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.
3,241 approved · 626 refused · 185 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Home Drive Middleton M24 1NB
Received Not published1 Eton Close Rochdale OL11 4DT
Received Not publishedCastleton Sidings Heywood Road Rochdale
Received Not published3 Pattison Close Rochdale OL12 7UZ
Received Not published31 Bernard Street Rochdale OL12 0SJ
Received Not published85 Hill Top Drive Rochdale OL11 2RL
Received Not publishedBus Shelter Outside, Marland Grange Manchester Road Rochdale OL11 3NW
Received Not published8 Lower Beechwood Rochdale OL11 4LY
Received Not published5 Lower Beechwood Rochdale OL11 4LY
Received Not published6 Eclipse Close Rochdale OL16 2YU
Received Not published7 Wordsworth Way Rochdale Rochdale OL11 5HZ
Received Not published8 Moorcroft Rochdale OL11 2HS
Received Not publishedThe Smithybridge Smithy Bridge Road Littleborough Rochdale OL15 0DY
Received Not published5 Coptrod Head Close Rochdale OL12 9UG
Received Not published7 Heald Close Rochdale OL12 7HJ
Received Not publishedBone Heys Farm Haugh Fold Newhey Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3SZ
Received Not published14 Woodlands Avenue Rochdale OL11 5HJ
Received Not published48 Mentmore Road Rochdale OL16 3AE
Received Not published47 The Heath Middleton Rochdale M24 1TE
Received Not publishedRochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1AZ
Received Not published85 Green Lane Heywood Rochdale OL10 1NE
Received Not published744 Halifax Road Rochdale OL16 2SQ
Received Not publishedBamford Arms 520 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4DQ
Received Not publishedLand North And East Of Stakehill Industrial Estate, Middleton
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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