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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,810Searchable applications
232Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,728 approved or refused records
590Refused applications

3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas30 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas5 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

  1. Decision Made24/00297/FUL

    Change of use and conversion of existing dwelling to a house of multiple occupancy (8 bed HMO) with associated works including a replacement single storey side extension to form bedroom, refuse and bicycle store (part retrospective)

    Hardfield House Bowling Green Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 1DJ

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made24/00298/HOUS

    Application of render to all elevations

    13 Shaftesbury Drive Heywood OL10 2PH

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made24/00864/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 22/01076/FUL for alterations to the position of the railing fence on the Langley Lane side

    Electricity Sub Station Adjacent Langley Lane Junction Heywood Old Road Middleton Rochdale OL10 2QL

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made24/00865/HOUS

    Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension

    41 Hazelhurst Drive Middleton Rochdale M24 6TL

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made24/00869/HOUS

    Alterations to eaves height and roof slope for first floor front and rear extension including front dormer

    82 Birchfield Drive Rochdale OL11 4NY

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made24/00870/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 3.9m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.6m and height to eaves to 2.2m)

    14 Moorhouse Farm Milnrow OL16 4BS

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made24/00630/FUL

    Conversion of existing barn to form two new dwellings including engineering works and formation of retaining wall to provide level access together with two storey side extension

    Leaches Farm Ashworth Road Heywood Rochdale OL11 5UN

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made24/00631/FUL

    Alterations to entrance mall from Yorkshire Street including the installation of a roller shutter

    The Wheatsheaf Centre Baillie Street Rochdale OL16 1JZ

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made24/00632/FUL

    Change of use and conversion of floor levels 5 and 6 to form Banqueting Hall including erection of two storey extension to form new entrance from car park

    The Wheatsheaf Library The Wheatsheaf Centre Baillie Street Rochdale OL16 1JZ

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made24/00633/FUL

    Change of use of former public house (sui generis) to 6 no. self-contained apartments (Use Class C3). Alterations to roof including increase in ridge height, first floor extension and dormer extension to rear, alteration to fenestration on all elevations with associated car parking, landscaping and bin store

    158 Rooley Moor Road Rochdale OL12 7DQ

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made24/00664/PRA56

    Prior approval for the change of use at first floor from storage space into two self-contained flats

    Thamins Indian Restaurant New Road Littleborough OL15 8PL

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made24/00045/VRCON

    Section 73 application to vary condition 8 of planning permission D32658 for Erection of equipment shed and formation of storage area and overflow car park to alter the operational hours of equipment shed to 'No equipment to be moved to/from the building other than between the hours of 0600 hours and 2100 hours Monday to Friday and 0600 hours and 1900 hours on Saturday and Sunday'

    Rochdale Golf Club Edenfield Road Rochdale OL11 5YR

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made24/00082/HOUS

    First-floor side extension and part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension, and instillation of a hipped roof above existing side extension- Re sub of 23/00394/HOUS

    33 Charter Street Rochdale OL16 4UD

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made24/00065/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory

    23 Foxglove Court Rochdale OL12 6XF

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made24/00235/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 4 (Landscaping) and 5 (Bat and Bird Boxes) of planning permission 22/01191/PSID (Two storey school building, with lobby and toilet facilities, together with associated refurbishment of existing plant, water tank and substation block, and associated landscape works, following demolition of existing main school building)

    Newhouse Academy Newhouse Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2NT

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made24/00336/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 5 (Coal Mining), 6 (Remediation), 7 (CTMP and CEMP), 8 (Drainage) and 9 (Piling) of planning permission 23/00852/PSID (Erection of a two-storey school building, with associated access, parking, refuse store, outdoor recreation facilities, landscaping and ancillary works)

    Land North Of West Starkey Street, Heywood

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made24/00118/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 1 (Phase 1 Preliminary Risk Assessment) and condition 2 (230106_A2_3000_Proposed Surface and Foul Drainage Plan) of planning permission 22/01189/PRA56 (Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to 4 no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) including installation of new windows and doors)

    Edgegate Farm Huddersfield Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3TJ

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made24/00119/FUL

    Construction of an Outdoor and Indoor Archery Facility, new access pathway, erection of a 2m high overshoot fence, and the creation of new parking spaces

    Ashworth Valley Scout Campsite Ashworth Road Heywood Rochdale OL11 5UP

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made24/00283/FUL

    Change of use from existing first floor nightclub to 4no self-contained one bedroom flats. Ground floor restaurant to be retained.

    Venus Lounge 41 York Street Heywood OL10 4NN

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made24/00323/HOUS

    Erection of three front dormers to facilitate loft conversion together with the insertion of three roof lights to the rear, alterations to fenestration on the rear elevation and the application of grey render to all existing external walls

    5 Marsden Close Rochdale OL16 4SD

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made24/00351/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials) on planning permission 23/01078/FUL

    147 Adjacent Yorkshire Street Rochdale Rochdale OL12 0DR

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made24/00357/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials) on planning permission 23/00482/FUL

    Garages on land to the rear of 110 Dale Street, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 4HX

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made24/00361/ANM

    Non material amendment of planning approval 22/01177/FUL [Erection 29 dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated access, landscaping and infrastructure] for alterations to front elevations of 2no' house types

    Land Off Mossylea Close, Middleton

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made24/00721/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (contamination), 4 (Highway), 5 (surface water), 6 (site level), 7 (building materials), 8 (1m wall) and 10 (bioviversity)on planning permission 21/00661/FUL

    Further Red Lumb Red Lumb Street Rochdale OL12 7TX

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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