A blunder by Cheshire East Council means almost £20,000 of incorrect parking fines will need to be reimbursed.
The council has today apologised, admitting the error happened when 675 penalty charge notices were issued for drivers using some free car parks.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Plans for a new Aldi store in Crewe have been approved after developers vowed to spend £40,000 to protect great crested newts on the site.
Cheshire East Council’s strategic planning board passed proposals for the land, off University Way, despite officers recommending it for refusal.
A Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Crewe & Nantwich has called on Cheshire East Council to use a Court Injunction to prevent further unauthorised encampments on Barony Park.
Conservative candidate Dr Kieran Mullan says many other UK authorities use injunctions, which would see traveller groups removed on the same day they arrive.
Two young farmers are looking forward to global travel thanks to an annual scholarship run by Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society.
Sarah Heath, a trainee land agent from Tarporley, and Rebecca Kelsall, a herdswoman from Sandbach, have each been awarded £2,000 John Platt Travel Scholarships.
By Stephen Topping
Better buses are likely to be at the top of the agenda when councillors are given the chance to overhaul the borough’s transport plan.
Cheshire East Council had been close to adopting its local transport plan for up to 2023 under the previous Conservative administration, following public consultation last summer.
A Nantwich town councillor expelled by his own Conservative party for comments over the Barony Park travellers issue, says he will appeal the decision.
Cllr David Marren was suspended initially over his comments which laid the blame at the former Cheshire East Council Conservative ruling party for a lack of action over securing the park.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Planning officers are again calling on councillors to reject Aldi’s plans for a new Crewe store despite more than 3,000 people signing a petition to support it.
The retailer is closing its supermarket at the Grand Junction retail park next year and wants to build the new 1,801sq m store off University Way as a state-of-the-art replacement.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Borough chiefs are being urged to have a ‘plan B’ for Cheshire East’s economy in case the next prime minister pulls the plug on HS2.
Cheshire East Council is currently working on an economic strategy for the next five years – setting out an ambition to create 6,200 jobs and grow the local economy by at least £15.9 billion per year.
Cheshire East Council’s new leader has appointed a “cycling and walking champion” in a bid to get more people more active.
Cllr Sam Corcoran has appointed Independent Councillor Suzie Akers Smith to the post.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Costs for the project to upgrade the A500 between Crewe and the M6 to a dual carriageway have soared by £10 million.
But Cheshire East Council believes it will not have to pay the difference.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Laura Smith has called for authorities to secure Barony Park “urgently”.
She has joined the chorus of appeals from town councillors and residents for Cheshire East Council to fast-track work to secure the park to prevent future unauthorised traveller encampments.
These aerial images show how flood waters have receded in Nantwich after last week’s torrential rains.
The River Weaver catchment area was under an official Flood Alert, with the Shrewbridge Lodge location in Nantwich subject to a more serious Flood Warning.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has agreed to press ahead with plans to have the Crewe Hub HS2 up and running by 2027.
Cabinet members have unanimously approved plans to prepare a planning application for the station, which is expected to be submitted in summer 2020.
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