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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Castle Inn Manchester Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 4HY
Received Not published13 Kings Drive Middleton M24 4FB
Received Not published6 Wensley Way Rochdale OL16 5HA
Received Not publishedLand Between 40- 48 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1NU
Received Not published83 Fielding Street Middleton M24 6BG
Received Not published566 Manchester Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4PJ
Received Not published566 Manchester Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4PJ
Received Not published7 Waddington Fold Rochdale OL16 4QB
Received Not published19 Shaddock Avenue Rochdale OL12 7QA
Received Not published5 Beaumonds Meadowcroft Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5HN
Received Not published5 Lonsdale Avenue Rochdale OL16 5HP
Received Not publishedLand Opposite Harwood Primary School, Hornby Street, Heywood.
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The Fishing Lake, Dell Road, Healey Dell, Rochdale, OL12 6BG
Received Not published258 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EE
Received Not published16 Fallowfield Drive Rochdale OL12 6LZ
Received Not publishedKirkway Service Station, Kirkway, Middleton M24 1LW
Received Not published23 Foxglove Court Rochdale OL12 6XF
Received Not publishedKFC Kemp Street Middleton M24 4UA
Received Not published1 The Spinney Thrum Hall Lane Rochdale OL12 6DA
Received Not published3 Boardman Fold Road Middleton M24 1QD
Received Not published3-7 Summer Street Rochdale OL16 1SY
Received Not published11 Weavers Drive Castleton Rochdale OL11 3FU
Received Not published34 Laburnum Way Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8RL
Received Not published186 Milnrow Road Rochdale OL16 5BB
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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