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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
5,046Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,923 approved or refused records
638Refused applications

3,285 approved · 638 refused · 189 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made25/01151/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 27 (Noise) of planning permission 23/00431/HYBR with regards to plots 1-22, 121-133 and 174-191

    Castleton Sidings Heywood Road Rochdale

    Received Not published
  2. Decision Made25/01150/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 5 (biodiversity enhancements) on planning permission 25/00369/FUL

    PLot J2 Kingsway Business Park, James Kearns Avenue, Rochdale, OL16 4NR

    Received Not published
  3. Decision Made25/01147/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed rear dormer velux windows to front elevation

    126 MOSSWAY, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 1NT

    Received Not published
  4. Decision Made25/01016/FUL

    Reconfiguration of site to create dual-lane drive-thru facility including alterations car park layout and landscaping to facilitate subdivision of existing restaurant into two separate units. Alterations to external elevations including new drive thru pick up windows, order canopies and bin storage.

    Former Pink Drips Unit Sandbrook Park Sandbrook Way, Rochdale, OL11 1RY

    Received Not published
  5. Decision MadePL/2025/1245

    Glazed extension to existing café including minor works to decking

    ALBANY HOTEL, 85A-89 ROCHDALE ROAD EAST, HEYWOOD, OL10 4DX

    Received Not published
  6. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1248

    Application for works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order No. 256 comprising of the removal of 2 Sycamore, 3 Elm, 2 sorbus and crown lift 1 Sycamore, 1 Willow and 1 Elm, including replacement planting in a ratio of 2 for one across the site

    Rochdale Walton Angling Association, Dell Road, Rochdale, OL12 6AZ

    Received Not published
  7. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1249

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 19/00038/FUL to make alterations to plot sizes of blocks, alteration to windows and doors and addition of canopy to the front of all dwellings

    Land at Belfield Lane, Rochdale

    Received Not published
  8. Decision MadeNOT/2025/1253

    Prior approval for single-storey extension measuring 6m from the rear of the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 2.9m, height to eaves at 2.9m)

    16 Ashbrook Crescent, Rochdale, OL12 9AJ

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made25/01162/HH42

    Prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 6m from the original dwelling (with a maximum height of 3.30m and height to eaves to 2.30m)

    529 Bury Road ROCHDALE OL11 4DG

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made25/00432/FUL

    The erection of a single storey detached storage unit

    Land Rear Of 242-246 Oldham Road Marcroft Place, Rochdale, OL11 2ER

    Received Not published
  11. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1254

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (habitat management and monitoring plan) and 4 (materials) on planning permission 25/00209/FUL

    MCCORMICK EUROPE LTD, WHITELEES ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8DU

    Received Not published
  12. Under ConsultationPL/2025/1255

    The proposed duble storey rear extension

    30 Elliott street, Rochdale, OL12 0HF

    Received Not published
  13. Decision MadePL/2025/1256

    Interior works to the first floor galleries to amend the proposed entrance lobby design to Gallery 2, install glazed doors between Gallery 3 and 4 and to remove tongue & groove and other over-boarding to gallery walls.

    Touchstones Arts and Heritage Centre, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AQ

    Received Not published
  14. Decision Made25/00937/PRA56

    Prior approval for the conversion of first floor offices / light industrial to 5 apartments

    SUDDEN MILL, MANCHESTER ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 4QR

    Received Not published
  15. Decision MadePL/2025/1259

    Part two storey, part single storey side extension and alteration to fenestration

    36 ASHFIELD LANE, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 4EW

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made25/01170/HOUS

    Single storey infill extension to side (below existing first floor extension), construction of pitched roof on existing side extension and part two storey part single storey rear extension, following demolition of detached garage

    14 BERKELEY DRIVE, ROCHDALE, OL16 4UF

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made25/01175/ANM

    Non-material amendment of planning permission 24/00668/FUL for amendments to raise finished floor levels to achieve better construction methodologies

    Atom Valley Innovation Centre, Plot R Kingsway Business Park, Michael Faraday Avenue,, Rochdale, OL16 4FW

    Received Not published
  18. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1262

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (window, doors, rooflights), 4 (secondary glazing), 5 (meter boxes), 6 (lime plaster walls), 7 (partition walls), 8 (ceiling finishes) and 9 (schedule of repairs and finishes) of planning permission 25/00315/LBC

    1 Drake Street, Rochdale, OL16 1RE

    Received Not published
  19. Decision Made25/01075/FUL

    Change of use from restaurant to a children's day nursery and education centre, including the creation of outdoor play areas and changes to the parking arrangements

    Bird Ith Hand 239 Bury And Rochdale Old Road, Heywood, OL10 4BQ

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made25/01080/FUL

    Change of use from ground floor commercial unit (Use Class E) to two self-contained flats (Use Class C3) with associated landscaping works and alterations to front and rear elevations including installation of fenestration and application of render to existing rear extension.

    105 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 5QT

    Received Not published
  21. Decision MadePL/2025/1267

    Two-storey side extension and first floor and single storey rear extension

    20 Eafield Road, Rochdale, OL16 2TH

    Received Not published
  22. Decision MadeNOT/2025/1265

    Prior Notification for the Change of Use of an existing Agricultural Building to a flexible commercial use under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (Comprising Use Class E Cafe and Shop)

    Harwood Fields Farm, Castle Hill Road, Birtle, Rochdale, OL12 6UL

    Received Not published
  23. Decision MadePL/2025/1266

    Proposed 2 storey rear extension.

    71 ROCH VALLEY WAY, ROCHDALE, OL11 4QL

    Received Not published
  24. Under Consultation25/01063/FUL

    Two storey side extension, installation of solar panels, alterations to existing car park, formation of new car park, relocation of existing storage container and erection of boundary fencing

    Church Walk Nursing Home Cavendish Road, Rochdale, OL11 2QX

    Received Not published

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