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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
5,051Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 3,926 approved or refused records
639Refused applications

3,287 approved · 639 refused · 189 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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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More application records

  1. Under Consultation25/01152/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 3 (material samples), 4 (window and doors) and 5 (rainwater goods) on planning permission 25/00613/HOUS

    SHEEP BANK FARM, BLACKSTONE EDGE OLD ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 0JH

    Received Not published
  2. Decision MadePL/2025/1269

    Install external free standing biomass boiler and associated works

    Parr Rochdale Ltd, Builder Merchants, Lomax street,OL12 0DN

    Received Not published
  3. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1270

    Non-material amendment to 24/00043/FUL to reword conditions 5, 10, 11, 12 and 15 to allow for a phased approach; reword condition 6 to amend the approach to approval of external materials; reword condition 22 to amend the approach to approval of an emergency response plan

    Land Off Dig Gate Lane, Dig Gate Lane, Rochdale

    Received Not published
  4. Under ConsultationPL/2025/1272

    Residential development - 11 dwellings with associated parking, access road and private gardens

    G N G FOAM CONVERTERS (LANCS) LTD, TODMORDEN ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 9EG

    Received Not published
  5. Decision Made25/01144/HOUS

    Single storey side and rear extension

    4 THORNBANK CLOSE, HEYWOOD, OL10 2NH

    Received Not published
  6. Decision MadePL/2025/1275

    First floor front extension with pitched roof. Alterations to existing flat roof to pitched to facilitate dormer projection. Conversion of existing integral garage to habitable use and associated fenestration alterations

    12 GARFIELD CLOSE, ROCHDALE, OL11 5RY

    Received Not published
  7. Decision MadePL/2025/1276

    Part two storey, part first floor front extension and insertion of new window on the first floor side elevation

    42 Bamford Way, Rochdale, OL11 5NB

    Received Not published
  8. Decision Made25/01106/FUL

    Change of use from Retail (Class E(a)) to Self-Storage (Class B8) together with installation of a new loading bay door to front elevation

    Moon Retail Park Roch Valley Way, Rochdale, OL11 4QN

    Received Not published
  9. Decision Made25/01163/WTTPO

    Works to one protected Sycamore Tree (TPO290):- Crown lift of lowest branch and crown thin by 20%

    9 Innes Close Rochdale OL12 7BA

    Received Not published
  10. Decision Made25/01159/FUL

    Temporary Change of Use of existing building for a period of 3 years to an indoor padel sports facility including the installation of 10No indoor padel courts, reception area with ancillary café, toilets/changing facilities and associated internal works. External works including new entrance door and external refuse and cycle store.

    Belfield Hall Farm Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 5AA

    Received Not published
  11. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1289

    Request to fell to ground level one protected Ash Tree referenced as T82 under TPO010 due to ash dieback and deteriorating condition and replace with one Field Maple Tree

    Lodge Bank Cottage, Church Road, Heywood, Bury, BL9 6TR

    Received Not published
  12. Decision MadePL/2025/1290

    Single storey rear extension and single storey front porch extension with pitched roof. Single storey side garage extension following removal of existing car port together with alterations to incorporate existing garage to habitable living space

    56 Woodhouse Lane, Rochdale, OL12 7SD

    Received Not published
  13. Decision MadePL/2025/1293

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 24/00622/FUL comprising the repositioning of site 2 on Argyle Street.

    LAND 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 published
  14. Decision Made25/01169/HOUS

    Single storey side and rear extension

    99 BENTLEY STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 6PA

    Received Not published
  15. Decision MadePL/2025/1301

    Section 73 application to vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 25/00776/VRCON in order to make amendments to the shared boundary of Plots 2 and 3, alterations to Plot 2 comprising a single storey rear extension and alterations to Plot 3 comprising the insertion of a first floor window on the north east facing elevation

    Land Adjacent To Rochdale Road At Hillbank Street And Church Avenue Middleton

    Received Not published
  16. Decision Made25/01178/CPL

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage to garden room

    5 ACER CLOSE, ROCHDALE, OL11 5NS

    Received Not published
  17. Decision Made25/01143/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (site investigation) on planning permission 25/00482/FUL

    BACK O TH MOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE, PEEL LANE, HEYWOOD, OL10 4TU

    Received Not published
  18. Decision Made25/01145/DOC

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 9 (biodiversity enahancements) and 10 (bin store) on planning permission 24/00276/FUL

    Castle Inn Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 4HY

    Received Not published
  19. Decision MadePL/2025/1308

    Erection of electric vehicle charging points and associated infrastructure, including CCTV and lighting

    Sandbrook Park, Sandbrook Way, Rochdale OL11 1RY

    Received Not published
  20. Decision Made25/01171/HOUS

    Two-storey side extension incorporating hip-to-gable conversion and single storey rear extension.

    71 Windsor Avenue Heywood Rochdale OL10 3DB

    Received Not published
  21. Decision MadePL/2025/1305

    Single storey rear extension

    9 FIELD ROAD, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AZ

    Received Not published
  22. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1307

    Submission of details to comply with conditions 15 (Ground Investigation and Risk Assessment), 16 (Intrusive Ground Investigation), 17 (Archaeological Investigation), 19 (Foul Drainage Strategy), 20 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 24 (Noise Mitigation Scheme), 25 (Landscape and Habitat Creation and Management Plan), 26 (Method Statement for Invasive Plant Species), 27 (Arboricultural Impact Assessment), 28 (Details for protecting water mains) and 34 (External Lighting Details) of planning permission 16/01399/HYBR

    Land off Hareshill Road North, South Heywood , Rochdale

    Received Not published
  23. Decision MadePL/2025/1309

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a loft conversion and rear dormer extension

    12 NEILSON CLOSE, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 2BQ

    Received Not published
  24. Decision MadePL/2025/1311

    Change of use from Nursing Home (Use Class C2) to Jewellers (Use Class E), part two storey part single storey side extension and alteration to fenestration

    120 HARE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL11 1JT

    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.

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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