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.
Gardeners in Stapeley can now apply for allotment sites after a deal was struck between their parish council and Nantwich Town Council.
The two authorities have come to a financial agreement so Stapeley residents can now apply for allotments in Nantwich town boundary.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Action is being demanded to fill Cheshire East’s potholes after councillors complained that patched up roads are breaking back up.
Cllr Mick Warren, independent member for Macclesfield East, told Thursday’s full council meeting that two potholes in his ward have broken back up just three weeks after they were repaired.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs are being urged to protect a lifeline for elderly residents looking to get from A to B.
Cheshire East Council delayed making cuts to its Little Bus service as part of last year’s bus review, which saw a reduction in the number of subsidised bus services.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Residents are calling on police and the fire service to make sure their new home does not cause traffic and parking problems.
Plans are in the pipeline for the existing fire station, in Macon Way, to be knocked down and replaced by a new station for both firefighters and the police – who are set to move from Civic Centre.
A landmark international deal has been signed to open a new health science campus on the Manchester Metropolitan University site in Crewe.
The facility on the 40-acre Crewe campus currently used by MMU will host UK and international students from September 2019, offering degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Podiatry.
Nantwich Town councillors have vowed to fight Cheshire East Council’s plans to increase car park charges in the town.
They say that Nantwich – and neighbouring Crewe – are being treated unfairly with some of the highest parking charges in the borough.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Owners of empty homes in Crewe and Nantwich could face double council tax charges under new plans by Cheshire East Council.
They want to clamp down on the owners of empty homes which are being left unoccupied and unfurnished the long periods.
Motorists in Nantwich and Crewe could face higher car park fees from March under Cheshire East Council plans.
Charges could rise by 10p on all council-owned car parks across each tariff, and resident parking permits could also go up.
Members of Nantwich in Bloom have hailed their eighth consecutive Gold Award at the North West in Bloom Awards as a “tremendous accolade”.
An army of volunteers helped keep the town clean and colourful over the spring and summer, despite the searing temperatures and drought-like conditions.
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