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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
4,848Searchable applications
232Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,760 approved or refused records
597Refused applications

3,163 approved · 597 refused · 181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. Decision Made23/01256/FUL

    Erection of one detached dwelling following demoliton of existing brick structure

    Site Adjacent To 962 Edenfield Road Edenfield Road Rochdale OL12 7TN

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made23/01257/CPL

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of existing outbuilding in garden curtilage to for additional ancillary residential accommodation in association with main use of Longley Hey Farmhouse as a dwelling

    Longley Hey Farm Halifax Road Littleborough OL15 0LB

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made23/01273/FUL

    Change of use of public house (Sui Generis use) to 6 apartments (use class C3) with infill first floor extension and other associated works

    475 Oldham Road Rochdale OL16 4TD

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made23/01290/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension, Two storey side extension, loft conversion with alterations to fenestration and sliding gate & fence to front boundary with parking area.

    12 Dixon Fold Rochdale OL11 5PP

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made23/01291/HOUS

    Part first floor part two storey part single storey side and rear extension, single storey front extension with detached outbuilding to the rear.

    1 Ryefields Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4AU

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made23/01292/HOUS

    Part Single storey part two storey front extension, first floor side extension and rear balcony.

    132 Furbarn Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5RA

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made23/01317/HOUS

    Two storey side extension and single storey side/rear extensions including alterations to existing conservatory.

    20 Pembridge Fold Middleton Rochdale M24 2TS

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made23/00549/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 5 (investigation and risk assessment), condition 7 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), condition 10 (invasive plans), condition 11 (Archaeological Record & Written Scheme of Investigation), condition 16 (earthmoving) and condition 17 (Method Statement and Mitigation Strategy) on planning permission 15/01235/OUT

    Sladen Mill Halifax Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0LB

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made23/00636/FUL

    Conversion of a ground floor storage facility and a first floor residential premises to five self-contained dwellings following demolition of rear annex building. Alterations to the rear boundary wall to provide refuse storage area. Changes to fenestration on all elevations including new main entrance door and the application of white render to match existing

    113 Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 4JG

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made23/00699/TELE

    Prior notification for proposed 6m high steel extension and replacement head-frame onto existing 15m high mast to facilitate additional and upgraded radio antennas, ancillary works thereto

    Birch Farm Dairy Doctor Fold Lane Heywood OL10 2QE

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made23/00833/HOUS

    Single storey rear and side extension

    73 Croxton Avenue Rochdale OL16 2YW

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made23/00927/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00824/HOUS (Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and side dormer extension following demolition of existing conservatory and side dormer, with removal of existing chimneys and alteration to fenestration on south-facing elevation) to change the existing front elevation from stone and cladding to white render and the proposed two storey side extension side wall from previously approved brickwork to white render.

    5 Edgemoor Drive Rochdale OL11 4BG

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made23/00965/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension meauring 4.67m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.95m and height to eaves to 3.55m)

    895 Edenfield Road Rochdale OL12 7TW

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made23/01132/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for the alteration of the fenestration within the side elevation

    Golden West Foods Ltd Hareshill Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2TN

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made23/01261/FUL

    New shop front (retrospective)

    209 Manchester New Road Middleton M24 1JT

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made23/01299/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration on the rear ground floor elevation

    71 Bridgefield Street Rochdale OL11 4EY

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made23/01300/HOUS

    Two storey rear extension

    200 Milnrow Road Rochdale OL16 5BB

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made23/01302/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 5m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.65m and height to eaves to 2.70m)

    5 Jutland Avenue Rochdale OL11 5DP

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made23/01303/HOUS

    Front and rear dormer extensions

    87 Kingsway Rochdale OL16 5HR

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made23/01304/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension

    71 Peel Street Rochdale OL12 6PN

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made23/01314/HOUS

    Single storey rear extension, part first floor side extension, render to first floor front elevation, alterations to existing roof tiles and window/door frames, alterations to fenestration to front elevation and formation of additional parking area including dropped kerb, alterations to boundary wall and erection of retaining structure following part excavation of front garden.

    3 The Close Middleton Rochdale M24 2QN

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made23/01012/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer

    54 Great Lee Walk Rochdale OL12 6NG

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made23/01013/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 4 (bats), 5 (external lighting), 6 (peregrine falcon method statement), 7 (bird nesting season), 8 (clock tower) and 9 (product specification) on planning permission 20/00616/LBC

    Rochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1AZ

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made23/01017/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey extensions to the rear and side

    27 Moss Lane Middleton Rochdale M24 1WY

    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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