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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
4,960Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,851 approved or refused records
620Refused applications

3,231 approved · 620 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Planning information Planning, building & conservationContact planning Contact the Planning TeamLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application planning advice and chargesConservation areas Heritage and conservation

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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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decision Made24/01189/HOUS

    Erection of a detached single storey brick garage.

    2 Severn Drive Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3ET

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made25/00165/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 4 (Phase II investigation) and 5 (drainage) on planning permission 22/00606/FUL

    112 Church Street Littleborough Rochdale OL15 8AS

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made25/00171/HOUS

    Two storey side extension

    15 Digby Road Rochdale OL11 1TR

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made25/00172/HOUS

    Single storey side and single storey front extensions

    22 Hillstone Avenue Rochdale OL12 6DX

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made25/00174/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed hip to gable dormer loft conversion

    10 Manor Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1JZ

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made25/00185/FUL

    Proposed new vehicular access junction onto site from Bentley Avenue (retrospective)

    Bentley Avenue Stakehill Industrial Estate Middleton M24 2GP

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made25/00192/HOUS

    Erection of a detached single storey building for use as a granny annex

    1 Ramsden Farm Roundthorn Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1ZB

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made25/00255/FUL

    Creation of a Banking Hub to include internal and external alterations

    2 L Cpl Stephen Shaw Mc Way Heywood Rochdale OL10 1LN

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made25/00256/LBC

    Creation of a Banking Hub to include internal and external alterations: push button applied to existing main entrance; removal and replacement of louvres; new condenser unit to rear following removal of existing; formation of partitioning walls, ceilings, floors and wall finishes; lift decommissioned; security bars fitted.

    2 L Cpl Stephen Shaw Mc Way Heywood Rochdale OL10 1LN

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made25/00263/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 14 (disabled access etc) on planning permission 22/01551/FUL

    Street Record Station Approach Rochdale Rochdale OL11 1DR

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made25/00264/FUL

    Proposed change of use from industrial warehouse unit to construction training academy (F1a)

    Kingsway Business Park, Logic 6 Charles Babbage Avenue Rochdale OL16 4NW

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made25/00273/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (uu drainage condition), 4 (land contamination), 5 (visibility splay), 6 (materials), 7 (window door reveals), 8 (landscaping) and 11 (Fences/boundary treatments) on planning permission 24/00759/FUL

    26 Falcon Close Rochdale Rochdale OL12 7RY

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made25/00274/FUL

    Change of use of existing warehouse and offices to create 8 self-contained apartments and 1 x 1 bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3) alterations to fenestration, dormer extensions; rooflights and render to the front and side elevations

    104A And 104B Durham Street, Rochdale OL11 1AP

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made25/00342/HOUS

    FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION

    9 Farm Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 2PR

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made24/00972/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 21/01773/FUL to change of wall material from Staffordshire smooth blue brick to a red brick

    Mayfield Sports Centre Chadwick Lane Heywood OL11 3BY

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made24/00901/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 9 (refuse collection), 11 (external lighting strategy) and 14 (railings on the bank) on planning permission 23/01236/FUL

    44-46 Yorkshire Street Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1JW

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made24/00911/FUL

    Refurbishment, extension and conversion of former chicken shed into single-storey dwelling following demolition of buildings to form parking area with associated landscaping and change of use of adjacent land into residential curtilage

    Land South Of Higher Moorgate Cottage Gristlehurst Lane Rochdale OL10 4BJ

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made24/00912/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a new air quality monitoring station

    Land Opposite 23 Edward Street Rochdale OL16 2DU

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made24/00915/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer extension

    26 Morley Street Rochdale OL16 2LG

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made25/00332/WTCA

    Application to fell one Silver Birch tree subject to Tree Preservation Order 177 and within Middleton Town Centre Conservation Area due to severe decline

    Old Rectory Gardens 1 Mellalieu Street Middleton Rochdale M24 5DN

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made25/00359/FUL

    Installation of external roller shutters to front and side elevation and alterations to shopfront following removal of existing front canopy (part-retrospective)

    226 Rochdale Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3BN

    Received Not published
  22. Decision Made25/00362/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 6m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 2.90m and height to eaves to 2.90m)

    40 Beal Crescent Rochdale OL16 2TL

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made24/01122/FUL

    Change of use from shop (E) to bar/restaurant (Sui Generis), together with the installation of a rear door

    854 Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 2SP

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made24/01190/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear and single storey side extension, rear dormer, insertion of roof light to front roof slope, alterations to fenestration on front elevation including relocation of front entrance and front porch

    34 Roundthorn Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1FU

    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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