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.
3,157 approved · 595 refused · 181 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Morley Street Rochdale OL16 2LG
Received Not published33 Dunster Avenue Rochdale OL11 3RD
Received Not published58 Mossway Middleton Rochdale M24 1NS
Received Not published135 Railway Street Heywood OL10 1NJ
Received Not publishedRhodes House North Manchester Golf Club Manchester Old Road Middleton Rochdale M24 4PE
Received Not published46 Dewhirst Road Rochdale OL12 0AR
Received Not published3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0AQ
Received Not published3 Bear Hill Rakewood Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0AQ
Received Not published3 Broomfield Park Middleton Rochdale M24 4DT
Received Not published83 Croxton Avenue Rochdale Rochdale OL16 2YP
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College Rochdale Campus St Marys Gate Rochdale OL12 6RY
Received Not publishedColdwall Industrial Estate Spotland Road Rochdale OL12 7BD
Received Not published204 Middleton Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2LH
Received Not published158 Rooley Moor Road Rochdale OL12 7DQ
Received Not published79 Argyle Street Heywood OL10 3DQ
Received Not publishedMayfield Sports Centre Chadwick Lane Heywood Rochdale OL11 3BY
Received Not publishedSilver Hill Farm And Plot W Of Kingsway Business Park Broad Lane And Lower Lane Rochdale OL16 4PT
Received Not published1 Pilkington Street Middleton M24 2JH
Received Not published13 Twinegate Rochdale OL12 6DW
Received Not publishedLand At Boarshaw Road / Clough Street Middleton M24 2WQ
Received Not publishedUnit 2 Stakehill Industrial Estate Stakehill Lane Middleton M24 2UG
Received Not publishedMount Green Filling Station Halifax Road Wardle Rochdale Rochdale OL16 2SQ
Received Not published132 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 1LD
Received Not published37 Gale Street Rochdale OL12 0SQ
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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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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