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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bowlee Golf Driving Range Heywood Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4TH
Received Not published2 Dover Street Rochdale OL16 2SZ
Received Not publishedLand Off Mossylea Close, Middleton
Received Not published133 Edmund Street Rochdale OL12 6QG
Received Not published8 Ashworth Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 2AZ
Received Not published51 Compton Way Middleton Rochdale M24 2BU
Received Not published5 Woodbank Todmorden Road Littleborough Rochdale OL14 6UY
Received Not published3 Stonehill Drive Rochdale OL12 7JN
Received Not published8 Rilldene Walk Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5WF
Received Not published23 Maureen Street Rochdale Rochdale OL12 0ER
Received Not published11 Evesham Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1PS
Received Not publishedDane House William Street Middleton Rochdale M24 2JT
Received Not published18 Summerfield Drive Middleton Rochdale M24 2WW
Received Not published38 Belmont Way Rochdale OL12 6HR
Received Not publishedAvanti Colour Print 3 Clover Street Rochdale OL12 6TP
Received Not published23 Alkrington Hall Road South Middleton Rochdale M24 1NJ
Received Not published717 Stuart House Service Station, Tommys Tyres Manchester Old Road Middleton M24 4GF
Received Not publishedMarina Ropes Ltd, Cartridge Ropery, Brunswick Street Heywood, OL10 1HA
Received Not published218 Hollin Lane Middleton M24 5LE
Received Not publishedMoorside Hareshill Road Heywood OL10 2TD
Received Not published15 Alice Street Rochdale OL12 9BZ
Received Not publishedKnacks Farm Knacks Lane Rochdale OL12 6BJ
Received Not published8 Wrigley Fold Middleton M24 5XA
Received Not publishedFordoe Farm Fordoe Lane Rochdale OL12 7TL
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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