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Rochdale Council

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council oversees local services for around 205,000 residents, including bin collections, street lighting, libraries and leisure centres. It is currently in Labour control and is based at the town's Grade I listed Gothic town hall in Rochdale town centre.

All the key developments submitted across Greater Manchester this week
Oldham Council
The latest planning applications submitted to Greater Manchester councils last week
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Switch to be flicked on Greater Manchester’s biggest solar farm which will produce enough electricity to power 2,000 homes
Rochdale Council
More than 10,000 solar panels have been installed at Chamber House Farm in Heywood in the past few months
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All the new developments that could be built around Greater Manchester
Manchester Council
A number of different planning applications have been submitted across the region this week
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The big developments submitted across Greater Manchester this week
Trafford Council
The latest planning applications submitted to councils across Greater Manchester
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Council urges Redrow to withdraw 1,380-home plan
Oldham Council
The authority says the huge Stakehill Garden neighbourhood proposal could affect other strategic plans including the Atom Valley innovation cluster
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All the key developments submitted across Greater Manchester this week
Manchester City Centre
Plans for scores of new homes across Greater Manchester have been submitted in recent weeks. A large proportion of the region's applications are for Manchester, with 453 new flats proposed in total.
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The biggest planning developments submitted this week in Greater Manchester
Salford Council
Multiple big applications have come to light this week
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The biggest planning decisions made across Greater Manchester this week
Manchester Council
All the major planning decisions made across the region this week
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'Loyalty payments of £2,000' and recruitment from South Africa: Greater Manchester's social care crisis and the millions spent fixing it
Manchester Council
Councils across Greater Manchester have spent millions on agency staff to fill gaps in their workforces - here's what each council is doing to secure a permanent workforce, including overseas recruitment
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Illegal 'danger' vapes found stashed in secret compartments as police bust shops
Heywood
'We removed items which are marketed to drug users'
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Rochdale's Castleton improvement scheme branded 'not fair' on rest of borough
Rochdale Council
Under the scheme, businesses can apply for funding to have repairs and refurbishment carried out
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Interim chief exec of scandal-hit housing association steps down as she admits there's a 'way to go'
Awaab's Law
She joined RBH while it was dealing with the aftermath of a damning inquiry over the death of Awaab Ishak
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Councils across Greater Manchester investigating RAAC in their buildings
Raac concrete crisis
Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - RAAC - has the potential to suddenly collapse, experts say
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Old mill and former dye works to be transformed into nearly 250 new homes
Rochdale
Two new housing developments have been approved by the planning committee
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'This is our land': The fight to keep the last green space in the estate
Middleton
Campaigners are hoping to kick the 30-home development plan into the long grass
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An anti-social hotspot could be transformed once and for all
Middleton
The new development would be located on a site of open grassland if plans are approved
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Police and trading standards seize 750 illegal vapes during swoops across Rochdale
Rochdale
The trade in dodgy vapes puts vulnerable children at risk of exploitation, say officials
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Estate in the shadow of millionaire's row is a 'ticking timebomb' - people fear 'someone innocent could get killed'
Middleton
"There's a tale of two Alkringtons"
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Abandoned historic mill and its 'eyesore' neighbour could be transformed under huge new plans
Rochdale
The Grade-II listed mill has been vacant for years and has been subject to vandalism
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The areas of Greater Manchester where NO bus lane fines were issued by councils in a whole year
Greater Manchester News
There were still more than 325,000 fines issued with revenues of over £8.2 million
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Family farm denied expansion as shop and cafe plans are kicked to the kerb
Littleborough
Bank Top Farm has seen their expansion plans knocked back by the planning committee
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New public square around Greater Manchester train station will become a reality
Rochdale
The council has ploughed ahead with their plans despite losing out on £20m in ‘Levelling Up’ cash earlier this year
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Fraudsters who pretended to be Greggs bakery swindled councils out of £195k
Rochdale
Rais Kayani pleaded guilty previously to a single count of entering into a money laundering arrangement
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Rumours that new £50 million town centre apartment block will house refugees quashed
Rochdale Town Centre
Upperbanks is due to be completed over the next few months
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