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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
4,838Searchable applications
232Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,752 approved or refused records
595Refused applications

3,157 approved · 595 refused · 181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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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More application records

  1. Decision Made25/00690/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed dormer on both side elevations

    4 Severn Drive Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3ET

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made25/00691/HOUS

    Alterations to existing front dormer, extension of existing rear dormer together with alterations to front elevation to facilitate garage conversion

    2 Bankfield Lane Rochdale OL11 5RJ

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made25/00756/FUL

    Alterations to external site area from car display to van display, erection of new sliding gate with associated boundary treatments and landscaping works

    Omc Ford Rochdale Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 2TR

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made25/00757/HOUS

    First floor side, part two storey, part single storey side and rear extension

    2 Tern Close Rochdale OL11 5QU

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made25/00772/LBC

    Mural on the side elevation wall

    14/16 Baillie Street Rochdale OL16 1JG

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made25/00797/DOC

    Discharge of conditons 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Site Investigations), 5 (Surface and Foul Water Drainage Scheme), 6 (Finished Floor Levels) and 7 (Materials) of planning permission 24/01251/VRCON

    Land At Whitworth Road (Dunelm) Car Park Whitworth Road, Rochdale, OL12 0TY

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made25/01084/FUL

    Retrospective application for change of use to parts of ground floor to a takeaway and barbershop together with formation of two new shop front entrances

    Headyhill Stores 27 Heady Hill Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 3JH

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made25/01127/FUL

    Erection of a two and a half storey block comprising 9 No. flats

    Long Street Middleton M24 6DN

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made25/00552/ADV

    2no' internally illuminated fascia signs

    Asda Stores Ltd Dane Street Rochdale OL12 6XT

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made25/00577/FUL

    Change the use of the former Middleton Conservative Club and Kohinoor Banqueting Hall into a new multi-functional events space including a part single/part two storey side extension, erection of external stairway and retaining wall, creation of access to rear and conversion of the former bowling green into a car parking area together with associated boundary treatments and landscaping.

    Middleton Conservative Club 77 Long Street Middleton M24 6UN

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made25/00682/DOC

    Submission of details to compy with conditions 3 (Refuse Storage) 4 (Parking) 5 (Materials) and 6 (Boundary Treatements) of planning permissoin 21/00975/FUL

    83-87 Fielding Street, Middleton, M24 6BG

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made25/00692/HOUS

    Single storey side extension with the creation of 2 new vehicle parking spaces and alterations to fenestration on the side elevation

    23 Collier Avenue Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3UY

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made25/00953/WTTPO

    Application for works to one poplar tree (T1) subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO003 - Crown Lift by 1.5 meters

    8 Burwell Close Rochdale OL12 6DQ

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made25/00808/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer

    14 Deacon Street Rochdale OL16 2TB

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made25/00924/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 5m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 2.9m and height to eaves to 2.9m)

    9 Merinall Close Rochdale OL16 5BY

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made25/00925/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    10 Mere Street Rochdale OL11 1HJ

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made25/00494/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed side dormer

    1 Clay Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5SJ

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made25/00511/ANM

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/00466/FUL for internal reconfigurations, alterations to some windows, the incorporation of smoke actuated rooflights, solar panels and timber cladding

    Land Off Whitworth Road And Grasmere Street Rochdale

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made25/00676/HOUS

    Single-storey rear extension

    40 Penistone Avenue Rochdale OL16 4AL

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made25/00677/HOUS

    Proposed single-storey rear extension

    11 Regent Street Rochdale OL12 0HQ

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made25/00547/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 4m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.9m and height to eaves to 2.7m)

    29 Emma Street Rochdale OL12 6QW

    Received Not published
  22. Under Consultation25/00617/TPO

    Request for a Tree Preservation Order on a group of mixed mature trees

    17 Lincoln Drive Littleborough OL15 0NE

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made25/00630/DOC

    Discharge of conditions 6 (Natural England Class Licence), 7 (Bat Mitigation Measures) and 8 (Reasonable Avoidance Measures) of planning permission 25/00292/DEM

    Vaynor Lower Falinge Cronkeyshaw Rochdale OL12 6QZ

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made25/00658/HOUS

    First floor rear extension

    41 Belfield Mill Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL16 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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