Which ward in Wigan has the highest planning approval rate?

Shevington With Lower Ground at 95.5% based on 155 decisions.

Which ward in Wigan has the lowest planning approval rate?

Tyldesley And Mosley Common at 72.1% based on 43 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Wigan?

There is a 23.4% gap between Shevington With Lower Ground and Tyldesley And Mosley Common. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Wigan

Planning outcomes in Wigan are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 23.4% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

4,758 real decisions·29 wards·Updated March 2026

All 29 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Shevington With Lower Ground	155	148	7	95.5%
2	Golborne And Lowton West	168	156	12	92.9%
3	Abram	27	25	2	92.6%
4	Lowton East	268	245	23	91.4%
5	Hindley	140	128	12	91.4%
6	Hindley Green	23	21	2	91.3%
7	Bryn	124	113	11	91.1%
8	Standish With Langtree	286	260	26	90.9%
9	Leigh West	154	140	14	90.9%
10	Leigh South	252	228	24	90.5%
11	Ashton In Makerfield South	63	57	6	90.5%
12	Tyldesley	186	168	18	90.3%
13	Orrell	220	198	22	90.0%
14	Worsley Mesnes	117	105	12	89.7%
15	Winstanley	178	158	20	88.8%
16	Leigh East	133	118	15	88.7%
17	Douglas	44	39	5	88.6%
18	Wigan West	118	104	14	88.1%
19	Wigan Central	314	273	41	86.9%
20	Astley	51	44	7	86.3%
21	Atherton North	35	30	5	85.7%
22	Ince	26	22	4	84.6%
23	Leigh Central And Higher Folds	44	36	8	81.8%
24	Shevington With Lower Ground And Moor	56	45	11	80.4%
25	Bryn With Ashton In Makerfield North	35	28	7	80.0%
26	Pemberton	35	28	7	80.0%
27	Atherton South And Lilford	50	39	11	78.0%
28	Aspull New Springs Whelley	57	43	14	75.4%
29	Tyldesley And Mosley Common	43	31	12	72.1%

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What the data tells us

A 23.4% gap separates the best and worst wards. Shevington With Lower Ground approves 95.5% of applications while Tyldesley And Mosley Common approves just 72.1%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.

Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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Methodology: Covers 4,758 planning decisions in Wigan, January 2020 to present. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Wigan Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →