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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Birchfield Drive Rochdale OL11 4NY
Received Not published12 Moor Hill Rochdale OL11 5YB
Received Not publishedAlleyway To Side/rear Of 24 Rupert Street And Side Of 10 Trengrove Street Rochdale OL12 7DH
Received Not published8-9 Paul Row Temple Lane Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9QG
Received Not publishedLand Bounded by John Street, New Baillie Street, Penn Street and rear of properties fronting Yorkshire Street, Rochdale
Received Not publishedDuffins Cottage Shawclough Road Rochdale OL12 7HL
Received Not publishedWhitbrook Power Land West Side Of Hanson Street Middleton M24 6AG
Received Not publishedShell Greengate Service Station Mainway East Middleton M24 1RD
Received Not publishedLittleborough Community Primary School Calderbrook Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9HW
Received Not published4 Buxton Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 1BS
Received Not published44 Heald Close Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0DL
Received Not publishedLand Off Mottram Old Road, Hyde, SK14 3BE
Received Not published11 Eskdale Avenue Rochdale OL11 3JX
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 12 Rochdale Lane, Heywood OL10 1PF
Received Not published150 Higher Lomax Lane Heywood OL10 4SJ
Received Not published94 Sandy Lane Rochdale OL11 5DG
Received Not published31 Bridge Street Heywood OL10 1JF
Received Not published1 Gainsborough Drive Rochdale OL11 2QT
Received Not published40 Penrhyn Avenue Middleton M24 1EQ
Received Not publishedKilworth Street Street Works Kilworth Street Rochdale OL11 3PJ
Received Not publishedRough Lee Farm Norden Rochdale OL12 7TY
Received Not publishedKirkway Service Station Kirkway Middleton Rochdale M24 1LW
Received Not published10 Dyehouse Lane Rochdale OL16 2QN
Received Not publishedBrookside Community Centre Lincoln Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1RD
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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