% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #201 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 117,663 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A/26/101602/WTTCA | 7 Lakeside Cottages Standish Wigan | G1 Cherry and 1 No. Elder Reduce back from properties by 1- 3 metres. 1 No. Cherry within group with structural… | Other | 1 Oct 2026 |
| A/26/101594/WTTPO | Chatham Street Leigh | T1 Ash at No. 4 Crown lift by 1 metre | Treeworks | 30 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101591/WTTPO | 72 Clevedon Drive Wigan | T1 Oak Remove twin stem to growth point to reduce risk of failure and away from property. | Other | 29 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101590/WTTPO | Costessey Way Wigan | T1 Sycamore No. 32 Lift low limbs to clear fence line and garden by 2.5 metres. | Other | 29 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101560/CON | Land To Rear Of And 71 Pepper Lane Standish Wigan | Conditon Discharge application to discharge condition No.8 (Operational Method Statement) in respect of approved… | Dischargeconditions | 24 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101508/WTTPO | Highfield Sand Quarry Moss Lane Lowton | We plan to reduce the overall overgrown nature of the area known as the plateau within the woods to try to encourage a… | Treeworks | 23 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101561/WTTPO | 22 Rufford Place Tyldesley Manchester | T1 Oak To remove epic growth from trunk and reduce height by 3 metres upto 120mm | Other | 23 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101563/CON | Land Off Firs Lane & Plank Lane Leigh | Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.8 (Risk Assessment and Method Statement - works within 20m of… | Dischargeconditions | 23 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101564/WTTPO | 13 Rufford Place Tyldesley Manchester | T1 Oak Crown reduce by 2 metres no more than 100 mm to second branch over house | Other | 23 Sept 2026 |
| A/26/101565/WTTPO | 24 Rufford Place Tyldesley Manchester | This tree has already had work previously to reduce over building | Other | 23 Sept 2026 |
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We index every application published on Wigan’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planning.wigan.gov.uk/online-applicationsNewest application received 1 Oct 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Wigan, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 22,716 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of Wigan — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Wigan's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 1 Oct 2026.
84.6% of Wigan's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
23.9% of appeals against Wigan decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 142 decided appeals.
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