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3,157 approved · 595 refused · 181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Severn Drive Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3ET
Received Not published2 Bankfield Lane Rochdale OL11 5RJ
Received Not publishedOmc Ford Rochdale Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 2TR
Received Not published2 Tern Close Rochdale OL11 5QU
Received Not published14/16 Baillie Street Rochdale OL16 1JG
Received Not publishedLand At Whitworth Road (Dunelm) Car Park Whitworth Road, Rochdale, OL12 0TY
Received Not publishedHeadyhill Stores 27 Heady Hill Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 3JH
Received Not publishedLong Street Middleton M24 6DN
Received Not publishedAsda Stores Ltd Dane Street Rochdale OL12 6XT
Received Not publishedMiddleton Conservative Club 77 Long Street Middleton M24 6UN
Received Not published83-87 Fielding Street, Middleton, M24 6BG
Received Not published23 Collier Avenue Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3UY
Received Not published8 Burwell Close Rochdale OL12 6DQ
Received Not published14 Deacon Street Rochdale OL16 2TB
Received Not published9 Merinall Close Rochdale OL16 5BY
Received Not published10 Mere Street Rochdale OL11 1HJ
Received Not published1 Clay Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5SJ
Received Not publishedLand Off Whitworth Road And Grasmere Street Rochdale
Received Not published40 Penistone Avenue Rochdale OL16 4AL
Received Not published11 Regent Street Rochdale OL12 0HQ
Received Not published29 Emma Street Rochdale OL12 6QW
Received Not published17 Lincoln Drive Littleborough OL15 0NE
Received Not publishedVaynor Lower Falinge Cronkeyshaw Rochdale OL12 6QZ
Received Not published41 Belfield Mill Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL16 2UB
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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