Have your say about how to shape the future of Rochdale

Whether you live, work or travel in Rochdale Borough, we encourage you to have your say. Here you can find and participate in consultations that we run. The council will take your views into consideration when we make important decisions.

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Browse the open activities below to find out more and have your say on what is happening in the borough.

Specialist Health Improvement Service Budget Reduction

Specialist Health Improvement Service Budget Reduction Overview Outline of Proposal Public Health and Communities Directorate funds services to improve the health and wellbeing of residents in the Borough. The Specialist Health Improvement Service, Living Well is delivered by the Big Life Group. The aim of Specialist Health Improvement Service is to: Improve the health and wellbeing of residents at a community level ...

Support for Parents and Carers of Neurodiverse Children and Young People

Our Neurodiversity Hub are able to coordinate drop-ins and support for parents and carers of neurodiverse children and young people. Please complete the form below to give us an idea of topics for webinars/workshops that you would find useful. We can then develop these as an offer to parents and carers whose children or young people are awaiting an Autism or ADHD assessment or simply needing support.

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Forthcoming Consultations

  • Hopwood Triangle Heywood

    Rochdale Borough Council have Integrated Transport Block funding (ITB). ITB is funding to support Local Authorities deliver minor transport capital improvement schemes intended to improve road safety and promote active forms of travel. The ITB funding will deliver a scheme of this nature in each of...

    Opens 24 March 2025

Closed Activities

Below you can find some of the previous activities we have run which are now closed. We're working to update these pages with information on the feedback you gave us and the next steps we're taking to make a difference.

Re-introduction of Replacement Waste Bin Charge

Overview of proposal It is proposed that new charges are introduced as follows: The introduction of a £30 charge for replacement bins issued to properties that have already received a bin of the same type within the past five years. Overall impact of proposed change This change will result in Improved street scene, since April 2019 we have had 35000 reports of bins that have been abandoned, vandalised, lost or stolen accounting for almost half of the...

Middleton Crematorium

Background The cremator and related equipment at Middleton Cemetery are over 30 years old, unreliable, non-compliant, and potentially dangerous. They cannot be upgraded to meet the new Mercury Emissions regulations set for January 2027. Repairs costing around £60,000 are required to keep it operational until then, but it will not be compliant after that and therefore unusable. Middleton Crematorium is one of the least attended in...

Bowling Green Funding

This introduction provides an overview of a proposal regarding changes to bowling green funding. We are consulting with clubs via a survey to gather feedback and suggestions. Why Change Funding? The Council needs to save money due to budget pressures and the loss of £60,000 in funding by 2026/27 (£30,000 from this next fiscal year) Main Plan: Work with bowling clubs to share maintenance costs. Save money...

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