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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Mountain Ash Rochdale OL12 7JD
Received Not published18 Chester Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LY
Received Not published41 Broad Street Middleton Rochdale M24 4PQ
Received Not publishedThe Old Duke 10 Ealees Littleborough OL15 0HJ
Received Not published61 Rouse Street Rochdale OL11 4PG
Received Not publishedLowerplace Primary School Kingsway Rochdale OL16 4UU
Received Not publishedLand In The Northern Part Of The South Heywood Masterplan Scheme, Located On Land Bound By Manchester Road, Hareshill Road And Pilsworth Road, West Of Junction 19 Of The M62
Received Not published4 St Barnaba's Drive Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8EJ
Received Not published18 Oulder Hill Drive Rochdale OL11 5LB
Received Not publishedNewhouse Academy Newhouse Road Heywood OL10 2NT
Received Not published9 Thames Street Rochdale OL16 5NY
Received Not publishedLand Off Chestnut Way Chestnut Way Littleborough OL15 8RW
Received Not published5 Dean Bank Drive Rochdale OL16 4RW
Received Not published13 Chevron Close Rochdale OL11 3LZ
Received Not publishedLand at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale
Received Not publishedSpringbank Kennels Birch Hill Lane Wardle Rochdale OL12 9LX
Received Not published1 Berwyn Avenue Middleton M24 2DX
Received Not publishedCorrosion Resistant Products Ltd, Head Office Todmorden Road Littleborough OL15 9EG
Received Not published216 Middleton Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2LH
Received Not published27 Traynor Close Middleton Rochdale M24 5DU
Received Not publishedLand Opposite 30 Timbercliffe, Littleborough OL15 9QL
Received Not published23 Maureen Street Rochdale Rochdale OL12 0ER
Received Not published334 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 32 Henry Street, Rochdale OL11 1EN
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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