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 75.6% based on 45 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Wigan?

There is a 19.9% 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 19.9% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

5,457 real decisions·29 wards·Updated June 2026

All 29 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Shevington With Lower Ground	155	148	7	95.5%
2	Ashton In Makerfield South	91	85	6	93.4%
3	Golborne And Lowton West	189	175	14	92.6%
4	Hindley Green	35	32	3	91.4%
5	Bryn	124	113	11	91.1%
6	Lowton East	299	272	27	91.0%
7	Hindley	154	140	14	90.9%
8	Tyldesley	186	168	18	90.3%
9	Standish With Langtree	330	297	33	90.0%
10	Leigh South	281	253	28	90.0%
11	Leigh West	175	157	18	89.7%
12	Orrell	246	220	26	89.4%
13	Leigh East	133	118	15	88.7%
14	Winstanley	209	185	24	88.5%
15	Astley	94	83	11	88.3%
16	Atherton North	59	52	7	88.1%
17	Worsley Mesnes	127	111	16	87.4%
18	Wigan Central	366	317	49	86.6%
19	Leigh Central And Higher Folds	83	71	12	85.5%
20	Bryn With Ashton In Makerfield North	51	43	8	84.3%
21	Wigan West	147	119	28	81.0%
22	Shevington With Lower Ground And Moor	83	67	16	80.7%
23	Douglas	81	65	16	80.2%
24	Atherton South And Lilford	74	59	15	79.7%
25	Tyldesley And Mosley Common	74	59	15	79.7%
26	Pemberton	55	43	12	78.2%
27	Ince	55	43	12	78.2%
28	Aspull New Springs Whelley	98	75	23	76.5%
29	Abram	45	34	11	75.6%

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What the data tells us

A 19.9% gap separates the best and worst wards. Shevington With Lower Ground approves 95.5% of applications while Abram approves just 75.6%. 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 5,457 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 →