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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tame Barn Farm Tame Barn Close Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3QJ
Received Not published13 Broadhalgh Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LW
Received Not publishedTonge Court Oldham Road Middleton Rochdale M24 2JY
Received Not published1018 Edenfield Road Rochdale OL12 7TR
Received Not publishedBeechwood House Milnrow Road Rochdale OL16 2AA
Received Not published2 Mere Street Rochdale OL11 1HJ
Received Not published73 Kellett Street Rochdale OL16 2JU
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Sir Isaac Newton Way /Michael Faraday Avenue, Kingsway, Rochdale OL16 4PS
Received Not published110 Church Street Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8AS
Received Not publishedVarious Properties On Albert Royds Street, Beal Crescent, Clover Hall Crescent, Eafield Road And Farm Walk, Rochdale
Received Not published44-46 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 1JW
Received Not published30 Hartford Avenue Heywood OL10 4XH
Received Not publishedRochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AZ
Received Not publishedRochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AZ
Received Not published129 Kirkway Middleton M24 1LP
Received Not published36 Ansdell Road Rochdale Rochdale OL16 4TT
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 8 Top Schwabe Street Middleton M24 4TQ
Received Not publishedHigher Cleggswood Farm Higher Lakewood Rakewood Road Littleborough OL15 0AZ
Received Not publishedLand West Of George Street Heywood OL10 4PW
Received Not published48 Kingsland Road Rochdale Rochdale OL11 3HQ
Received Not publishedLand At Tower Street And Pilsworth Road, Heywood, OL10 3AD
Received Not published6 Weston Avenue Rochdale OL16 4TS
Received Not published12 Sycamore Avenue Heywood OL10 2JB
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 170 - 176 Hollin Lane Middleton M24 5LD
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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