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.
3,181 approved · 603 refused · 182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
744 Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 3AQ
Received Not published1 Eton Close Rochdale OL11 4DT
Received Not published121 Warwick Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1HZ
Received Not publishedTouchstones Arts And Heritage Centre The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AQ
Received Not published30 Brookway Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8BU
Received Not published435 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 5EU
Received Not publishedThe Lancashire Fold Public House 77 Kirkway Middleton Rochdale M24 1EP
Received Not publishedAtlas House 119 Drake Street Rochdale OL16 1PZ
Received Not published67 Newhouse Road Heywood OL10 2NX
Received Not published13 Broadhalgh Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LW
Received Not published143 Syke Road Rochdale OL12 9TE
Received Not published13 Chadwick Lane Heywood Rochdale OL10 1QL
Received Not publishedLand Off Fielding Street Middleton Rochdale M24 6BG
Received Not published7 Holme Terrace Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9QR
Received Not published36 Arthur Street Rochdale OL12 6SJ
Received Not publishedSladen Mill Halifax Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0LB
Received Not publishedHoliday Homes Chapel Lane Off Ashworth Road Rochdale Heywood OL11 5NU
Received Not published849 Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 2RA
Received Not published54 Cypress Street Middleton Rochdale M24 2HF
Received Not published17 Entwisle Road Rochdale OL16 2HZ
Received Not publishedSilver Hill Farm And Plot W Of Kingsway Business Park Broad Lane And Lower Lane Rochdale OL16 4PT
Received Not publishedSilver Hill Farm And Plot W Of Kingsway Business Park Broad Lane And Lower Lane Rochdale OL16 4PT
Received Not publishedGround Floor Unit, 44-46 Yorkshire Street, OL16 1EA.
Received Not publishedGround Floor Unit, 44-46 Yorkshire Street, OL16 1EA.
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
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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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