Rochdale Borough Council Consultation Hub

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.

You can also read what people said about past decisions and see how we used those views to change our services.

Closed Consultations

  • Draft Littleborough Station Area Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

    The proposed Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) will provide a development strategy for the Littleborough Station area. It outlines potential development opportunities within the area to support the continued regeneration and renewal of the area. The SPD will provide further detailed... More

    Closed 6 December 2021

  • New Barn Lane Public Engagement

    The Councils Highways Service is looking at a potential scheme on New Barn Lane to increase Road Safety associated to drop-off/pick-up time at Ashfield Valley Primary School. This is in response to a petition from parents highlighting road safety concerns on New Barn Lane, particularly at the... More

    Closed 15 November 2021

  • Interim Polling District Review

    Rochdale’s ward boundaries will change at the local elections in May 2022. The change is the result of the recent review of ward boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE). Rochdale | LGBCE Site In preparation for the ward changes we are reviewing the... More

    Closed 29 October 2021

  • Council Communications Strategy – public survey

    We are in the process of developing a new communications strategy for the council. As part of this, we are seeking people’s views about our current communications offer. We would really appreciate it if you could take a small amount of time from your day to complete our... More

    Closed 25 October 2021

  • Young People Transport Survey

    Fancy winning a £200 voucher? Take the quick 2 minute survey below to be in with a chance to win one! The survey will also help Rochdale Borough Youth Cabinet collect information we need to help make Rochdale an even better place to live and see what transport issues need sorting. Thank you... More

    Closed 18 October 2021

See All Closed Consultations

We Asked, You Said, We Did

Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes

We asked

Why residents might not be using their brown food and garden waste bins after analysis by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority found that 20 per cent of general waste collected in our borough was food waste.

You said

The survey found that 96 per cent of Rochdale residents felt that they understood how food and garden waste bins should be used whilst 10 per cent of respondents admitted to throwing away their food waste into the general waste bin. A number of residents stated that they used a combination of both bins to dispose of unwanted food.

Most residents surveyed said that they throw away food that is inedible, such as potato peelings, tea bags and banana skins. However, 51 per cent also said that they disposed of food that was out of date, with around one to three plates of food thrown out per resident per week.

14 per cent of residents told us that they did not always recycle their food waste as they think it is unhygienic, dirty or smell.

We did

This information will now be used to inform communications campaigns to encourage residents who sometimes use the wrong bin to always dispose of their food waste correctly and to specifically target those who never use their brown bin.

 

We asked

Do you agree with the Neighbourhood Area?

You said

Yes

We did

The Neighbourhood Area is now a Designated Neighbourhood Area

We asked

Do you agree with the Neighbourhood Forum?

You said

Yes

We did

The Neighbourhood Forum is now a Designated Neighbourhood Forum