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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Stonehill Drive Rochdale OL12 7JN
Received Not published1 Tonge Hall Close Middleton Rochdale M24 2TT
Received Not publishedClough House Farm Clough House Lane Wardle Rochdale OL12 9PL
Received Not publishedCrescent Hall Edmund Street Rochdale OL12 6QG
Received Not published17 Pennine Drive Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3DT
Received Not publishedLand South Of Park Mill Buckley Road Rochdale OL12 9DJ
Received Not published27 Spring Bank Lane Rochdale OL11 5SE
Received Not publishedOld Hall House Little Clegg Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0EF
Received Not publishedUnit 3, Urban Park George Stephenson Ave Rochdale OL16 4GR
Received Not published11 Ellenshaw Close Rochdale OL12 7GP
Received Not published62 Cheltenham Road Middleton M24 1HG
Received Not published2 Tern Close Rochdale OL11 5QU
Received Not published4 Bridge North Drive Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0ES
Received Not published71 Clay Lane Rochdale OL11 5RH
Received Not published29 Penrose Gardens Middleton Rochdale M24 2SY
Received Not published10-14 Middleton Road Heywood OL10 2HT
Received Not published1 Taunton Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LD
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH
Received Not published2 Chamber House Drive Rochdale OL11 3LS
Received Not published562A Oldham Road Rochdale OL11 2AZ
Received Not published28 Church Stile Rochdale OL16 1QE
Received Not publishedAlleyway To Side And Rear 4 -18 Boothroyden Close Middleton, M24 4RW
Received Not published69 Lake Bank Littleborough OL15 0DN
Received Not published69 Lake Bank Littleborough OL15 0DN
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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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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