Area Board

Area Panels

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 you can view the notes of previous meetings. You can also fill in the online form to ask the Area Panel to add an item to the agenda at either their next or at a later meeting.

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 10am and 12noon on Wednesday 20th January 2010 at The Heywood Pub meeting room.

If you would like to know more about the Heywood Area Panel please contact Nasreen Akhtar (Heywood Tenant Participation Officer) by telephone on (01706) 273824 or by email

Notes of previous meetings of the Heywood Area Panel:

29th September 2009 (notes to be ratified at next meeting) (117kb rtf)

18th June 2009 (132 kb rtf)

21st January 2009 (108kb rtf file)

4th September 2008 (21kb pdf file)

22nd May 2008 ( 20kb pdf file)

21st February 2008 (27kb pdf file)

22nd November 2007 (inaugural meeting) 25kb pdf file

Terms of Reference

Middleton Area Panel

The next meeting of the Middleton Area Panel will be held between 2pm and 4pm on Tuesday 2nd February 2010 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) 273828 or by email

Notes of previous meetings of the Middleton Area Panel:

22nd September 2009 (notes to be ratified at the next meeting) (123 kb rtf)

16th June 2009 (123 kb rtf)

23rd January 2009 (135kb rtf file)

8th September 2008 (25kb pdf file)

2nd June 2008 (16kb pdf file)

27th February 2008 (26kb pdf file)

5th February 2008 (18kb pdf file)

20th November 2007 (inaugural meeting) 24kb pdf file

Terms of Reference

Pennines Area Panel

The next meeting of the Pennines Area Panel will be held between 2pm and 4pm on Monday 18th January 2010 at Meadowfields Community Centre, Eafield Road, 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) 273827 or by email

Notes of previous meetings of the Pennines Area Panel:

1st October 2009 ( notes to be ratified at next meeting) (273kb rtf)

25th June 2009 (69kb rtf)

2nd September 2008 (19kb pdf file)

21st May 2008 (26 kb pdf file)

13th February 2008 (25kb pdf file)

29th November 2007 (inaugural meeting) 23kb pdf file

Terms of Reference

Rochdale Area Panel

The next meeting of the Rochdale Area Panel will be held between 2pm and 4pm on Monday 8th February 2010 in the Ground Floor Conference Room, The Old Post Office.

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) 273827 or by email

Rochdale South: Nasreen Akhtar by telephone on (01706) 273824 or by email.

Notes of previous meetings of the Rochdale Area Panel:

29th September 2009 (notes to be ratified at next meeting) (43kb rtf)

29th June 2009 (60kb rtf)

19th January 2009 (88kb rtf file)

11th September 2008 (26kb pdf file)

19th May 2008 (25kb pdf file)

11th February 2008 (23kb pdf file)

27th November 2007 (inaugural meeting) 25kb pdf file

Terms of Reference

Area Panels
Request to add an Agenda item

Please complete this form if you want to ask the Area Panel to add an item to the agenda at either their next or at a later meeting. If you need any help to complete this form please contact Doug or Betty in
The Tenant Participation Unit on (01706) 273822

You should submit your request at least 14 days before the date of the Area Panel meeting.

Contact Details

Title
First Name
Surname
Address
Postcode
Daytime Telephone No.
Email Address
Please indicate which area you live in

I would like an item adding to the agenda at the next meeting.

Requests will be considered by the Chair and Vice Chair. We will notify you at least 5 days before the meeting to let you know whether your item will be included on the agenda.
If your item is added to the agenda you MUST be present at the meeting. If you do not attend, the item will not be discussed.
If your item is not added to the agenda, the Panel will consider including the item on the agenda for a future meeting. (At the beginning of each meeting the Area Panel set the agenda for the next meeting. Your request will be considered during this item and we will email you to let you know the outcome).

I would like an item adding to the agenda at a later meeting

At the beginning of each meeting the Area Panel set the agenda for the next meeting. Your request will be considered during this item. You should attend the meeting if possible but if you can’t attend we will email you to let you know which meeting your item will be discussed at.
You MUST attend the later meeting when your agenda item is discussed. If you do not attend your item will not be discussed.

What item would you like the Area Panel to discuss. Please give as much detail as possible.

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