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.
3,254 approved · 633 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To Rear Of 408 Oldham Road Oldham Road, Middleton, M24 2FA
Received Not publishedGeometric House Townley Street Middleton M24 1AT
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 13 Kershaw Street Heywood OL10 3HA
Received Not publishedShepherd Hey Ashworth Road Heywood Rochdale OL11 5UN
Received Not published107 Marland Fold Rochdale OL11 4RF
Received Not published53 Balmoral Drive Heywood OL10 3RE
Received Not published29 Arden Avenue Middleton M24 1PN
Received Not published2 Bramley Road Rochdale OL11 5QN
Received Not published2 Bramley Road Rochdale OL11 5QN
Received Not published24 Townley Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3EN
Received Not published24 Townley Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3EN
Received Not publishedHopwood Hall, Hopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus, Rochdale Road, Middleton, M24 6XH
Received Not publishedStreet Record West Hill Rochdale OL11 4LP
Received Not published61 Argyle Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 3DQ
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 159 - 171 Windermere Road Middleton M24 5NQ
Received Not publishedLong Clough Farm Clough Road Littleborough OL15 9PA
Received Not published2 Grundy Street Heywood Rochdale OL10 2BA
Received Not publishedLand Bound To The North By Brightley Brook, Pilsworth Fisheries, Pilsworth Road & Heywood Distribution Park; The West By Whittle Brook; The East By Birch Industrial Park & Agricultural Fields; And The South By The M62 Corridor
Received Not published130 Queensway Rochdale OL11 1TP
Received Not publishedGXO/Greene King Former Tesco Stores Ltd Stakehill Industrial Estate Touchet Hall Road Middleton M24 2RW
Received Not publishedHowarth Knowl House Howarth Knowl Wardle Rochdale OL12 9JD
Received Not published82 Bellshill Crescent Rochdale OL16 2TU
Received Not published859 Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 2RA
Received Not publishedKen Mills Engineering Co New Street Rochdale Rochdale OL12 6NS
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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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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