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.
3,222 approved · 619 refused · 184 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn At Red Well Farm, Lower Knowl Lane Rochdale
Received Not published25-27 First Floor Market Place Heywood OL10 1LA
Received Not published7 Bishop Street Rochdale OL16 2TE
Received Not published199 Belfield Lane Rochdale OL16 2XU
Received Not published37 Seven Acres Lane Rochdale Rochdale OL12 7RL
Received Not published3 Palatine Avenue Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5YP
Received Not publishedGale Street Garage Mason Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 4QQ
Received Not published39 Canon Street Rochdale OL16 2TF
Received Not publishedPike House Farm Halifax Road Littleborough OL15 0LA
Received Not published28 St Marys Gate Rochdale OL16 1DZ
Received Not published112-114 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 1XN
Received Not publishedLand to the west of New Street, Littleborough
Received Not publishedMoss Lodge Kings Road Rochdale OL16 5HW
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall Rochdale Road Middleton M24 6XH
Received Not publishedLand At Waterfold Business Park Bury BL9 7BJ
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 6XH
Received Not published8 Bentgate Close Milnrow Rochdale OL16 4NB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Unit 6 Middleton Central Industrial Estate, Oldham Road, Middleton, M24 1QJ
Received Not published53 Clay Lane Rochdale OL11 5RH
Received Not published1 Gatehouse Blackstone Edge Old Road Littleborough OL15 0JJ
Received Not published2 Rookswood Drive Rochdale OL11 3PE
Received Not published107 Bolton Road Rochdale OL11 3LP
Received Not published2 Newhouse Road Heywood Rochdale OL10 2NR
Received Not published44A Walton Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 2BD
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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