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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
5,033Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,913 approved or refused records
635Refused applications

3,278 approved · 635 refused · 187 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made24/00654/HOUS

    Two storey side and rear extension with single storey front extension and porch and conversion of existing conservatory into a single storey rear extension

    5 Hartley Lane Rochdale OL11 2NF

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made24/00703/VRCON

    Application to vary condition 1 of planning permission 94/D30385 (Application to relax condition no. 5 on planning permission D23145 relating to Sunday trading hours) to revise the opening hours of the petrol filling station from 0600 to 2300 on any day and the retail food supermarket to 0700 to 2200 Monday to Saturday and 1000 to 1600 on Sundays

    Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc, Petrol Filling Station Kingsway, Rochdale, OL16 4AT

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made24/00704/VRCON

    Application to vary condition 3 of planning permission 98/D35373 (Petrol filling station with associated jet wash facility - revised proposal D33353) to extend the opening hours to between 6.00 hours and 23.00 hours and at no other times, no illumination of the forecourt or the site facilities shall take place other than between the hours of 06.00 and 23.00 hours and no fuel deliveries shall take place other than between the hours of 08.00 and 23.00 hours.

    Petrol Filling Station Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc Dawson Street Heywood OL10 4PU

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made24/00733/TELE

    Prior notification for a replacement 25m high telecommunication lattice tower and associated works

    Proposed replacement greenfield site located on a field of Lower Stakehill Farm, Stakehill Lane, Middleton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M24 2SA (E:388851, N:408637).

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made24/00837/FUL

    Erection of 1 No. two storey dwelling comprising of 1 No. two bedroom and 1 No. one bedroomed self-contained apartments -(Resubmission of 23/00985/FUL)

    Land Adjacent To The Gable Of The End Terrace (no 34 Queen Street)

    Received Not published
  6. Decision Made24/00875/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 24/00355/FUL for the installation of a bay window to the southern elevation and to reduce the size of the windows on the northern elevation.

    10 Woodgate Avenue Rochdale Rochdale OL11 4DW

    Received Not published
  7. Decision Made24/00878/ANM

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 21/01747/HOUS for addition of roof light to rear elevation; chimney to side elevation; change to render from brick to part front elevation

    523 Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 2GN

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made23/01393/FUL

    Landscaping and planting scheme to Broadfield Park Slopes (Grade II registered park) to include repair/refurbishment and instatement of new handrails, boundary treatments, retaining structures, SUDS and decorative water features, lawn terracing, accessible and general pathways and surfaces, seating, lighting, interpretative material, and public art pieces. Repair and refurbishment scheme to Packer Spout Steps and fountain, including the instatement of new lighting and handrails.

    Broadfield Park Slopes , Nelson Street, Rochdale

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made23/01394/LBC

    Repair and refurbishment of Grade II listed Market Cross, located within Grade II registered Broadfield Park; included as part of scheme of works to Packer Spout Steps (23/01393/FUL)

    Broadfield Park Slopes Rochdale

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made24/00016/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension

    57 Farmway Middleton Rochdale M24 1DL

    Received Not published
  11. Decision Made24/00049/LBC

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of new garage/outbuilding with solar panels above

    15 Broadhalgh Avenue Rochdale OL11 5LW

    Received Not published
  12. Decision Made24/00066/HOUS

    Two-storey side, single-storey rear, single-storey front extension including canopy, hip to gable roof extension including erection of front dormer, alteration to fenestration on front and rear elevations including alteration to boundary treatments

    1 Clifton Road Middleton M24 2RD

    Received Not published
  13. Decision Made24/00132/HOUS

    Alterations to existing roof from hip to gable to facilitate loft conversion together with a single storey front porch extension with pitched roof

    859 Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale M24 2RA

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made24/00133/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension meauring 4.50m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3m and height to eaves to 2.50m)

    944 Oldham Road Rochdale OL11 2BS

    Received Not published
  15. Decision Made24/00134/HOUS

    Two storey rear extension

    22 Seatallan Drive Hollins Middleton Rochdale M24 5AF

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made24/00702/HOUS

    Two storey side extension, rear ground floor extension following demolition of existing garage and conservatory

    16 Dingle Road Middleton Rochdale M24 1NH

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made24/00823/ADV

    Replacement of advertising display with an internally illuminated digital advertising screen

    437 Oldham Road Middleton M24 2DH

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made24/00824/PRA56

    Proposed change of use from former offices (Class E) to 2no. residential dwellinghouses (Class C)

    35 Church Stile Rochdale OL16 1QE

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made24/00860/FUL

    Erection of one detached dwelling with associated car parking landscaping and boundary treatment

    Land Adjacent To 1 Lister Road Middleton M24 4RB

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made80/D11147

    Temporary Chain Link Fence

    Land At Bentley Street Rochdale

    Received Not published
  21. Decision Made25/01153/ANM

    Application for non-material amendments to planning permission 24/00556/FUL relating to alterations to fenestration on front, side and rear elevations and the extension of front roofline, creating small overhang, in line with main roof.

    17 PENNINE DRIVE, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 3DT

    Received Not published
  22. ValidPL/2025/0271

    Sharon's Test Application

    Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU

    Received Not published
  23. Decision Made25/01172/FUL

    Change of use from dwellinghouse to children's care home (Use Class C2) for a maximum of 4 children with carer accommodation

    316 MANCHESTER NEW ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 1JR

    Received Not published
  24. Decision Made25/01136/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension

    MAYFIELD TOPS, 69 ASHFIELD LANE, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 4EW

    Received Not published

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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.

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