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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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More application records

  1. Decision Made22/01309/LBC

    Structural works to high level front and side elevations comprising of 20mm diameter anchors to side elevations and 3 tie bars and plates to side and front elevations to prevent further movement, replacement of perspex ceiling with glazing in large hall on ground floor and large office ceilings

    Heywood Central Library Church Street Heywood OL10 1LL

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made22/01415/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials - boundary wall) of planning permission 21/01646/HOUS

    369 Shawclough Road Rochdale OL12 7HL

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made22/01505/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials) on planning permission 20/00924/HOUS

    27 Highlands Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5PD

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made22/01607/ADV

    Internally illuminated 48 sheet sized digital advertising unit including removal of existing signs -Resubmission of 22/01135/ADV

    Land At Union Street Car Park Overlooking Saint Mary's Gate Rochdale OL16 1AY

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made23/00258/TPO

    Request for Tree Preservation Order to protect an oak tree on Apple Tree Way

    Land Rear Of 17 Apple Tree Way Rochdale OL16 4SW

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made23/00266/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension meauring 4.95m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.10m and height to eaves to 3.10m)

    620 Rochdale Road Middleton M24 2QW

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made23/00303/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey side extension

    225 Manchester New Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1JT

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made23/00304/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    6 Dunster Avenue Rochdale Rochdale OL11 3RD

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made23/00139/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    50 Tangmere Avenue Heywood OL10 2WA

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made23/00140/HOUS

    Single storey front, side and rear extension, front porch extension and alterations to existing first floor side fenestration. Resubmission of 22/00833/HOUS

    10 Broadhalgh Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5NJ

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made23/00322/HOUS

    Front dormer extensions to facilitate part loft conversion.

    41 Cook Road Rochdale OL16 4AQ

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made23/00334/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 4 (method statement) and 5 (method statement restoration) on planning permission 22/01476/FUL (Relocation of existing containers and provision of 1no container)

    Roach Dynamos Jfc Sutherland Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 3PL

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made22/01266/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    119 Mitchell Street Rochdale OL12 6SH

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made22/01280/FUL

    Change of use from office (Class E) to taxi booking office (Sui-Generis)

    77 Church Street Littleborough OL15 8AB

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made22/01392/FUL

    Change of use from offices (Class E) to 8 apartments including first floor rear extension and loft conversion with rear dormer windows, front and rear rooflights, insertion of new ground, first and second floor side windows, and internal alterations including new staircase, wall openings and new partition walls. Construction of one detached dwelling to rear of site; new 1.8m high wall, railings and gate

    132 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1PN

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made22/01393/LBC

    Change of use from offices (Class E) to 8 no. apartments including first floor rear extension and loft conversion with rear dormer windows, front and rear rooflights, insertion of new ground, first and second floor side windows, and internal alterations including new staircase, wall openings and new partition walls; new 1.8m high wall, railings and gate

    132 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1PN

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made23/00025/HOUS

    Two single-storey side extensions, alteration to existing side and rear fenestration following demolition of existing attached garage

    184 Manchester New Road Middleton M24 4DE

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made23/00026/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer extension

    66 Knoll Street Rochdale OL11 3JJ

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made23/00027/HOUS

    Erection of detached garage and external staircase with home office in roof space

    Mount Pleasant Farm Church Road Heywood BL9 6XA

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made23/00426/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension, rear dormer and alterations to fenestration on side elevation

    42 Cheltenham Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HG

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made23/00428/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 7 (boundary treatments), 8 (landscaping) and 9 (biodiversity enhancements) on planning permission 21/01648/FUL

    Land Adj To 26 War Office Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5HR

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made23/00429/FUL

    Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) including installation of shop front and installation of external flue on rear elevation.

    29 Spotland Road Rochdale OL12 6PE

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made23/00446/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer extension including window to front roof elevation

    25 New Barn Lane Rochdale OL11 3QB

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made23/00447/HOUS

    First floor rear extension and insertion of 1no window to rear elevation

    77 Tweedale Street Rochdale OL11 3TZ

    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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