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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
231Recorded 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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. Decision Made24/00858/ANM

    Application for non material amendment to planning permission 24/00276/FUL for removal of the first floor window above the stairs and infilling the opening to continue the mock-tudor timber paneling and render along the facade to respect the building's non-designated heritage asset status

    Castle Inn Manchester Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 4HY

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made24/00859/HOUS

    Single-storey rear and side extensions, alteration to fenestration including rooflights and first floor balcony at rear elevation, render to all elevations, addition of front bay windows and flue to the rear (Retrospective)

    13 Kings Drive Middleton M24 4FB

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made24/00861/HOUS

    Two storey side extension and front porch

    6 Wensley Way Rochdale OL16 5HA

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made24/00143/FUL

    Construction of a 6 storey building comprising 34no. apartments (C3 use) and a commercial unit (Class E) at ground floor level.

    Land Between 40- 48 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1NU

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made24/00125/FUL

    Erection of four No. one bedroom, self-contained apartments together with the creation of 4 new parking spaces and bin storage area

    83 Fielding Street Middleton M24 6BG

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made24/00144/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer and two roof lights on the front roof slope

    566 Manchester Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4PJ

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made24/00145/HOUS

    Single storey pitched roof rear extension

    566 Manchester Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4PJ

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made24/00170/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension including roof lights following demolition of existing conservatory.

    7 Waddington Fold Rochdale OL16 4QB

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made24/00175/HOUS

    Part two storey / part single storey rear extension and insertion of 1no window to eastern elevation and alteration to fenestration on upper rear elevation

    19 Shaddock Avenue Rochdale OL12 7QA

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made24/00196/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials) and 4 (method statement) on planning permission 23/00821/HOUS

    5 Beaumonds Meadowcroft Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5HN

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made24/00305/HOUS

    First floor side extension and two storey rear extension together with the insertion of a new window to the front elevation

    5 Lonsdale Avenue Rochdale OL16 5HP

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made24/00542/DOC

    Discharge of conditions 7 (CMP), 8 (site investigation and assessment) , 9 (coal mining) and 10 (surface water drainage scheme) on planning permission 23/01382/FUL

    Land Opposite Harwood Primary School, Hornby Street, Heywood.

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made24/00050/WTTPO

    Application to fell 5 Oak trees (Group 8 and 9 on submitted plans) subject to Tree Preservation Order No 256

    Land Adjacent To The Fishing Lake, Dell Road, Healey Dell, Rochdale, OL12 6BG

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made24/00203/HOUS

    Part two storey, part single storey rear extension with alterations to fenestration

    258 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EE

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made24/00234/HOUS

    First floor side extension and garage conversion.

    16 Fallowfield Drive Rochdale OL12 6LZ

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made24/00291/VRCON

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 of planning permission 22/00278/FUL (Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 2no pairs of semi-detached dwellings and 1no detached with associated access) to move plots 1 and 2 forward by 3m towards Kirkway (Drawing No. 2142/02/C)

    Kirkway Service Station, Kirkway, Middleton M24 1LW

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made24/00433/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 4m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.25m and height to eaves to 2.35m)

    23 Foxglove Court Rochdale OL12 6XF

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made24/00442/FUL

    Installation of new and refurbishment of existing cladding to all elevations

    KFC Kemp Street Middleton M24 4UA

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made24/00634/WTTPO

    Application for works to three trees identified within group A2 of Tree Preservation Order TPO005 - T1 - Oak - Remove epicormic growth, T2 - Silver Birch - Lower by approximately 15 ft, T5 - Silver Birch - Fell and remove

    1 The Spinney Thrum Hall Lane Rochdale OL12 6DA

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made24/00649/HOUS

    Erection of a single storey side and rear extension following dmolition of conservatory and detached garage

    3 Boardman Fold Road Middleton M24 1QD

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made24/00758/FUL

    Change of use of ground and first floors from residential use to Class E (Commercial, business and service)

    3-7 Summer Street Rochdale OL16 1SY

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made24/00775/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 4m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.7m and height to eaves to 2.4m)

    11 Weavers Drive Castleton Rochdale OL11 3FU

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made24/00822/CPL

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the propose conversion of the garage to habitable room including alterations to front elevation to replace garage door with a window

    34 Laburnum Way Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8RL

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made24/00855/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension including roof lights

    186 Milnrow Road Rochdale OL16 5BB

    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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