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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alkrington Hall East Hall Drive Middleton M24 1WD
Received Not publishedAlkrington Hall East Hall Drive Middleton M24 1WD
Received Not publishedLand Bounded by John Street, New Baillie Street, Penn Street and rear of properties fronting Yorkshire Street, Rochdale
Received Not publishedSt John The Baptist Rc Church Dowling Street Rochdale OL11 1EX
Received Not published37 Birchfield Drive Rochdale OL11 4NY
Received Not published36 Church Stile Rochdale OL16 1QE
Received Not published42 Sadler Street Middleton Rochdale M24 5UJ
Received Not published54 Cedar Lane Newhey Milnrow OL16 4LQ
Received Not published7 Mossland Close Heywood OL10 2PB
Received Not publishedLand Off Crompton Avenue Rochdale OL16 4PX
Received Not published31 Field View Lane Rochdale OL12 7TS
Received Not published92-100 Starkey Street 2-8 Rutland Street Heywood OL10 4JL
Received Not publishedDepartment Of Work And Pensions Dcs Distribution Centre Manchester Road Heywood OL10 2PZ
Received Not publishedRoach Dynamos Jfc Sutherland Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 3PL
Received Not publishedPlot G Kingsway Business Park Sir Isaac Newton Way Rochdale OL16 4NG
Received Not published34 Worcester Road, Middleton, M24 1WZ
Received Not publishedUnit 15 Riverside Walk Rochdale OL16 1BE
Received Not published116 Bolton Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 4QX
Received Not published70 Bolton Road, Rochdale, OL11 4NX
Received Not published87, 91, 92, 95, 96, 98; 102, 103, 111, 112, 113 Buckley View; 2, 8, 13, 14, 17 Louise Close OL12 9RX; 21, 22, 24, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39 And 41, 42, 43, 64, 66, 69, 70, 74 Louise Gardens OL12 9RZ
Received Not published33 Charter Street Rochdale OL16 4UD
Received Not publishedCastleton Sidings Heywood Road Rochdale
Received Not published31 Field View Lane Rochdale OL12 7TS
Received Not publishedGlobe House Moss Bridge Road Rochdale Rochdale OL16 5EB
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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