A developer has submitted plans to build six houses next to the site of the historic Walled Garden in Nantwich.
But councillors are calling for conditions on the proposals by 4 Real Developments Ltd to include restoring the listed wall and setting up a fund to maintain the site in future years.
The RSPCA wildlife centre in Nantwich admitted a record number of animals in 2018.
Throughout the year, 6,658 animals came through the doors of Stapeley Grange on London Road – up from 6,545 in 2017.
Detailed plans have been submitted to turn the St Anne’s Lane former gasworks site in Nantwich into a riverside hotel, shops and apartments complex.
The proposal, put forward by Vision for Nantwich Ltd, would see two main four-storey blocks built either side of the extension to Wyche House Bank.
Cheshire East Council charges one of the highest amounts in the North West for bulky household waste collections, an investigation has shown.
The BBC Shared Data Unit report shows CEC charging an average of £13.30 per item – or £40 for 3 items – which makes it the fifth most costly authority of 39 in the North West.
Nantwich drivers will be hoping the current works causing the closure of London Road do not overrun.
On the same day London Road is due to re-open – another busy Nantwich route, Wellington Road, will be closing!
Almost 300 responses were made to Cheshire East Council’s public consultation over plans to increase car parking charges in the borough.
Under the plans, hourly parking rates could be increased by 10p on council-owned car parks, and residential parking permits will also go up.
Nantwich Mayor and town councillor David Marren has joined 800 others across the UK to fight a Government bid to make easier planning regulations for fracking companies.
Under the proposals, fracking firms wishing to carry out exploratory drilling in areas of Cheshire will not have to obtain planning permission from local authorities.
Network Rail chiefs have issued another warning to Nantwich residents and rail passengers over the temporary closure of the busy Newcastle Road level crossing in January.
The closure, according to Network Rail, is to allow a team of engineers to perform “essential renewal work” to the crossing.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is rated “good” in most areas, according to an independent review by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
The service is one of 14 inspected so far with more to be scrutinised in 2019.
Nantwich Town and parish councils could soon benefit from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charge on housing and retail developments in 2019.
Cheshire East Council’s draft framework for the scheme has been largely endorsed.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
“A major saving” could be found in the cost of HS2 if Crewe gets five to seven trains an hour, transport chiefs have been told.
The Government announced in March it is backing updated plans for the Crewe hub, which would support up to seven high-speed trains an hour.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A major project to dual the A500 single carriageway between Crewe will start in 2020 after it was given planning approval.
The £55 million project has been unanimously approved by Cheshire East Council’s strategic planning board at a meeting yesterday (December 19).
A local butcher and his apprentice were among the ‘stars’ to take top honours at an apprenticeship awards ceremony at Reaseheath College in Nantwich.
The event highlighted the achievement of 150 apprentices who had gained their qualifications at the specialist and technical college in the past year.
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