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• Paper recycling collections
  In Wigan Borough, residents receive a fortnightly collection of paper from their recycling sack. Most properties also have a fortnightly collections of garden waste from their green wheelie bin and a new service is being introduced for class, cans and plastics in a brown bin.
• Parking Fines
  In this section you can find out why a parking ticket was issued and what to do about it.
• Parking Permits
  You must display the correct parking permit at all times or risk being fined.
• Parks Playing Fields and Open Spaces (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Pavements - Maintenance
  Wigan Council carries out routine scheduled safety inspections of all adopted highways within the borough, in accordance with national guidelines. Inspectors are based in the highways maintenance team in the Department of Environmental Services.
• Paveways Disability Advice Line
  Paveways Plus is a helpline for disabled people, their families and carers.
• Pay a Council bill
  Information about how to pay a council bill.
• Pedestrian Crossings
  To protect pedestrians and to help them move about the streets easily, different kinds of pedestrian crossings can be installed at junctions or busy crossing points. These crossings provide a clear route from A to B, or reduce risks in locations with a specific history of pedestrian accidents. The types of crossing which are used by transport planners and designers in Wigan Borough are explained on this page.
• Pennington Flash (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Pension Service (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Pensioners
  A directory for the over 50’s to find services, community groups, charities, organisations, news and events on the Wigan Council and partner websites that might be of particular interest to you
• People's Network (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Performance (Wigan and Leigh Housing)
  We publish our own magazine called 'Housing Matters'. To see the latest edition, click on the link below.
• Performance Information For Wigan And Leigh Housing (Wigan and Leigh Housing)
  This page contains information about how we manage performance and how we are performing.
• Performing Animals
  If you exhibit, use or train performing animals, in England, Wales or Scotland, you must be registered with your local authority.
• Permits - Household waste
  The council encourages residents to recycle as much of their waste as possible using the various doorstep collection services, or to take materials to one of the borough's five household waste recycling centres or to the many roadside recycling points.
• Personal Licences
  A personal licence is a licence which authorises that individual to supply alcohol, or authorises the supply of alcohol, in accordance with a premises licence.
• Pest Control
  The service deals with pest problems regarding rats, mice, cockroaches, bed bugs and fleas, also other insect pests, wasps and ants. Advice on all types of pests can be given and pigeon proofing contracts can be arranged.
• Pet Shops
  To run a business selling pet animals you need a licence from the local authority. This includes all commercial selling of pet animals, including pet shops and businesses selling animals over the internet.
• Photocopying (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Photographs (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Pitch Bookings (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Planning - Business
  Most work on land or buildings and many changes of use in business premises need planning permission.
• Planning Applications
  
• Planning Consultations
  In order to explain how we carry out consultation on town planning matters, we have prepared a Statement of Community Involvement.
• Play (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Play Areas (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Playing Fields (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Playschemes (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust)
  
• Policy, Procedure and Guidance. Introduction
  
• Pollution - Contaminated Land
  A strategic approach is used to identify, assess and ultimately clean up contaminated land In the borough. In 2001 a Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy was published setting out how this was to be achieved, the resources required and timescale.
• Pollution - Industrial and Commercial Noise
  The activities of trade or businesses can lead to noise which may be a nuisance.
• Pollution - Residential Noise
  This page has been designed to provide you with as much information as possible on domestic noise nuisances
• Pollution Prevention Control
  We issue environmental permits and regulate air pollutants released by around 90 local industrial businesses.
• Population and Migration
  The census is a comprehensive count of all people and homes in the United Kingdom and is carried out every 10 years by the Office for National Statistics. The last census was carried out on Sunday 29 April 2001.
• Postal Voting
  If you cannot go to the polling station on election day you can apply to vote by post. Deadlines for applications will be in force prior to any election.
• posters
  Wigan Council is determined to make our Borough, Cleaner, Greener and Safer for all, this commitment acknowledges our responsibility for the quality of our local environment.
• Potholes
  We are responsible for maintaining the roads (technically known as 'carriageways') and pavements (known as 'footways') of adopted highways. An adopted highway is one where the local authority has taken on the legal responsibility for maintenance.
• Power To Your Home (Wigan and Leigh Housing)
  The following companies can provide both gas and electric to your home unless otherwise indicated.
• Premises Licences
  A Premises licence is required by any premises which provides one or more of the “licensable activities”. Premises is defined as meaning, “any place and includes a vehicle, a vessel or moveable structure”. Such a licence will allow the licence holder to use the premises to which the licence relates ("the licensed premises") for licensable activities.
• Press
  Media enquiries regarding Wigan Council are dealt with by the public relations team.
• Primary School Admissions
  Applications for places at Wigan Primary Schools.
• Privacy
  The Data Protection Act 1998 is designed to ensure that personal data held by the Council is looked after properly. We will collect, use, and store personal data about you according to the principles set down in the Data Protection Act.
• Private Hire Drivers
  A licence is required before any person can drive a private hire vehicle. Licences are issued by Wigan Council, subject to proof of eligibility (driving licence, criminal records check, medical assessment etc..). Applicants are also required to pass a knowledge test.
• Private Hire Operators
  A private hire operator is a person making provision in the course of his business for the invitation or acceptance of bookings for private hire vehicles. Private hire operators are based at premises throughout the Borough and normally accept bookings over the telephone. Cars are dispatched to customers through the use of radios or computerised systems. There are no restrictions on the number of vehicles and drivers that can be operated under a private hire operators licence.
• Private Hire Vehicles
  Private hire vehicles have to be licensed by Wigan Council if operating in the Borough. Private hire vehicles are vehicles that cannot be hailed from the street and must be pre-booked through an operator. Vehicles must be tested before a licence can be issued to ensure that they are mechanically fit, safe and comfortable. There is also a further test during the period of the licence.
• Problems With Your Neighbour (Wigan and Leigh Housing)
  This page aims to provide help on what to do if you are having problems with a neighbour
• Procurement
  Procurement is the selection of goods and services made available by other organisations to enable the council to deliver high quality services to residents. These pages should help you understand how we provide opportunities to and select our suppliers.
• Property Finder Service
  If a business is considering relocation into or expansion within the borough, the Property Finder Service can help to find the most suitable premises using the property database.
• Property Shop (Wigan and Leigh Housing)
  All properties are let through Wigan Council’s Housing Allocation Scheme which is called – “A New Home – The Choice is Yours”.
• Protecting Trees
  Protection of trees and woodlands to enhance the amenity of the borough.
• Protecting vulnerable adults
  Every adult has the right to: live a life free from fear; be treated with dignity; have their choices respected; and not to be forced to do anything against their will.
• Proxy Voting
  If you cannot go to your polling station on election day you can appoint someone to vote on your behalf (proxy vote). Deadlines for applications will be in force prior to any election.
• Public Rights of Way
  Wigan is a Metropolitan Borough Council with direct responsibility for its rights of way network. This means the council has a legal duty to 'assert and protect the rights of the public to the use and enjoyment' of Public Rights of Way. In addition to maintaining the area's footpaths and bridleways, officers in the rights of way team also work closely with voluntary and interest groups in the community to enhance and promote the network.
• Public Toilets
  There are three staffed toilet facilities within Wigan Borough.
• Pupil Records