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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decision Made24/00358/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension and first floor side extension

    26 Stonehill Drive Rochdale OL12 7JN

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made24/00359/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning application 21/00901/HOUS (First floor side and rear extension including front dormer) to enlarge the window to the rear extension

    1 Tonge Hall Close Middleton Rochdale M24 2TT

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made24/00386/PRA56

    Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

    Clough House Farm Clough House Lane Wardle Rochdale OL12 9PL

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made24/00387/FUL

    Erection of 1500mm-300mm high mesh boundary fence around perimeter of the site atop existing boundary wall, and erection of hard standing to the northern side of the church.

    Crescent Hall Edmund Street Rochdale OL12 6QG

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made24/00556/FUL

    Construction of 1 no. replacement dwelling house with front and rear dormers, new vehicle hardstanding, widening of existing dropped kerb together with boundary treatments

    17 Pennine Drive Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3DT

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made24/00570/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 14 (risk assessment) on planning permission 21/00445/FUL

    Land South Of Park Mill Buckley Road Rochdale OL12 9DJ

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made24/00571/TPO

    Application for a Tree Preservation Order to one Sycamore Tree within rear garden area

    27 Spring Bank Lane Rochdale OL11 5SE

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made24/00572/HOUS

    Installation of 2no' ground mounted Air Source Heat Pumps to the rear

    Old Hall House Little Clegg Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0EF

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made24/00584/FUL

    Erection of sprinkler tank and pumphouse and erection of paladin fence

    Unit 3, Urban Park George Stephenson Ave Rochdale OL16 4GR

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made24/00585/HOUS

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

    11 Ellenshaw Close Rochdale OL12 7GP

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made24/00094/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension with pitched roof and 1 no. roof light. The addition of front and rear dormer extensions. Single storey front porch extension with pitched roof and render to match existing and alterations to fenestration on the front and east side elevations

    62 Cheltenham Road Middleton M24 1HG

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made24/00185/HOUS

    Single storey side extension

    2 Tern Close Rochdale OL11 5QU

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made24/00190/HOUS

    Single storey side and rear extension together with front porch extension following demolition of existing outbuilding

    4 Bridge North Drive Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0ES

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made24/00191/WTTPO

    Proposed pollarding back to the previous old scaffold limb cuts of 1 Ash Tree T3 subject to TPO167

    71 Clay Lane Rochdale OL11 5RH

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made24/00204/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension with roof lights

    29 Penrose Gardens Middleton Rochdale M24 2SY

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made24/00300/FUL

    Subdivision of single dwellinghouse into two dwellinghouses, insertion of door to front elevation, new window to first floor rear elevation following removal of existing chimney

    10-14 Middleton Road Heywood OL10 2HT

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made24/00730/HOUS

    Part two-storey, part single-storey side extension, single-storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration following demolition of existing attached garage

    1 Taunton Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LD

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made24/00784/WTTPO

    Application for works to 2 Oak Trees (T1 and T8), 2 Beech Trees (T2 and T7), 2 Sycamore Trees (T3 and T6) and 2 Lime Trees (T4 and T5) - crown lift all eight trees to a minimum 4 meter ground clearance (subject to Tree Preservation Order No. 50)

    Hopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made24/00749/HOUS

    Two storey side extension and extension to existing front porch

    2 Chamber House Drive Rochdale OL11 3LS

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made24/00845/FUL

    Change of use from 5 bed (C3) dwelling, to 10 bed, 10 person HMO including demolition of side conservatory and front porch and erection of a new single storey side extension and front porch, alterations to fenestration, cycle store and patio area to rear.

    562A Oldham Road Rochdale OL11 2AZ

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made24/00069/FUL

    Change of use and conversion of existing nursery to 1 x 1 bed and 1 x 2 bed self-contained apartments and partial demolition of detached outbuilding to a 1 x 1 bedroom apartment (Class C3) alteration to fenestration, application/replacement of render, removal of external staircase, alteration to boundary treatment, car parking and landscaping

    28 Church Stile Rochdale OL16 1QE

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made24/00220/FUL

    Erection of 1 x 2 metre high vehicle access free standing alleygate to side of 10 Boothroyden Close

    Alleyway To Side And Rear 4 -18 Boothroyden Close Middleton, M24 4RW

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made24/00279/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a single storey rear extension

    69 Lake Bank Littleborough OL15 0DN

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made24/00280/CAA

    Prior approval for upwards extension through the addition of one additional storey, increasing maximum height from 5.732 to 8.260m

    69 Lake Bank Littleborough OL15 0DN

    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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