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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Hillcrest Avenue Heywood OL10 4RL
Received Not published149A Wardle Road Wardle OL12 9JA
Received Not published9 Brooklands Court Rochdale OL11 4EJ
Received Not published72 Elm Park Grove Rochdale OL12 7JT
Received Not publishedSt Cuthberts Rc Business And Enterprise College Shaw Road Rochdale OL16 4RX
Received Not published21 Red Lane Rochdale OL12 9DB
Received Not publishedCarr Wood Cottage School Lane Heywood Rochdale OL11 5UT
Received Not published90 New Road Littleborough OL15 8NL
Received Not published12 Northdene Drive Rochdale OL11 5NH
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 4 Rudman Street, OL12 6LJ
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 8 Holme House Street, Littleborough OL15 9QU
Received Not publishedLinkside Sunny Brow Road Middleton M24 4BG
Received Not publishedRiverside Motors, Unit 5 Todmorden Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9EG
Received Not published9 Sunny Brow Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4AD
Received Not publishedDenehurst House Edenfield Road Rochdale OL11 5AU
Received Not published3 Newbold Moss Rochdale OL16 2YS
Received Not published2 L/CPL Stephen Shaw M.C. Way, Heywood OL10 LN
Received Not published2 L/CPL Stephen Shaw M.C. Way, Heywood OL10 LN
Received Not published49 Apple Tree Way Rochdale OL16 4SW
Received Not published1 Broadstone Close Rochdale OL12 7PH
Received Not publishedThe Stables Shawfield Lane Norden Rochdale OL12 6BP
Received Not published350 Manchester Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4EB
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 6XH
Received Not publishedKershaw Heys Cottage Whitelees Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8DU
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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