Agenda and draft minutes

Chadderton Neighbourhood Board - Thursday, 25th June, 2026 10.00 am

Venue: Chadderton Town Hall, Middleton Road, Chadderton. OL9 6PP. View directions

Contact: Tom Newton 

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Chadderton Neighbourhood Board Agenda - Thursday 25th June 2026 pdf icon PDF 128 KB

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DRAFT Minutes

 

MEETING: Chadderton Neighbourhood Board (Pride in Place)

DATE: Thursday 25 June 2026,

TIME: 10:00am – 12:30pm
VENUE:
Chadderton Town Hall Ballroom, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 6PY

 

 

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

Ahmad, Zakir

CEO, Yuvanis Foundation

 

Ashraf, Kashif

Oldham President, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

 

Chamberlain, Chris

 

Chief Executive, Oldham RLFC Foundation

 

 

Chapman, Suzy

Employer Relationship and Business Development Manager, Oldham College

 

Drake, Rebecca

 

Director, Full Circle NW

 

Freaney, Nicky

NW Group Employer and Partnership Manager, Department for Work and Pensions

 

Lockwood, Stuart

Chief Executive, Oldham Community Leisure

 

Mahmood, Aisha

 

Director, Clear Watch Security

 

McLaren, Colin (Vice-Chair)

Chair, Chadderton Together

 

 

Shuttleworth, Councilor Graham

West District Community Lead and Councillor for Chadderton South, Oldham Council

 

Windsor-Welsh, Laura (Chair)

 

Oldham Director, Action Together

DEPUTIES PRESENT

Duncan, Archie

From the office of Jim McMahon, Member of Parliament for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

 

Parker, Lee

Great Manchester Police

OTHERS PRESENT

Edwards, Eve

 

Pride in Place Manager, Oldham Council

 

Newton, Tom (Minutes)

Place Making Officer, Oldham Council

 

Pope, Sarah

Delivery Manager, Pride in Place, MCHLG

 

 

 

 

APOLOGIES RECEIVED

Taylor, Councilor Elaine

 

Deputy Leader, Oldham Council

 

Consterdine, Neil

 

Director of Communities, Oldham Council

 

Charlesworth, Cara

(Deputy Sent)

Superintendent Operations Oldham, Great Manchester Police

 

 

Dolby, Gemma

 

Head of Tenancy and Neighbourhoods

,First Choice Homes

 

Longsden, Angela

Strategic Lead for Connected Communities, Oldham Council

 

McMahon OBE, Jim

(Deputy Sent)

 

 

Member of Parliament for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

 

Nugent, Martin

Senior Policy and Partnership Officer, Safer and Stronger Communities, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

 

Shah, Councillor Arooj

 

Leader, Oldham Council

 

Taylor, Catherine

Oldham Partnership Manager,

Department for Work and Pensions

 

 

1. Welcome and housekeeping (Chair)

 

Housekeeping matters were covered, and new and returning members were welcomed.

 

2. Introductions and apologies for absence (Chair)

 

Introductions were made and apologies noted.

 

3. Notice of any urgent business to be accepted onto the agenda and reasons for that urgency (Chair)

 

None.

 

4. Procedural business and any items accepted as urgent business (Chair)

 

i) Declarations of interest

 

Existing declarations were noted.  Cllr Graham Shuttleworth declared an interest in Item 7 of the agenda.  He will be asked to leave the room during this agenda item.

 

ii) Review of minutes and action updates from last meeting

 

Suzy Chapman enters

 

The minutes dated 29th June 2026 were approved as a true record (proposed by RD and seconded by AM) and approved for publication online at oldham.gov.uk

 

Zakir Ahmad enters

 

Completed actions were discussed and the following actions were carried forward:

 

ACTION: Businesses on the Board to work up a detailed proposal for the consideration of the owner of Chadderton precinct. 

ACTION: Board to create a sub-groups to appraise projects, including optional business cases. 

ACTION: Oldham Council to assess the demand for the pool of surveyors and technicians being put together by Government. 

ACTION Ensure queries from the AGM are added to future agendas as business for the board to discuss (see AGM minutes)

ACTION Write to MHCLG to support request for releasing funding

ACTION Review precinct project looking at the dependencies, risks and issues

ACTION  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.