Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,135 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
39 Salisbury Avenue Heywood Rochdale OL10 2NY
Received Not publishedLand Off Mottram Old Road Hyde SK14 3BE
Received Not publishedScout Moor Wind Farm, Gincroft Lane, Edenfield, Bury
Received Not published21 Cricket View Milnrow OL16 4JB
Received Not published9 Mainway Middleton Rochdale M24 1LE
Received Not publishedInd Estate Corporation Road Rochdale OL11 4JB
Received Not publishedCastle Inn Manchester Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 4HY
Received Not published9 Lower Beechwood Rochdale OL11 4LY
Received Not publishedSheep Bank Farm Blackstone Edge Old Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0LH
Received Not published17 Prince Street Rochdale OL16 5LL
Received Not published872 Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 2SP
Received Not published18 Margaret Avenue Rochdale Rochdale OL16 5BG
Received Not publishedJunction 19, M62 Heywood Interchange/Simister Island Rochdale
Received Not published33 Hawthorn Road Rochdale OL11 5JQ
Received Not published62 Park Road Rochdale OL12 9BJ
Received Not published22 Cumberland Road Rochdale OL11 2RP
Received Not published24 Thornham New Road Rochdale OL11 2XR
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 38 Durnford Street Middleton Rochdale M24 5UD
Received Not published26 Marland Old Road Rochdale OL11 4QY
Received Not published23 Broadhalgh Rochdale OL11 5LX
Received Not publishedLand At Balderstone Road, Ruskin Road And Curzon Road (Site 3) Kirkholt Rochdale OL11 2JG
Received Not publishedGelder Clough Caravan Park Ashworth Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 4BD
Received Not published7 Warwick Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HU
Received Not published21 Berwick Street Rochdale OL16 5DT
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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