New housing in Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
We read Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 15,403 of its planning applications going back to 2010, and 55 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 153% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 153% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 15,403
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 19 | 7 |
| 2025 | 83 | 43 | 31 |
| 2024 | 81 | 51 | 14 |
| 2023 | 127 | 88 | 22 |
| 2022 | 85 | 58 | 11 |
| 2021 | 96 | 68 | 13 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,491 | North Leigh Development Site Between A577 Corner Lane Smallbrook Lane To The North; A578 Leigh Road To The West; Nel Pan Lane To The South; Lovers Lane To The East. Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) pursuant to outline planning permission A/12/76665 (as amended) for the erection of 1491 dwellings, internal access roads, public open space… A/26/100520/RMMAJ | Awaiting decision | 24 Feb 2026 |
| 244 | Land North Of Mosley Common South Of The Guided Busway Worsley Application for approval of the reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to application ref. A/23/95155/OUTMES for the erection of 244 dwellings with associated landscaping, public open… A/25/099409/RMMAJ | Approved | 11 Aug 2025 |
| 207 | Land North Of Mosley Common North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley Application for the approval of reserved matters (with details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to ref. A/25/098937/VARMAJ for the erection of 207 dwellings with associated landscaping, public open… A/26/101141/RMMAJ | Awaiting decision | 29 Jul 2026 |
| 179 | Eckersley Mill Complex Swan Meadow Road Wigan Reserved Matters application for 179 dwelling apartment block (Block A) seeking approval of appearance following approval of A/23/95983/MAJES A/24/98324/RMMAJ | Approved | 16 Dec 2024 |
| 150 | Land Off Wellington Drive North Of The Guided Busway Tyldesley Application for approval of the reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to application ref. A/23/95156/MAJES for the erection of 150 dwellings (100% affordable dwellings), with access from… A/25/098376/RMMAJ | Approved | 16 Jan 2025 |
| 122 | Land West Of Lodge Lane Haydock St Helens Reserved matters application following outline consent P/2022/0063/OUP seeking approval for layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping for residential development of 122no dwellings. A/25/098986/NLA | Decided | 30 Apr 2025 |
| 90 | Development Land North Of Fairhurst Lane (West Of Rowton Rise) Standish EIA Screening opinion for residential development of approximately 90 dwellings A/25/099221/EIASCR | Decided | 13 Jun 2025 |
| 88 | Land East Of 112 Heath Road Heath Road Ashton-In-Makerfield WN4 9ET Reserved matters application for a residential development of 88 dwellings relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale with associated service infrastructure following demolition of 156 and 158 Windsor Road… A/24/97802/RMMAJ | Approved | 12 Sept 2024 |
| 83 | Land At Douglas Road Atherton Erection of 83 dwellings (Use Class C3), with associated access, landscaping and other works A/25/098899/MAJOR | Refused | 19 May 2025 |
| 66 | Site Of Pemberton Colliery Queen Pit Road Wigan Residential development of 66 dwellings with associated amenity space, parking, landscaping, access and associated works A/23/96416/MAJOR | Approved | 28 Nov 2023 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.