Legal and public notices

Rochdale Borough Council publishes legal notices to comply with the legal statutes when carrying out various functions.

Some notices are for information purposes only and other notices may invite objections.

To give you more information about the purpose of a notice, where relevant, we've included a description in the detail within each document.

Rochdale notices

These are the current legal notices for Rochdale.

Name of order: Rochdale Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Extension and Variation Order (PSPO) 2021
Start and end of order: Friday, 23 July 2021–July 2024
Documents: see Public Space Protection Order - Rochdale Town Centre.


Name of order: Permanent Diversion of Part of Definitive Footpath (HeyFp117) and Part of Definitive Footpath (RocAFp10) Public Path Diversion Order 2023
Order confirmation date: Thursday, 19 October 2023
Documents: Lower Naden Reservoir Footpath Sealed Order and Plan


Name of order: Borough of Rochdale (35 Royle Barn Road, Rochdale OL11 3DT) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023
Order confirmation date: Thursday, 2 November 2023
Documents: 35 Royle Barn Road – Notice of Inquiry and sealed order


Middleton notices

These are the current legal notices for Middleton.

Name of order: Middleton Footpath (MidFp49, MidRupp49a, MidRupp50, MidRupp51, MidFp52, MidFp53) Temporary Public Path Closure Order 2022 extension
Start and end of order: Saturday, 6 April 2024–Saturday, 5 October 2024
Documents: Middleton Footpath – Temporary Public Path Closure Order 2022 extension until 5 April 2024 – documents


Heywood notices

There are currently no legal notices for Heywood.


Pennines (Firgrove, Littleborough, Milnrow, Newhey, Smallbridge and Wardle) notices

These are the current legal notices for the Pennines.

Name of order: Littleborough Footpaths LitFp223, LitFp225 and LitFp226 Temporary Closure Order 2024
Start and end of order: 8am, Thursday, 14 March 2024–12midnight, Friday, 13 September 2024
Documents: Littleborough Footpaths LitFp223, LitFp225 and LitFp226 Temporary Closure Order 2024 documents