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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
232Recorded 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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made24/00441/HOUS

    Single-storey rear extension including alterations to fenestration on existing side elevation

    32 Sadler Street Middleton M24 5UJ

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made24/00461/ADV

    Proposal to install 6 non-illuminated Dibond panels, and 2 internally illuminated gantry signs

    Tesco Stores Ltd Silk Street Rochdale Rochdale OL11 3ER

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made24/00569/HOUS

    Driveway remodel to increase off street parking

    3 The Close Middleton Rochdale M24 2QN

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made24/00586/HOUS

    Single-storey rear extension including extension to balcony at first floor level following removal of bay window at rear

    63 Bagslate Moor Road Rochdale OL11 5YH

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made24/00590/WTTPO

    20% crown lift, thin and reduction to two lime trees subject to Tree Preservation Order 032

    6 Shawclough Road Rochdale OL12 6LG

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made24/00596/HOUS

    Erection of garden room to side elevation

    2 Walmsley Avenue Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0DZ

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made24/00222/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    10 Bittern Close Rochdale OL11 5QX

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made24/00366/ADV

    Two non illuminated fascia signs

    Unitarian Church Clover Street Rochdale OL12 6TP

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made24/00425/FUL

    Change of use of existing garage and first floor bedroom into one self-contained flat together with alterations to fenestration to ground floor front elevation

    20 Cronkeyshaw Avenue Rochdale OL12 6SQ

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made24/00530/HOUS

    Hip to gable roof conversion with addition of rear dormer and rooflight to front roof elevation

    13 Mount Street Rochdale OL12 6TE

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made24/00579/HOUS

    Single storey side extension with roof lights.

    High Binton Oulder Hill Rochdale OL11 5LF

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made24/00482/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single-storey rear extension including insertion of window on east-facing side elevation and installation of chimney/flue.

    5 Esthwaite Close Middleton Rochdale M24 5AT

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made24/00483/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey side extension

    5 Broadfield Drive Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0EU

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made24/00532/HOUS

    Single-storey rear extension, front porch extension, insertion of windows to front and side elevations and 2 no rooflights to rear roof elevation following partial demolition of existing rear extension

    500 Oldham Road Rochdale OL11 2AT

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made24/00238/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    1 Evesham Close Middleton Rochdale M24 1PU

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made24/00253/VRCON

    Section 73 applicaton to vary conditions 2 (Plans), 3 (Drainage Pre-Commencement), 5 (Planting) and 7 (Acoustic Fencing) of planning permission 21/01098/FUL to amend the site layout and infrastructure amendments

    Land To Rear Of Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road, Rochdale

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made24/00187/HOUS

    Single storey front and two storey rear extensions to dwelling

    16 Dicken Green Rochdale OL11 1TW

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made24/00202/WTCA

    Works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order 259 and within a Conservation Area (Dearnley Workhouse):- Reduction of limbs to no more than 2 metres of one Beech Tree (T65) and two Lime Trees (T63 and T64)

    2 Thomas Watson Hill Wardle Rochdale OL12 9EH

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made24/00215/PRA56

    Prior approval for the change of use from Commercial (Use Class E) to Dwellings (Use Class C3) (re-submission 23/01034/PRA56)

    117 Yorkshire Street And 2 Whitehall Street Rochdale OL16 1DS

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made24/00412/HOUS

    Two storey side and part single storey front extension

    406 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 5EU

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made24/00426/HOUS

    Single-storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration following demolition of existing conservatory.

    10 Claymere Avenue Rochdale OL11 5WB

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made24/00299/WTTPO

    Works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO64 as follows:- 1 Sycamore Tree (T8) - Crown lift to 5.2 meters and crown thin by a maximum of 20%, 1 Weeping Ash Tree - Reduce to a smaller standing stem of 2 metres, 1 Beech Tree (T10) - Removal of small lower growth, reduce the longest intrusive branch by 5 meters to a suitable pruning point and reduce Crown branches by a maximum of 3 meters.

    1 Oulder Nook Oulder Hill Rochdale OL11 5LE

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made24/00671/HOUS

    First floor side extension and single storey rear extension

    26 Chamber House Drive Rochdale OL11 3LS

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made24/00849/HOUS

    Two storey rear extension

    1 Cronkeyshaw Avenue Rochdale OL12 6SQ

    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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