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.
3,273 approved · 634 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Glamis Avenue Heywood Rochdale OL10 2LX
Received Not published15 Fleece Street Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1LY
Received Not published4 Hibson Avenue Rochdale Rochdale OL12 7RU
Received Not published382 Heywood Old Road Middleton M24 4SB
Received Not published8 Tangmere Avenue Heywood OL10 2WA
Received Not published6 Kensington Close Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3HJ
Received Not published105 Clay Lane Rochdale OL11 5QW
Received Not publishedLand North Of West Starkey Street, Heywood
Received Not publishedLand at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale
Received Not publishedLand at former Central Retail Park, Land bounded by Oldham Road, Milnrow Road and Richard Street, Rochdale
Received Not published26 Chamber House Drive Rochdale OL11 3LS
Received Not published32 Rochdale Road Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3LN
Received Not published68 Kingsway Middleton Rochdale M24 1LG
Received Not published61 Church Street Heywood OL10 1LJ
Received Not published1 Pattison Close Rochdale OL12 7UZ
Received Not published28 Salkeld Street Rochdale OL11 1PS
Received Not published73 Percy Street Rochdale OL16 5LF
Received Not published24 Greave Avenue Rochdale OL11 5EN
Received Not publishedHarwood Fields Farm Castle Hill Road Heywood BL9 6UL
Received Not published3 Arnold Avenue Heywood Rochdale OL10 2ND
Received Not published90 Warwick Road Middleton M24 1HX
Received Not published116 Martindale Crescent, Middleton
Received Not publishedRochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale Rochdale OL16 1AZ
Received Not publishedMount Cottage Schwabe Street Middleton Rochdale M24 4TN
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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