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?

Abram at 73.5% based on 49 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Wigan?

There is a 22.0% gap between Shevington With Lower Ground and Abram. 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 22.0% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

5,618 real decisions·29 wards·Updated August 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	193	179	14	92.7%
3	Hindley Green	41	38	3	92.7%
4	Ashton In Makerfield South	94	87	7	92.6%
5	Hindley	160	146	14	91.2%
6	Bryn	124	113	11	91.1%
7	Lowton East	307	278	29	90.6%
8	Leigh South	288	260	28	90.3%
9	Tyldesley	186	168	18	90.3%
10	Leigh West	179	161	18	89.9%
11	Astley	106	95	11	89.6%
12	Standish With Langtree	343	306	37	89.2%
13	Orrell	258	230	28	89.1%
14	Atherton North	64	57	7	89.1%
15	Winstanley	219	195	24	89.0%
16	Leigh East	133	118	15	88.7%
17	Worsley Mesnes	133	116	17	87.2%
18	Wigan Central	374	324	50	86.6%
19	Leigh Central And Higher Folds	91	77	14	84.6%
20	Bryn With Ashton In Makerfield North	57	48	9	84.2%
21	Shevington With Lower Ground And Moor	90	73	17	81.1%
22	Tyldesley And Mosley Common	80	64	16	80.0%
23	Wigan West	149	119	30	79.9%
24	Pemberton	59	47	12	79.7%
25	Atherton South And Lilford	77	61	16	79.2%
26	Douglas	86	68	18	79.1%
27	Aspull New Springs Whelley	105	82	23	78.1%
28	Ince	60	45	15	75.0%
29	Abram	49	36	13	73.5%

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What the data tells us

A 22.0% gap separates the best and worst wards. Shevington With Lower Ground approves 95.5% of applications while Abram approves just 73.5%. 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 5,618 planning decisions in Wigan, January 2020 to August 2026. 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 →