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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Sadler Street Middleton M24 5UJ
Received Not publishedTesco Stores Ltd Silk Street Rochdale Rochdale OL11 3ER
Received Not published3 The Close Middleton Rochdale M24 2QN
Received Not published63 Bagslate Moor Road Rochdale OL11 5YH
Received Not published6 Shawclough Road Rochdale OL12 6LG
Received Not published2 Walmsley Avenue Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0DZ
Received Not published10 Bittern Close Rochdale OL11 5QX
Received Not publishedUnitarian Church Clover Street Rochdale OL12 6TP
Received Not published20 Cronkeyshaw Avenue Rochdale OL12 6SQ
Received Not published13 Mount Street Rochdale OL12 6TE
Received Not publishedHigh Binton Oulder Hill Rochdale OL11 5LF
Received Not published5 Esthwaite Close Middleton Rochdale M24 5AT
Received Not published5 Broadfield Drive Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0EU
Received Not published500 Oldham Road Rochdale OL11 2AT
Received Not published1 Evesham Close Middleton Rochdale M24 1PU
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road, Rochdale
Received Not published16 Dicken Green Rochdale OL11 1TW
Received Not published2 Thomas Watson Hill Wardle Rochdale OL12 9EH
Received Not published117 Yorkshire Street And 2 Whitehall Street Rochdale OL16 1DS
Received Not published406 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 5EU
Received Not published10 Claymere Avenue Rochdale OL11 5WB
Received Not published1 Oulder Nook Oulder Hill Rochdale OL11 5LE
Received Not published26 Chamber House Drive Rochdale OL11 3LS
Received Not published1 Cronkeyshaw Avenue Rochdale OL12 6SQ
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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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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