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Park Satisfaction Survey
The Environmental Management service at Rochdale Council manage your public parks. Over the last few years we have obtained many accolades for excellent management, with Green Flag Awards being won by 8 parks and other open spaces in 2011. The Green Flag Awards are achieved through an independent inspection with the scheme being run by “Keep Britain Tidy”. We need the comments from members of the public to make sure we continue to deliver the best public parks and other open... MoreClosed 30 September 2012 -
Rochdale Draft Core Strategy August 2012
The Core Strategy is a borough-wide strategic framework for growth and development up to 2028. It includes policies that set out the broad scale and location of new housing and employment development, transport and environmental policies and policies for determining planning applications. We have produced a Draft Core Strategy to give residents and stakeholders the opportunity to comment on our propsals. This will give the Council the opportunity to make any necessary changes arising from... MoreClosed 24 September 2012 -
Former Balderstone Technology College - Land Disposal Consultation
Residents’ views sought over future of school site Members of the public are being invited to comment on plans to redevelop part of the former Balderstone Technology College site in Queen Victoria Street, Rochdale. It will be vacant from August 2013 when Kingsway Park High School, which currently occupies the land, relocates to Turf Hill Road. As the current school site will then no longer be needed for educational purposes, Rochdale Borough Council is planning to... MoreClosed 13 July 2012 -
Pennines Green Infrastructure Action Plan Consultation Draft
Green infrastructure is the natural outdoor environment around us and is part of the life support system of the community. It includes all the green spaces from gardens, playing fields, parks and street trees to the wider countryside surrounding the borough. It also includes open water features such as canals, streams and lakes. These spaces provide a number of essential benefits that support our quality of life, health and well-being by providing opportunities for sport and recreation,... MoreClosed 25 May 2012 -
Shop Fronts and Security Shutters Supplementary Planning Document
Following the riots in August 2011, local authorities were advised by the government of the importance of ensuring a balance between maximising property security and protecting the look and character of our high streets; planning authorities were asked to review their existing planning policies in this regard. Additionally, the existing Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) dates from 1995. Whilst much of the design guidance is equally relevant today, it does not take account of changes... MoreClosed 8 May 2012 -
School Admission Arrangements 2013-14
The Local Authority has to determine admission arrangements for the September 2013 admission round by 15th April 2012. The Authority has already consulted with school governing bodies and others in the Autumn Term. The purpose of this document (attached below) is to set out the final consultation on: Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme for 2013-14; Within-Year Transfer Policy 2013-14; Admission Policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools 2013-14; and... MoreClosed 16 March 2012 -
Cemetery Consultation
LATEST NEWS A further drop-in session at Spotland Library will be held on Friday 27 January 2012 between 10.00am and 1.00pm. All are welcome to come along to meet the project team, find out more and have your say. The meeting notes from Spotland Methodist Church meeting held on 13 December 2011 are available to view below **************************************** Following requests to see the restrictive covenant for Denehurst Park we have now made this available... MoreClosed 1 March 2012 -
Extra Reception Class Places in Primary Schools 2012-15
The Local Authority needs to make sure there are enough school places each year. There is still an increase in demand for Reception Class places in Primary Schools across the Borough, so the Authority wants to try to make sure that the views of parents, schools and others are taken into account before final decisions are taken. There are enough secondary school places. Consultationletters are set out below in the related documents section- by township- showing the current... MoreClosed 28 February 2012 -
Planning Services for adults with learning disabilities
Adult Care & Support are currently planning what services are needed within the budgets we have. Services for people with learning disabilities will be affected by these changes; therefore, we are developing a new strategy for how we buy services, based on what we see as priority outcomes and services for the future. Therefore, we are proposing to review all services and develop a set of new commissioning priorities around: Supported Living Respite ... MoreClosed 4 February 2012 -
Rochdale Council Housing Strategy Consultation
Future housing priorities Rochdale Council is currently in the process of working with Oldham Council to develop a joint three year strategic housing plan to improve the quality and quantity of and access to housing across both boroughs. There have been many recent achievements in the housing sector within Rochdale, these include: The building of over 1,000 new homes across the borough in the last three years of which 457 were affordable homes. In 2010/11... MoreClosed 25 December 2011 -
PS03 - Reductions to and reconfiguration of boroughwide debt, housing and welfare rights advice services
This proposal changes the debt, housing and welfare rights, employment and immigration advice services from being delivered by the council and two outside agencies (Citizens Advice Bureau and the Law Centre) to a single commissioned service operating in each township. This commissioned service would be a new service, meaning the Council would no longer provide an in house advice service, and mean potential significant changes to the Citizens Advice Bureau and Rochdale Law Centre. ... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS22 - Community Voluntary Sector Support
This proposal relates to re-tendering the contract for voluntary and community sector support at a lower cost than at present. Supporting a thriving and effective voluntary and community sector has been a long-standing aim of the Council. To assist with this, Rochdale Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) was awarded a three-year contract following a competitive process to provide a range of support to the voluntary sector, which is due to end on 31 March 2012. Given the importance... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS15 - Education Welfare Service
This proposal relates to reductions in the staffing of the Education Welfare Service. This service supports schools to improve the attendance of pupils and reduce persistent absence, and with their responsibilities relating to safeguarding. Schools are increasingly responsible for their own performance and improving their attainment and attendance, for instance by using ICT systems and employing their own staff who focus on home-school and family issues. We have ensured that... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS09 - Children's Centres - Resources
This proposal reduces the budgets for running costs of the 16 Children’s Centres by £2,000 each. The indicative saving for this proposal is £32,000 MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS21 - Town Centre Management
This proposal reduces the grant to Rochdale Town Centre Management Company. Although this represents a significant reduction in Rochdale Town Centre Management Company’s income (12%), it should have limited impact on the support that is provided to local companies. The reduction in funding will mean that the company is no longer able to pay Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) to maintain the town centre CCTV cameras. However, maintenance of these cameras should be covered under... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS10 - Home to School Discretionary Transport
This proposal is to end discretionary home to school transport for all children attending mainstream schools with effect from 1 st September 2013. Under the current policy, as well as meeting its legal duty, the Council provides extra support to children for home to school transport such as: children attending a church school rather than their nearest school; all primary age children being eligible if the nearest school is over two miles away; and giving... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
P02 - Review of Countryside & Open Spaces
The council is considering a number of alternative options, as follows: Proposal A This proposal will reduce the number of Township Parks and Countryside Rangers positions resulting in: A reduced presence of staff in parks, countryside and at events Reduced maintenance for countryside and woodland areas The Green Volunteer and Community Payback activities will no longer be organised by the service, although they will continue to supervise this... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS06 - Adult Care Prevention and Independence Strategy Phase 2
This proposal involves the ending of some current prevention and independence services and the development of commissioning plans for new services as part of the Adult Care and Support Prevention and Independence Strategy. We have already consulted with providers and service users on a lot of this as part of the strategy development between April and August this year. The proposed new commissioning priorities are: community-based support services for older people and... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS28 - Early Break (Young People’s Substance Misuse Service)
This proposal reduces the council’s contribution to the Early Break service. Early Break is a charitable organisation commissioned by the Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership to provide a service for young drug and/or alcohol users and their parents/carers as appropriate. The current service contract value is nearly £480,000, made up of contributions from RMBC (Community Safety), the Youth Justice Board (via the Youth Offending Team) and the government Department of Health. ... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
BP1 - Critical Services Blueprint
We have developed a new vision and direction for the council. It takes account of what you told us were your priorities for public services, the savings we need to make over the next three years as a result of cuts in Government funding, and the comments you made in response to the consultation “£64 million question – how do we maintain important services whilst saving £64 million?”, which took place in July-August 2011. The document is available below in the related... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
BP2 - Quality of Place Blueprint
We have developed a new vision and direction for the council. It takes account of what you told us were your priorities for public services, the savings we need to make over the next three years as a result of cuts in Government funding, and the comments you made in response to the consultation “£64 million question – how do we maintain important services whilst saving £64 million?”, which took place in July-August 2011. The document is available below in the related... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
BP3 - Promoting Success Blueprint
We have developed a new vision and direction for the council. It takes account of what you told us were your priorities for public services, the savings we need to make over the next three years as a result of cuts in Government funding, and the comments you made in response to the consultation “£64 million question – how do we maintain important services whilst saving £64 million?”, which took place in July-August 2011. The document is available below in the related... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
C03 - Adult Care Transport
This proposal will end the automatic provision of transport for people to access adult social care services. The Council currently provides transport for many people attending adult social care and other community services at a cost of around £1million per year. Journey costs are very high per journey and are heavily subsidised. The Council is not legally required to provide transport for these purposes. Other councils facing similar budget pressures have reduced or... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
C04 - Richard St Mental Health Therapy & Well Being Service
This proposal will involve a review of the services provided for people with mental health problems at Richard Street. The overall range of services will be reduced to concentrate on those that meet specific social care needs. It is sometimes difficult to separate health and social care needs, especially for people with mental health problems. However, it is intended that services at Richard Street which are primarily meeting health needs will be discontinued. Fewer staff will be... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
C07 - Adult Care Resource Allocation System
The proposal includes the introduction of a system of allocating resources fairly to all Adult Care service users, as personal budgets are rolled out across the service. Over the next year, Adult Care will be issuing many more personal budgets for care services. Eventually all service users will receive a personal budget for their care. The current process is limited to services provided to older people. As other service users with more complex needs are provided with budgets,... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
P01 - Introduction of Charges for Bulky Waste Collections
This proposal will introduce charges for the collection of bulky waste items such as beds, mattresses, carpets and chairs. These items are currently removed free of charge. Proposed charges will be £18 for up to three items plus £5 for every additional item. It is anticipated that the charges will generate additional income but will not significantly impact fly tipping. The indicative saving for this proposal is £37,000 As the proposal will affect service users, we have... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
C09 - Reshaping of Services within the Youth Offending Team (YOT)
This proposal involves reshaping services within the youth offending team. Due to a reduced demand for some front line and also some support services, we’re proposing to reduce staffing levels. We will also make changes to our use of IT data systems. This will enable us to reduce costs by ceasing to use one of the data recording systems currently in use. The indicative saving for this proposal is £60,000 As the proposal will affect service users, we have undertaken an... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
P04 - Review of Street Services
This proposal is to reduce the provision of street services such as street cleansing, grass cutting and litter picking in parks and open spaces. This means less time will be spent on these areas with priority given to maintaining major routes and gateways. The proposed reduction will still meet our statutory responsibilities. The indicative saving for this proposal is £500,000 As the proposal will affect service users, we have undertaken an Equality Impact Assessment to... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS01 - Internal Library Re-structure and one year only reduction to the book fund
This proposal involves reorganising the library staff and reducing the book fund, which is used to buy books and other stock. The cut to the book fund would be for a one year period only. There will be no change to the opening hours or number of libraries in the borough. When we analysed staff rotas across the borough, we found we could organise them better to cover busy and quiet periods more efficiently and make savings. This proposal means that some libraries would become... MoreClosed 19 December 2011 -
PS02 - Customer Service Centres
This proposal involves moving the Customer Service Centres in Rochdale, Heywood, Milnrow and Middleton to operate from the libraries in those places, and changing the way people access information. People will be able to get information or make basic enquiries by speaking to advisors at the Contact Centre via free phones in the libraries or by phoning up from elsewhere, and via the internet either from home or in libraries. People will also be able to make appointments for more... MoreClosed 19 December 2011
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