There are four area panels covering the following areas: Heywood, Middleton, Pennines and Rochdale.

Everyone who lives on or near a Rochdale Council estates is welcome to attend, whether you are a tenant, owner occupier or leaseholder.    

Area Panels provide you with the opportunity to be involved in:

• Helping us to deliver housing services that meet the needs of local people.
• Having your say on issues that affect your area.
• Deciding the programme of estate environmental improvements.
• Approving grants for activities and initiatives put forward by tenants and residents associations.

This page tells you when the next meetings will take place, who to contact for more information and the terms of reference of each Panel. You can also view the notes of previous meetings and use the online form to request an item adding to the agenda at the next or at a later meeting.

Heywood Area Panel

Middleton Area Panel

Pennines Area Panel

Rochdale Area Panel

Online form - Request an item adding to the agenda at the next or at a later meeting

Heywood Area Panel

The next meeting of the Heywood Area Panel will be held between 1pm and 3pm on 17th February 2011 at The Phoenix Centre, Heywood.

If you would like to know more about the Heywood Area Panel please contact Nasreen Akhtar (Heywood Tenant Participation Officer) by telephone on (01706) 714453 or by email

Notes of previous meetings of the Heywood Area Panel:

• 21st October 2010 (Awaiting ratification)
• 8th July 2010 (103kb doc)
• 22nd April 2010 (302kb rtf)
• 20th January 2010 (303kb rtf)

Terms of Reference

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Middleton Area Panel

The next meeting of the Middleton Area Panel will be held between 2pm and 4pm on 18th January 2011 at Middleton Community Training Centre, 111a Long Street, Middleton.

If you would like to know more about the Middleton Area Panel please contact Cath Palin (Middleton Tenant Participation Officer) by telephone on (01706) 714495 or by email

Notes of previous meetings of the Middleton Area Panel:

• 5th October 2010 (awaiting ratification)
• 15th June 2010 (275kb rtf)
• 16th March 2010 (261kb rtf)
• 2nd February 2010 (305kb rtf)

Terms of Reference

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Pennines Area Panel

The next meeting of the Pennines Area Panel will be held between 1pm and 3pm on 8th March 2011 at our headquarters at The Old Post Office, The Esplanade, Rochdale

The Pennines Area Panel covers Littleborough, Milnrow, Wardle, Newhey and eastern Rochdale i.e, Ashbrook Hey, Bentgate, Birch Road, Birch View, Bramall Close, Calderbrook, Firgrove, Haugh, Hollingworth Lake, Holt, Shore, Smallbridge, Smithybridge, Stansfield, The Cray, Wardle, West View and Weston Street.

Meetings of the Panel rotate round the following venues: Littleborough Community Campus, Butterworth Hall in Milnrow and Meadowfield Community Centre on Belfield.

If you would like to know more about the Pennines Area Panel please contact John Rodgers (Pennines Tenant Participation Officer) by telephone on (01706) 714244 or by email

Notes of previous meetings of the Pennines Area Panel:

• 7th December 2010 (awaiting ratification)
• 14th September 2010 (98kb doc)
• 6th July 2010 (100kb doc)
• 18th January 2010 (317kb rtf)

Terms of Reference

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Rochdale Area Panel

The next meeting of the Rochdale Area Panel will be held between 1pm and 3pm on 14th February 2011 at our headquarters at The Old Post Office, The Esplanade, Rochdale.

If you would like to know more about the Rochdale Area Panel please contact:

Rochdale North: John Rodgers (Rochdale North Tenant Participation Officer) by telephone on (01706) 714244 or by email

Rochdale South: Nasreen Akhtar by telephone on (01706) 714453 or by email.

Notes of previous meetings of the Rochdale Area Panel:

• 22nd November 2010 (awaiting ratification)
• 23rd August 2010 (84kb doc)
• 7th June 2010 (277kb rtf)
• 8th February 2010 (300kb rtf)

Terms of Reference

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