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.
3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Hardfield House Bowling Green Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 1DJ
Received Not published13 Shaftesbury Drive Heywood OL10 2PH
Received Not publishedElectricity Sub Station Adjacent Langley Lane Junction Heywood Old Road Middleton Rochdale OL10 2QL
Received Not published41 Hazelhurst Drive Middleton Rochdale M24 6TL
Received Not published82 Birchfield Drive Rochdale OL11 4NY
Received Not published14 Moorhouse Farm Milnrow OL16 4BS
Received Not publishedLeaches Farm Ashworth Road Heywood Rochdale OL11 5UN
Received Not publishedThe Wheatsheaf Centre Baillie Street Rochdale OL16 1JZ
Received Not publishedThe Wheatsheaf Library The Wheatsheaf Centre Baillie Street Rochdale OL16 1JZ
Received Not published158 Rooley Moor Road Rochdale OL12 7DQ
Received Not publishedThamins Indian Restaurant New Road Littleborough OL15 8PL
Received Not publishedRochdale Golf Club Edenfield Road Rochdale OL11 5YR
Received Not published33 Charter Street Rochdale OL16 4UD
Received Not published23 Foxglove Court Rochdale OL12 6XF
Received Not publishedNewhouse Academy Newhouse Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2NT
Received Not publishedLand North Of West Starkey Street, Heywood
Received Not publishedEdgegate Farm Huddersfield Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3TJ
Received Not publishedAshworth Valley Scout Campsite Ashworth Road Heywood Rochdale OL11 5UP
Received Not publishedVenus Lounge 41 York Street Heywood OL10 4NN
Received Not published5 Marsden Close Rochdale OL16 4SD
Received Not published147 Adjacent Yorkshire Street Rochdale Rochdale OL12 0DR
Received Not publishedGarages on land to the rear of 110 Dale Street, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 4HX
Received Not publishedLand Off Mossylea Close, Middleton
Received Not publishedFurther Red Lumb Red Lumb Street Rochdale OL12 7TX
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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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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