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.
3,288 approved · 639 refused · 189 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
146 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 1LD
Received Not publishedSladen Mill Halifax Road Littleborough OL15 0LB
Received Not published20 CROSSGATES ROAD, MILNROW, ROCHDALE, OL16 3EW
Received Not published4 HONITON CLOSE, HEYWOOD, OL10 2PF
Received Not published565 BURY ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 4DQ
Received Not published16 MOOR PARK AVENUE, ROCHDALE, OL11 3JG
Received Not published9 THORNHAM NEW ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 2XR
Received Not publishedLand Off Heywood Old Road, Middleton, Rochdale , OL10 2QN
Received Not published18 MARGROY CLOSE, ROCHDALE, OL12 0ES
Received Not published759 BURY ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 4BB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To No. 1, Wildhouse Court, Wildhouse Lane, OL16 3UU
Received Not published51 Tweedale Street, Rochdale, OL11 1HH
Received Not publishedDICKEN GREEN MILL, GREENFIELD LANE, ROCHDALE
Received Not publishedTHORNTON HOUSE, TROWS LANE, ROCHDALE, OL11 2UE
Received Not published227 MANCHESTER NEW ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 1JT
Received Not published2-4 BETHEL STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 1HU
Received Not published35 TORRINGTON STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 2EZ
Received Not publishedOld Hall Street, Middleton, M24 1AG
Received Not published12 MARSDEN CLOSE, ROCHDALE, OL16 4SD
Received Not publishedLand Opposite Harwood Primary School Hornby Street, Heywood
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 4 Rudman Street Rochdale OL12 6LJ
Received Not publishedLand South Of Cowm Top Lane Castleton Rochdale
Received Not publishedSUDDEN SERVICE STATION, MANCHESTER ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 3PT
Received Not published43 Greave Avenue, Rochdale, OL11 5EN
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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