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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.
3,287 approved · 639 refused · 189 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHEEP BANK FARM, BLACKSTONE EDGE OLD ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 0JH
Received Not publishedParr Rochdale Ltd, Builder Merchants, Lomax street,OL12 0DN
Received Not publishedLand Off Dig Gate Lane, Dig Gate Lane, Rochdale
Received Not publishedG N G FOAM CONVERTERS (LANCS) LTD, TODMORDEN ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 9EG
Received Not published4 THORNBANK CLOSE, HEYWOOD, OL10 2NH
Received Not published12 GARFIELD CLOSE, ROCHDALE, OL11 5RY
Received Not published42 Bamford Way, Rochdale, OL11 5NB
Received Not publishedMoon Retail Park Roch Valley Way, Rochdale, OL11 4QN
Received Not published9 Innes Close Rochdale OL12 7BA
Received Not publishedBelfield Hall Farm Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 5AA
Received Not publishedLodge Bank Cottage, Church Road, Heywood, Bury, BL9 6TR
Received Not published56 Woodhouse Lane, Rochdale, OL12 7SD
Received Not publishedLAND AT SUTHERLAND ROAD (NORTH OF OUR LADY AND ST PAUL'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL), AND LAND AT JUNCTION OF LENNOX WALK AND ARGYLE STREET,, Heywood, OL10 3PD
Received Not published99 BENTLEY STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 6PA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Rochdale Road At Hillbank Street And Church Avenue Middleton
Received Not published5 ACER CLOSE, ROCHDALE, OL11 5NS
Received Not publishedBACK O TH MOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE, PEEL LANE, HEYWOOD, OL10 4TU
Received Not publishedCastle Inn Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 4HY
Received Not publishedSandbrook Park, Sandbrook Way, Rochdale OL11 1RY
Received Not published71 Windsor Avenue Heywood Rochdale OL10 3DB
Received Not published9 FIELD ROAD, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AZ
Received Not publishedLand off Hareshill Road North, South Heywood , Rochdale
Received Not published12 NEILSON CLOSE, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 2BQ
Received Not published120 HARE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL11 1JT
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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