Venue: Castleton Community Centre, Manchester Road, Castleton, Rochdale OL11 3AF. View directions
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Introductions and Apologies/Code of Conduct PDF 15 KB
Minutes:
Introductions were made and all were welcomed to the
meeting. The code of conduct was
circulated. All attendees were asked to
abide by the code for the duration of the meeting.
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Minutes of last meeting/Matters arising/Updates PDF 77 KB
Minutes:
Smalley Street flooding to residents’
cellars Residents from Smalley
Street previously requested the forum escalate their issue of
flooded cellars again to the Council’s Highways Department
and also contact the adjacent Comrades Club as the delivery drivers
to the site regularly bounce large heavy barrels on the newly laid
concrete surface which could be adding to problems.
Highways advised that the flooding in cellars
on Smalley Street has been investigated and as previously stated in
correspondence to residents the issue could be ground water or a
natural spring. It could also be a
defect in an asset belonging to United
Utilities. All assets belonging to
Highways are functioning correctly and as dye tests have confirmed,
the water is not entering the basements from highway
drains.
Concerning the matter of dropped barrels at the
Comrades Club, the Highways Officer stated they
would investigate the matter, but it was thought the club may have
constructed a barrel drop which would not have any effect on
drainage. N. Rogers (Public Protection, Rochdale Council) attended
and suggested Council Officers could take a
couple of water samples from affected houses to test for THM to
check if it is mains water or not. If not and it is ground water, they can
provide advice regarding tanking cellars, anti-flood values,
etc.
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Greater Manchester Police
Minutes:
The
remaining PACT date for 2019 is 17 December
2019 at Castleton Community Centre
(7-8pm).
PC Farmer gave an update to the forum.
October saw an increase in residential burglaries in Castleton; the
hotspot area being Leander Drive. Officers from GMP carried out plain clothes patrols
around the estate through the evening and stopped several
people. There have been no burglaries
since this operation was carried out.
November has so far seem an increase in vehicle crime mainly
centred on the Norton Grange car park.
GMP have been working closely with the hotel to give advice on new
CCTV and patrols have been carried out.
Another safe number plate initiative event was held on the car park
of Castleton Community Centre and it was well attended. There will be more of these initiatives carried
out next year. GMP have recently served
two drugs warrants and a number of house warrants and also dealt
with the seizure of a large number of dogs from unlicensed dog
breeders, one of which from Castleton.
An ‘Op Considerate’ will be again carried out by
Officers in the ward this week to target speeding, use of mobile
phones, non-use of seatbelts, etc.
A resident asked about patrols for moped activity around Chesham
Avenue. PC Farmer advised her team had
not witnessed any recent activity, but she asked for any
information to be noted and forwarded to her in future so patrols
can try and monitor any issues. Other
matters raised included drivers using Partington Street in the wrong direction, speeding
vehicles on Smalley Street and a request for a speed camera on
Manchester Road. GMP advised they could
look at all issues but that they had already had discussions with
Highways regarding a speed camera and the road does not qualify
under the nationally set guidelines using the point’s
criteria. Smalley Street cannot have
any additional speed restrictions implemented according to Highways
and GMP have leafletted houses in the area to carry out a community
speed watch initiative, but they have received no responses.
Residents are reminded at this time of the year to keep all
valuables out of sight, to keep doors and windows securely locked
and to use alarms and security lighting. Also keep an eye on neighbours’ homes and
report anything unusual.
Mobile Police Surgeries will be held at the Co-op on 29 November
2019 from 5-7pm, Tesco on 6 December 2019 and also at Chamber House
Drive on 11 December 2019 at 11-1pm. A
crime prevention table will be at the Tesco store on 25 November
2019. The GMP Castleton Community
Centre Christmas party will be held on 19 November 2019 from
11.30-2pm and is open to all. There
will be food, a raffle and singing.
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Tetrosyl
Minutes:
Residents again voiced their ongoing concerns. N. Rogers (Public
Protection, Rochdale Council) attended and suggested Council Officers could try to assist in discussions
with Tetrosyl to improve the current poor relationship with
neighbours. Tetrosyl could be asked to
engage more and behave in a manner that is more responsive and
responsible to their neighbours.
It will be raised that residents would like general improvements to
the visual amenity of the Tetrosyl site, i.e. removal of razor
wire, improvements to boundary walls and general tidy up of the
yard area. The Council will try and
communicate that residents would like a named contact person at
Tetrosyl who they can speak with to raise concerns and have a
dialogue with. All of these suggestions
will be raised via negotiations with the company, but it was
stressed that the Council cannot require or force them to
engage.
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Open Forum
Minutes:
Former Castleton
Hotel A resident queried the current
use of the former Castleton Hotel. The
building is now used as temporary accommodation housing homeless
families until they secure permanent housing.
Slattocks roundabout lighting A
resident requested the lighting at Slattocks roundabout be looked at as at night he
had witnessed vehicles coming off the slip road and flipping over
as they have reached the roundabout. He
felt the area was badly lit and it didn’t give drivers enough
warning of the road layout ahead.
Action 1: Townships to ask Street Lighting to see if
the column has all lights working and give their assessment of the
area.
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Reports
Minutes:
Castleton EC Residents Signage at the end of the lane is
being addressed to ensure large vehicles are not directed up to
Hillcrest Road in search of the industrial estate.
Friends of Carnegie
Castleton Historical research is
still being carried out on residents who served in the First and
Second World Wars and residents are welcome to submit any
information or request genealogy information.
The annual ‘Lancashire Night’ will be held at The Blue
Pits Inn on Saturday 23 November 2019 at 8pm.
Friends of Castleton Station/Support the Oldham,
Rochdale & Manchester Rail Lines/East Lancs Railway
The Friends are hoping to get a history board installed at the
station along with two water butts, using sponsorship monies from a
variety of sources. Discussions are
also progressing to get together with other local stations in a
common purpose as part of the Community Rail Partnership aiming to
gain better backing and results with any future issues. The station also recently won an
‘Outstanding’ award from ‘Britain in
Bloom’. The station’s
timetable will be changing again in December and residents are
advised to write to their local Councillors/MPs regarding the lack
of adequate services within rush hour.
St. Gabriel’s Auditions are being held
for the role of Cinderella for the panto in February
2020. The Christmas fair is to be held
this Sunday 24 November 2019 and the Civic Carol Service on 15
December 2019 at 3pm.
Rochdale Township in Bloom The full
Rochdale borough did brilliantly well winning 32 awards including
approx. 13 golds.
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Any Other Business
Minutes:
No additional matters were
raised.
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Date and time of next meeting
Minutes:
Tuesday
10 March 2020 at 7pm at Castleton Community Centre
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