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.
3,170 approved · 600 refused · 182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 9 Midway House, Long Street,Middleton, M24 6UZ
Received Not publishedFormer Tesco Distribution Centre Stakehill Industrial Estate Manchester Rochdale
Received Not publishedLythgoe Motors Ltd Kingsway Rochdale Rochdale OL16 4AP
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 236 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 2DP
Received Not published68 Rochdale Road Middleton M24 2PU
Received Not published101 Warwick Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HU
Received Not published2 St Paul's Close Heywood Rochdale OL10 3FZ
Received Not published15 Briar Street Rochdale OL11 4HD
Received Not published277 Bury New Road Heywood OL10 3JY
Received Not publishedLand East Of Woodhouse Lane 1 Norden Rochdale OL12 7TB
Received Not published27 Hargate Avenue Rochdale OL12 7GL
Received Not published590 Heywood Old Road Middleton Rochdale OL10 2QN
Received Not publishedHopwood Medical Centre Walton Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 2BS
Received Not published6 Great Flatt Rochdale OL12 7AS
Received Not published13 Hollingworth Fold Littleborough OL15 0AJ
Received Not published5 Dell Side Way Rochdale OL12 6XX
Received Not published116-118 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1QA
Received Not published22 Glamis Avenue Heywood Rochdale OL10 2LX
Received Not published84 Bagslate Moor Road Rochdale OL11 5YH
Received Not published13 Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 6DW
Received Not publishedHexpol Tpe Ltd Don Street Middleton Rochdale M24 2GG
Received Not publishedLand Between 27 And 41A Aspinall Street, Heywood, OL10 4HL
Received Not publishedWestway Nissan Ltd Kingsway Rochdale OL16 4AB
Received Not publishedEmmbee George Street Heywood OL10 4PW
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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