This privacy notice is regularly reviewed and may be updated or revisited at any time. It was last updated in December 2025. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes.
- Introduction
- What personal data do we collect?
- How we use personal data
- Legal Basis for processing
- Who do we share personal data with?
- How long do we keep personal data?
- Automated decisions
- Your rights
- Data Protection Officer.
Introduction
Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in Wigan Council Primary Privacy Notice.
This notice provides additional privacy information for Development Management and Building Control.
What personal data do we collect?
To carry out activities and obligations we process the following personal data:
- Name
- Title
- Address
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Date of birth
- Bank account details.
We may also process the following special category data:
- Information about any disability you may have i.e. health data.
How we use personal data
The main purpose for processing your personal data is to exercise our statutory functions as the Local Planning Authority and the Building Control Authority, including a duty to create and maintain a public register of planning applications.
Legal Basis for processing
The lawful basis we rely on for processing your personal data is:
- It is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
The legal obligations arise from the following non-exhaustive list:
Development Management (Planning) legislation (as amended)
- Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
- Localism Act 2011
- Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012
- Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
- Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012
- Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010
- Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017
- Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
- Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007
- Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017.
Planning Enforcement legislation (as amended)
- Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.
Building Control legislation (as amended)
- Building Act 1984
- Building Regulations 2010
- Building Safety Act 2022
- Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024
- Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025.
The condition we rely on for processing your special category data is:
- Reasons of substantial public interest: Statutory etc and government purposes.
Who do we share personal data with?
In addition to the general reasons for data sharing described in the Council’s Primary Privacy Notice, we collect from or share personal data with the following when required:
- Other teams within Wigan Council
- Other local authorities
- The planning portal
- Planning inspectorate
- Idox Software Ltd
- Statutory and non-statutory consultees
- Specialist technical advisors appointed by the Council.
Your personal details will be included in the published register of planning applications (although home address, personal email address and signature will be removed). If you comment on a planning application, your personal data will be collected but will not be published.
How long do we keep personal data?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any future legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
We must continue to retain necessary data in accordance with our corporate records policy to fulfil legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.
Automated decisions
All the decisions we make about you involve human intervention.
Your rights
More information on how to seek advice to exercise your rights, raise a concern or complain about the handling of your personal data by the council can be found in at Wigan Council Primary Privacy Notice.
Data Protection Officer
If you wish to raise a concern or seek clarification about any aspect of this notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer. Please provide documents to prove your identity along with a description of your concern.
We will respond to all requests within one month.
If you are unhappy with the way that we handle your concern you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) (external link).
Document information
Owner: David Proctor, Assistant Director, Planning and Regeneration
Author: Gareth Jones, Service Manager, Development Management and Building Control
Version and date: V3.0, December 2025