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  • Catley Lane Head Conservation Area Consultation

    Catley Lane Head is considered to be an area of historic and architectural interest worthy of preservation and enhancement. The production of a draft conservation area appraisal has established the intrinsic heritage value of the area and its setting. Local consultation and feedback will support the appraisal resulting in a comprehensive document that will assist the council when assessing development proposals through the planning process. The 28 day consultation period will take place from... More
    Opened 13 July 2017
  • Additional Licensing of houses in multiple occupation - Survey of residents and other agencies

    Consultation on the proposal to extend its additional Licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation, started on the 1 December 2016 at our Landlords Forum and will last for 10 weeks. We particularly want to talk to landlords and letting agents, tenants occupying private rented accommodation (specifically those living in HMO accommodation) and local residents. We will do this through: web page and online questionnaire hard copy questionnaire background information... More
    Opened 2 February 2017
  • Additional Licensing of houses in multiple occupation - Survey of tenants

    Consultation on the proposal to extend its additional Licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation, started on the 1 December 2016 at our Landlords Forum and will last for 10 weeks. We particularly want to talk to landlords and letting agents, tenants occupying private rented accommodation (specifically those living in HMO accommodation) and local residents. We will do this through: web page and online questionnaire hard copy questionnaire background information... More
    Opened 2 February 2017
  • Review of Community Centre grant funding

    Overview of proposal In November 2016 the Council’s Cabinet approved criteria for an assessment to review the 16 Grant-Funded Community Centres. As a result of this assessment it is proposed to remove the Council funding from the two centres that were found to be least effective – Wardleworth Community Centre and Castlemere Community Centre. These centres were assessed to have delivered least value for money for the Council. Overall impact of proposed change The proposal is to... More
    Opened 24 January 2017
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of Matthew Moss High School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional primary school places at Matthew Moss High School, Rochdale with effect from September 2018. The proposal is to enlarge Matthew Moss High School by providing an additional 30 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 240 from September 2018 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 210. The current total capacity... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of Falinge Park High School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional secondary school places at Falinge Park High School with effect from September 2017. The proposal is to enlarge Falinge Park High School by providing an additional 30 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 270 from September 2017 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 240. The current total capacity of the... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of Woodland Primary School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional primary school places at Woodland Primary School, Heywood with effect from September 2018. The proposal is to enlarge Woodland Primary School by providing an additional 30 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 90 from September 2018 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 60. The current total capacity of... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of St Joseph’s RC Primary School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional primary school places at Woodland Primary School, Middleton with effect from September 2017. The proposal is to enlarge St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School by providing an additional 15 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 60 from September 2017 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 45. The... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of Boarshaw CP School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional primary school places at Boarshaw Primary School, Middleton with effect from September 2018. The proposal is to enlarge Boarshaw Community Primary School by providing an additional 30 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 60 from September 2018 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 30. The school currently... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of Kingsway Park High School

    Kingsway Park High School with effect from September 2017. The proposal is to enlarge Kingsway Park High School by providing an additional 30 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 270 from September 2017 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 240. The current total capacity of the school is 1200 places and the increase in places will mean that the total capacity will rise to... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of Whittaker Moss Primary School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional primary school places at Whittaker Moss Primary School with effect from September 2017. The proposal is to enlarge Whittaker Moss Primary School by providing an additional 15 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 60 from September 2017 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 45. The current total capacity of... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Statutory Proposal for the Enlargement of St Andrew’s CE Primary School

    Rochdale Council is now consulting on a proposal to provide additional primary school places at St Andrew’s CE Primary School with effect from September 2017. The proposal is to enlarge St Andrew’s CE Primary School by providing an additional 15 places in each new admission year group. The enlargement of the school would be to increase the admission number to 60 from September 2017 for each new successive year group, from the current admission number of 45. The current total... More
    Opened 19 December 2016
  • Survey of Landlords, Letting Agents and Property Managers 2016

    Consultation on the proposal to extend its additional Licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation, started on the 1 December 2016 at our Landlords Forum and will last for 10 weeks. We particularly want to talk to landlords and letting agents, tenants occupying private rented accommodation (specifically those living in HMO accommodation) and local residents. We will do this through: web page and online questionnaire hard copy questionnaire background information... More
    Opened 13 December 2016
  • School Admission Arrangements for 2018/19

    Overview Proposed changes to the admission criteria for Rochdale Borough Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. Background The following changes are proposed to the Admission Policies for the Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools: Introduction of separate Admission Policies for Secondary schools and Primary schools; Introduction of an Admission Policy in respect of In Year Admissions and Transfers; Clarification to the criterion related to pupils... More
    Opened 28 November 2016
  • NH-2017-345 Review of Library Service Provision

    Overview of proposal Changes to library services in the borough. Specifically, Closure of the mobile library service Reduction in the bookfund by 15% Overall impact of proposed change Customers of the borough’s 17 libraries will not be affected by this proposal except a small reduction in the amount of new books received. Customers of the mobile library, who have mobility difficulties, can access the library service via the doorstep library service for... More
    Opened 24 November 2016
  • NH-2017-343 Community Group subsidies

    Overview of proposal Removal of payment to schools, which allows schools to offer reduced room hire charges to community groups. Overall impact of proposed change The Council budget which pays schools to offer subsidised room lets to specific community groups will be removed. Schools may choose to offer room hire charges at the reduced level. Impact on affected service users If schools do not continue to offer the room let at the reduced rate, community groups will need to... More
    Opened 24 November 2016
  • CS-2017-341 Children's Centre Phase 2 Review

    Overview of proposal The proposal recommends the reduction in management and frontline staff in recognition that the level of service provided in children’s centres transferred to schools has reduced. Overall impact of proposed change There will be a reduction in the number of face to face session held by frontline children’s centre staff in outreach venues Impact on affected service users Service users will be able to access services at children’s centres but there will... More
    Opened 24 November 2016
  • ACS-2017-340 Community Opportunities Contract

    Overview of proposal The contract for the community opportunities service will not be retendered when the contract ends in August 2017. Overall impact of proposed change Reduction in low level prevention services Impact on affected service users The service provides short term interventions so it is anticipated that the impact on existing service users will be minimal but this will be further established through consultation. New service users will not be able to access the... More
    Opened 24 November 2016
  • CS-2017-342 Review of Edge of Care provision

    Overview of proposal The proposal recommends the reduction in management and frontline staff in recognition that the level of service provided in children’s centres transferred to schools has reduced. Overall impact of proposed change There will be a reduction in the number of face to face session held by frontline children’s centre staff in outreach venues Impact on affected service users Service users will be able to access services at children’s centres but there will... More
    Opened 24 November 2016
  • Alcohol Awareness Week 2016 Quiz

    Alcohol Awareness Week 2016 Quiz This Alcohol Awareness Week (14 th – 20 th November) we want to get people thinking about alcohol and how it affects us as individuals, families, communities and society as a whole. Alcohol can have negative impacts on your health, mental wellbeing and relationships as well as costing society around £21bn per year and putting massive pressure on the NHS, police, licensing and social services. Do you know the risks? Have a go at the quiz... More
    Opened 11 November 2016
  • Playing Pitch Strategy

    The Council has prepared a Draft Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS), which aims to make sure that there is an adequate supply of good quality, accessible grass and artificial pitches in the borough, to meet current and future demands for formal pitch sports. It covers all Link4Life, council, school, club and community sports grounds that accommodate the following sports: Cricket Football Hockey Lacrosse Rounders Rugby Football League ... More
    Opened 1 November 2016
  • Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme

    The Rochdale borough has lots of businesses and venues that have joined the Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme and aim to provide breastfeeding friendly environments that help mums to feel comfortable breastfeeding in public and children to enjoy a longer, healthier life. If you are a breastfeeding mum and have visited a breastfeeding welcome venue we want to hear about your experiences, so we can continue working towards our goal of a breastfeeding friendly borough. Please complete this... More
    Opened 7 October 2016
  • Rochdale Town Hall Restoration and Revival

    Rochdale Town Hall is probably the most iconic building in our borough and is widely regarded as one of the finest town halls in the country. But the town hall could be even better. That’s why we’re preparing a Heritage Lottery Fund bid to enable us to make improvements, so our residents and visitors can get more out of this stunning building. These improvements include: Opening up parts of the building which are currently closed to the public Creating a new... More
    Opened 29 September 2016
  • CS-2017-308 Remodel and Review the Contact Service

    Overview of proposal Remodel and review the delivery of the Contact Service to provide a saving of £70,000. Overall impact of proposed change Review is likely to result in a change to the approach to delivery of contact service in light of service needs and role of services and others in the process. Impact on affected service users The expectation and duty will remain for each cared for child to have an individual contact plan (as per current policy and procedures) which will... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
  • CS-2017-307 Restructure Youth Offending Service

    Overview of proposal To review the Youth Offending Service across Rochdale and Bury in light of legislative and demand changes. Overall impact of proposed change A rationalisation of the service to meet future demand and respond to changes in legislation. Impact on affected service users There should be no impact on the service users. Total Savings: 2017/18 £80,000 ongoing You can find the full proposal document, which includes the Equality Impact Assessment, below in... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
  • AC-2017-302 Changes to Adult Care charging policy

    Overview of proposal Changes are proposed to the Adult Care Charging Policy from April 2017. These changes will bring the Charging Policy in line with national changes to benefits and pension payments. It is proposed to link the minimum income guarantee (the amount of income we ‘protect’ from charges) to an individuals’ pensionable age rather than their actual age. It is proposed to stop disregarding the higher rate of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) as part of the financial... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
  • CS-2017-306 Reshape of Children's Social Care delivery

    Overview of proposal To re-shape children social care services to achieve a saving of £350,000 over two years, in response to continuing reduction in demand and focus on provision of early help. Overall impact of proposed change Reshaping of Children’s Social Care over 2017/18 and 2018/19 will provide sufficient services for children who need the service. Impact on affected service users If demand continues to reduce there should be no impact on service users. If the current... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
  • CS-2017-305 Rationalisation of additional funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

    Overview of proposal To rationalise the additional support currently provided by the Council for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services recognising that young people identified as having issues with mental health would access support through conventional means. Overall impact of proposed change There will be no direct access to the CAMHS service for young people involved with children’s social care, through the social work team currently based in CAMHS, however access to the... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
  • CS-2017-304 Proposed cessation of Mobile Play Team

    Overview of proposal The proposal is to cease operating the Mobile Play Team. The Mobile Play team visits locations across the borough, in each of the four townships on a revolving six week basis, between June 2016 and August 1st 2016, the Mobile Play Team has delivered 36 play sessions with 352 individual children attending (some a number of times). Overall impact of proposed change The proposal will mean that the Council no longer provides any out of school, open access play... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
  • CS-2017-303 Remodelling of the Educational Welfare Service

    Overview of proposal It is proposed that the service provided to Schools by the Education Welfare Service is remodelled. Overall impact of proposed change The impact from this proposal is to ensure that support to schools to improve attendance is targeted to schools and families where there is the greatest need to improve. Impact on affected service users The Council will still be fulfilling its statutory duty to support good attendance, the universal support to schools beyond... More
    Opened 15 September 2016
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