Environment

Aerial photo town centre and church

Confusion over £750,000 Sect 106 money for Nantwich town centre

Nantwich councillors are still not clear what they can spend £750,000 of Section 106 money on in the town – two and half years after receiving the funds.

The money comes from the planning conditions imposed on developers building the Kingsbourne housing development.

March 18, 2024
Plans submitted for new dog park on outskirts of Crewe

Plans submitted for new dog park on outskirts of Crewe

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans have been submitted to use a field on the outskirts of Crewe as a dog park.

Paws n Play Ltd has applied for permission to use the field on land adjacent to the Leather Suite Warehouse on Middlewich Road at Minshull Vernon as an exercise area for up to eight dogs.

March 16, 2024
Nantwich councillor’s bid for Vapes ban backed by health chief

Nantwich councillor’s bid for Vapes ban backed by health chief

A Nantwich councillor is to table a motion calling for a voluntary ban on single use vapes in the town.

Town and Cheshire East Councillor Anna Burton is behind the motion which she says is supported by public health and environmental experts.

March 14, 2024
New Leighton Hospital campus takes big step forward

New Leighton Hospital campus takes big step forward

Leighton Hospital bosses have bought land next to the existing site in their next step to developing a major new hospital campus.

The areas of land, which surrounds the current hospital, will become part of the new Leighton site (pictured).

March 13, 2024
Cheshire Police chief’s pothole warning amid road collisions

Cheshire Police chief’s pothole warning amid road collisions

Cheshire motorists have been involved in potentially lethal collisions while trying to avoid potholes, the county’s police boss said today.

Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer issued the warning as he encouraged more people to report potholes to their local authorities.

March 7, 2024
Drivers warned over flood repair roadworks at Sainsbury’s roundabout

Drivers warned over flood repair roadworks at Sainsbury’s roundabout

Highways chiefs have closed a busy road in Nantwich to allow United Utilities to repair an ongoing leak.

The “emergency closure” is in Middlewich Road in Nantwich between the Sainsbury’s and A51 roundabouts.

March 5, 2024
CEC forced to push back carbon neutral 2025 target

CEC forced to push back carbon neutral 2025 target

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Ambitious plans for Cheshire East Council to be carbon neutral by 2025 are unachievable and have now been pushed back to 2027.

The council made the 2025 commitment in May 2019 and the following year outlined how this would be achieved.

March 5, 2024
Cheshire East Council offers grant funding for cultural activities

Cheshire East Council offers grant funding for cultural activities

Cheshire East is to offer grant funding to local organisations who can deliver cultural activities.

The funding support is from the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

March 4, 2024
Cheshire East Council to receive £180 million transport funding

Cheshire East Council to receive £180 million transport funding

Cheshire East Council is to be allocated more than £180 million to be invested in improving local transport, the Government has announced.

It’s part of the £1.5 billion of reallocated HS2 funding being invested in the North West through the Local Transport Fund.

February 26, 2024
Two Nantwich venues apply to CEC for new or varied licensing

Two Nantwich venues apply to CEC for new or varied licensing

Two venues in Nantwich have applied to Cheshire East Council for new or varied licensing and opening hours.

The Studio nightclub in Castle Street has applied for a full variation of licence to sell alcohol and open until 4am on Friday and Saturday nights.

February 24, 2024
CEC refuse Tory request to reconsider parking charges plan

CEC refuse Tory request to reconsider parking charges plan

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has refused a formal request from the Conservatives to reconsider the decision to introduce parking charges in free towns and hike up prices in others.

The highways and transport committee last month voted in favour of changes to the parking policy, which includes introducing charges in the existing ‘free’ towns and villages of Audlem, Alsager, Bollington, Handforth, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich, Poynton, Prestbury and Sandbach.

February 23, 2024
Stunning images mark RSPCA Stapeley wildlife centre’s 30th birthday

Stunning images mark RSPCA Stapeley wildlife centre’s 30th birthday

A new photography exhibition is celebrating the life-saving work of RSPCA’s Stapeley Grange wildlife centre in Nantwich.

Animal lovers submitted hundreds of entries for the exhibition, which is being held to mark the 30th birthday of the charity’s London Road site.

February 21, 2024
New Cheshire East parking charges could be increased by January 2025

New Cheshire East parking charges could be increased by January 2025

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The introduction of new parking charges across Cheshire East in October could be followed by an increase in those fees as early as next January.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) sought clarification about a further hike in prices after the highways and transport committee last month voted in favour of reviewing parking charges annually.

February 21, 2024