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.
3,187 approved · 605 refused · 182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Curlew Close Rochdale OL11 5PX
Received Not published17 Curlew Close Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5PX
Received Not published102 Curzon Road Rochdale OL11 2RX
Received Not publishedGreenacres Court Braddocks Close Rochdale OL12 9UY
Received Not published2A Alkrington Hall Road North Middleton M24 1SZ
Received Not published30 Bealcroft Close Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3XD
Received Not publishedAshes Farm Ashes Lane Milnrow OL16 3TN
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 34 Queen Street Heywood OL10 4JY
Received Not published34 Middleton Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2HX
Received Not published221 Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 2TJ
Received Not published221 Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 2TJ
Received Not publishedLand North Of Hillcrest Road Rochdale OL11 2QE
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Buckley Hill Lane, Milnrow Rochdale OL16 4BU
Received Not published8 Mercer Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5RN
Received Not published331 Shawclough Road Rochdale OL12 7HL
Received Not published133 Kingsway Middleton Rochdale M24 1HP
Received Not published1 Tenterhill Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5TY
Received Not published1 Moorgate East Farm Burnedge Rochdale OL16 4QL
Received Not published64 Fairway Rochdale OL11 3BZ
Received Not published319 Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 3AH
Received Not published34 Ashbrook Hey Lane Rochdale OL12 9AG
Received Not published7 Greenwich Close Rochdale OL11 5JN
Received Not published1 The Brook Calderbrook Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 9NW
Received Not published7-11 Oldham Road Rochdale OL16 1UA
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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