Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Standish-with-Langtree formed part of the Wigan Poor Law Union, an inter-parish unit established to administer the Poor Law which made use of premisess on Frog Lane Wigan and Hindley [REF].
In May 2015, Standish Voice, a residents' group formed in July 2014, was designated as the Neighbourhood Forum for Standish, with the aim of creating a Neighbourhood Plan[REF] for the village.