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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Shaftesbury Drive Heywood Rochdale OL10 2PH
Received Not publishedLand On The North Side Of Hillcrest Road Rochdale OL11 2QE
Received Not publishedPlot I Kingsway Business Park Sir Isaac Newton Way Rochdale OL16 4NG
Received Not published109 Boundary Street Rochdale OL11 1AT
Received Not published13 Chevron Close Rochdale OL11 3LZ
Received Not published221 Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 2TJ
Received Not publishedStakehill Industrial Park Touchet Hall Road Middleton M24 2RW
Received Not published7 Davyhulme Street Rochdale OL12 9BW
Received Not published18 Bowness Avenue Rochdale OL12 7DN
Received Not published1 Heights Close Rochdale OL12 6JJ
Received Not published32 Carnforth Square Rochdale OL11 2YE
Received Not published134-136 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1PS
Received Not publishedRochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AZ
Received Not published26 Belton Avenue Rochdale OL16 2TY
Received Not published2 Mavis Grove Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3EE
Received Not published60 Oswald Street Rochdale OL16 2LA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 287 Oldham Road, Middleton M24 2DW
Received Not publishedKnacks Farm Knacks Lane Rochdale OL12 6BJ
Received Not published70 Marland Hill Road Rochdale OL11 4PQ
Received Not published33 Highfield Road Rochdale OL11 5RZ
Received Not published105 Heights Avenue Rochdale OL12 6JH
Received Not publishedLand Off Cowm Top Lane
Received Not published2 Newbold Hall Gardens Rochdale Rochdale OL16 3AL
Received Not published59 Newhouse Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2NU
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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