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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
4,811Searchable 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3,138 approved · 590 refused · 180 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning, building & conservationContact planning Contact the Planning TeamLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application planning advice and chargesConservation areas Heritage and conservation

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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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decision Made25/00779/HOUS

    Single-Storey Rear Extension

    7 Taunton Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LD

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made25/00824/CPL

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for conversion of an existing garage to provide an additional HMO bedroom to an existing C4 HMO.

    Cajetan Bungalow Moss Lane Middleton Rochdale M24 1WY

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made25/00828/FUL

    Demolition of existing Rochdale Railway Station north entrance external canopy and erection of new entrance canopy and street furniture

    Rochdale Railway Station Station Road Rochdale OL11 1DR

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made25/00833/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed refurbishment of the existing unit comprising subdivision to 3 units and alterations to the front elevation to form three new openings including roller shutters

    Unit 5 Broadfield Industrial Estate Seymour Street Heywood OL10 3AJ

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made25/01126/HOUS

    Alteration and extension to existing dwelling including raising of roof height

    15 Woodfield Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1NF

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made25/00569/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 6 (phasing plans) on planning permission 24/00805/OUT

    Plot H4 Heywood Distribution Park Pilsworth Rd Heywood OL10 2TT

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made25/00695/HOUS

    Hip to gable, flat roof, rear dormer extension

    58 Mossway Middleton Rochdale M24 1NS

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made25/00733/CPL

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey garden building

    10 Hyde Square Middleton Rochdale M24 4AL

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made25/00750/HOUS

    Single storey side and rear extension including alterations to roof of existing rear extension and installation of timber cladding.

    218 Manchester New Road Middleton M24 4BX

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made25/00568/FUL

    Change of use from dwellinghouse to 3no self-contained flats including alterations to fenestration and external elevations - Retrospective

    Mayfield Motors Tim Bobbin Garage 5 Kiln Lane Milnrow OL16 3JF

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made25/00761/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 7 (CTEMP (ref: H8544-BAH-XX-XX-HS-CL-321300) and Appendicies) of planning permission 22/01190/FUL

    Land South Of Cowm Top Lane, Castleton, Rochdale

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made25/01079/FUL

    The subdivision of existing single dwelling into two separate residential unit

    15 +17Croydon Avenue Rochdale OL11 2YQ

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made25/01101/HOUS

    First floor rear extension, two storey side extension, single storey front garage extension and the addition of 2 No. front dormers

    7 Ferndale Avenue Rochdale OL16 4SB

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made25/01113/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 21 (biodiversity net gain) on planning permission 25/00541/FUL

    Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Campus St Marys Gate Rochdale OL12 6RY

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made25/01120/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 5 (piling) on planning permission 25/00541/FUL

    Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Campus St Marys Gate Rochdale OL12 6RY

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made25/00490/HOUS

    Alterations to existing roof including Increase in height, two storey front extensions, front dormer extensions, single storey side extension, alterations to existing rear extension, alterations to existing fenestration and application of render to all elevations

    15 Woodfield Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1NF

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made25/00836/HOUS

    Single-storey rear extension

    64 King Street East Rochdale OL11 3ST

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made25/00845/HOUS

    First floor side and single storey rear extension including roof lights and erection of front gate and dropped kerb

    75 Mainway Middleton Rochdale M24 1LL

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made25/00852/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 19/00041/FUL to make changes to the external elevations to reflect the internal layout and finished floor height alterations

    Norwich Mill Norwich Street Rochdale OL11 1LJ

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made25/00868/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 5 (Materials) and 6 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of planning permission 24/00772/FUL

    Land Adj To Platting Lane Rochdale OL11 2JT

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made25/00878/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 7 (Soft Landscaping), 9 (Drainage), 10 (CMP), 11 (Dilapidation Survey) and 12 (Investigation and Risk Assessment) on planning permission PL/2025/1301

    Land adjacent to Rochdale Road at both Hillbank Street and Church Ave

    Received Not published
  22. Under Consultation25/01065/FUL

    Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and erection of a replacement dwellinghouse with detached double garage, associated works including landscaping, boundary treatment and drop kerb to form vehicular access off Wardle Road

    180 Wardle Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9JD

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made25/00497/HOUS

    Single storey side/rear extension with pitched roof and single storey front porch extension with pitched roof following demolition of existing detached garage

    129 Warwick Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HZ

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made25/00778/HOUS

    Erection of carport with pitched roof

    7 Sautridge Close Middleton Rochdale M24 2UB

    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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