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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Taylor Street Rochdale OL12 0HX
Received Not published31 Elm Street Middleton M24 2EQ
Received Not publishedNewhouse Academy Newhouse Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2NT
Received Not publishedPilsworth Lake/Fisheries, Moss Hall Road, Bury, OL10 2RF
Received Not published81 Warwick Road Middleton M24 1HU
Received Not published29 Arden Avenue Middleton Rochdale M24 1PN
Received Not published8 Lower Beechwood Rochdale OL11 4LY
Received Not published28 Lonsdale Avenue Rochdale OL16 5HP
Received Not published30 & 32 Rochdale Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3LN
Received Not publishedAlleyway To Rear Of 25 - 41 Queens Park Road / Sides Of 2 - 4 Woodland St / 38 Holland Street Heywood OL10 4HA
Received Not published13 Bealbank Close Milnrow Rochdale OL16 4LF
Received Not published60 Lowry Way Rochdale OL11 2BE
Received Not published15 Bonscale Crescent Middleton M24 5LX
Received Not published18 Gloucester Road Middleton M24 1HH
Received Not published65 Mossway Middleton Rochdale M24 1WS
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 6XH
Received Not publishedGrass Verge Adj To Access Road Well I'th Lane Lower Place Rochdale OL11 1BL
Received Not publishedTouchstones Arts And Heritage Centre The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AQ
Received Not publishedBurnedge House Broad Lane Rochdale OL16 4QL
Received Not published30 Emma Street Rochdale OL12 6QW
Received Not published151 Bellshill Crescent Rochdale OL16 2TU
Received Not publishedLand Off Dig Gate Lane Dig Gate Lane Kingsway Business Park Rochdale
Received Not published142 New Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8NL
Received Not published63 Seven Acres Lane Rochdale OL12 7RW
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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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