Streetwise Magazine – August 2017
Here’s another nice article about our forum
The Work of Rooley Moor Neighbourhood Forum
News
Community Event – 13th August 2017
Conservation Area Consultation
Catley Lane Head Conservation Area Consultation
The consultation page on the council website can be found here.
The public consultation will take place between 13th July and 9th August.
Printed copies of the appraisal are available in Rochdale Central Library and Norden Library.
Letters about the appraisal will be sent to all property owners and occupiers within the proposed conservation area. Consultation will also include local heritage and amenity groups within the Township.
The closing date for comments is 9th August 2017.
Comments will be reported to the Township Committee where a final decision on designation of the Catley Lane Head Conservation Area will be taken.
Also see Rochdale OnLine.
Scout Moor wind farm expansion refused
Plans to make Scout Moor the largest onshore wind farm in England refused
Please see the following article on Rochdale OnLine:
Dates For Your Diary
Here are a couple of dates you might wish to put in your diary:
- Sunday 23rd July 2017 – Catley Lane Head village clean up (in readiness for our community event) – Meet opposite the Barn at 10am. We plan to finish before lunch and I’ll ask Cecile for help with gloves, bin bags, etc.
- Sunday 13th August 2017 – RMNF Community Event – 12 noon to 4pm, Catley Lane Head. Same place as last year, in the field behind the row of cottages on Rooley Moor Road, near to Smallshaw Road – See Google Maps
Please email any questions to info@RMNF.org.uk
Catley Lane Head Conservation Appraisal
Rochdale Township Committee approved the conservation area appraisal for consultation. Please see the following article on Rochdale OnLine
Community Questionnaire
Neighbourhood Plan Community Questionnaires
Please don’t forget to return your completed questionnaires by Friday 30th June 2017.
Analysis is underway and we hope to display the initial results at our community event in August.
Great Days Out In Rochdale
A guidebook, published by Rochdale Council, to provide ideas for fun family days out in Rochdale.
We really like page 6!
Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services
Rochdale & Bury Bridleways Association
has been recognised by the Queen in her Birthday Honours List and has won a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services, the group equivalent of an MBE.
As part of the Award two members of RBBA were invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
Information about the Award winners will be published in The London Gazette on 2nd June 2017. This will be accessible on-line.
Later in the year, at a presentation in Manchester, RBBA will receive a signed certificate from the Queen, an English Crystal with the QVAS logo insignia and permission to use the QAVS Logo on all correspondence. The Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester will be making the presentation.
Sid Calderbank
A date for your diary
Sid Calderbank will be at the next Norden & District Local History Society meeting on Monday 5th June 2017 at 7:00pm, Norden Bowling Club, Trinity Street, Norden.
“Sid Calderbank a TV & Radio broadcaster & Dialect historian brings us the songs, stories and poems of the time to tell how we survived the American Civil War.”
The cost is £2 per person.
You can find out more by calling Val Corns on 07812 447 460.