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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Botesworth Green Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3PJ
Received Not published18 Botesworth Green Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3PJ
Received Not published194 Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 2QA
Received Not publishedLand At Sutherland Road (North Of Our Lady And St Paul's Rc Primary School) And Land At Junction Of Lennox Walk And Argyle Street, Heywood
Received Not published16 Warwick Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HX
Received Not publishedOutside Of St Thomas More Church Footway Of Kirkway Middleton Manchester M24 1TR E:387257 N:404478
Received Not published8 Aspen Gardens Rochdale OL12 7PG
Received Not published61-63 Roch Street Rochdale OL16 2TG
Received Not published52 Moss Lane Middleton Rochdale M24 1NX
Received Not publishedThornberries Kirkway Middleton Rochdale M24 1LW
Received Not publishedCastleton Community Centre Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 3AF
Received Not published43 Chamber House Drive Rochdale OL11 3LS
Received Not publishedParadise House Moor Hill Rochdale OL11 5YB
Received Not published27 Brooklands Court Rochdale OL11 4EJ
Received Not published69 Deeplish Road Rochdale OL11 1PQ
Received Not published84 Ramsay Street Rochdale OL16 2BX
Received Not published1 Lower Beechwood Rochdale OL11 4LY
Received Not publishedLand At South Heywood Off Hareshill Road Wets Of Junction 19 Of The M62, Heywood
Received Not published11 Lodge Bank Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8QS
Received Not published20 Halliwell Street Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3LZ
Received Not published131 Tweedale Street Rochdale OL11 3TZ
Received Not published24 Martin Lane Rochdale OL12 7NU
Received Not published25 Warwick Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HU
Received Not published2 St Leonards Square Middleton Rochdale M24 6DJ
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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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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