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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Wilson Street Rochdale OL12 0PW
Received Not published39 Canon Street Rochdale OL16 2TF
Received Not published48 Mentmore Road Rochdale OL16 3AE
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH
Received Not publishedMiddleton Campus Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH
Received Not published1 Fenwick Drive Middleton Rochdale M24 4SN
Received Not published1A Oxford Avenue Bamford Rochdale OL11 4DP
Received Not publishedLand North To The Door Higher Lakewood Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AZ
Received Not published33 Alpine Drive Wardle Rochdale OL12 9NY
Received Not publishedHeald Lane Farm Heald Lane Weir Bacup OL13 8QZ
Received Not publishedFormer Minky Works Royle Road Rochdale OL11 3EH
Received Not publishedHarwood Fields Farm Castle Hill Road Heywood BL9 6UL
Received Not publishedBirchinley Manor Equestrian Centre Wildhouse Lane Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3TW
Received Not publishedCastle Inn Manchester Road Castleton North Rochdale OL11 4HY
Received Not published8 Rookswood Drive Rochdale OL11 3PE
Received Not published87 Hereford Way Middleton Rochdale M24 2NN
Received Not publishedKingsway Business Park, Rochdale - Plot J2 bordering John Milne Avenue and James Kearns Avenue
Received Not publishedUnit 9 Heywood Distribution Park Heywood Rochdale OL10 2TL
Received Not published35 Milnrow Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0BS
Received Not published27 Alpine Drive Wardle Rochdale OL12 9NY
Received Not published36 Lawnswood Rochdale Rochdale OL11 3HB
Received Not publishedBrownhill Learning Community Sutherland Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 3PY
Received Not publishedSite Formerly Of Tack Lea Works And Shepperd Mill, Greenbooth Road, Norden, Rochdale
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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