By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is considering rejecting planning applications if the correct information isn’t filled in within a certain time to help clear the backlog.
This would mean applicants would then have to submit a new application.
Health officials have confirmed another case of bird flu in Warmingham area of South Cheshire.
Cheshire East Council said today it is taking immediate measures to inform and advise local residents, partners and landowners.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has refused to allow its councillors to use their ward budgets to pay for gritting on treacherous roads because it goes against its new winter policy.
The Labour/Independent administration axed around 100 roads from its winter gritting route when it introduced its new policy this winter – including busy rural routes like Coole Lane and Checkley Lane near Nantwich.
By Jonathan White
A Nantwich dog has become a social media sensation!
‘Beans’ is a Bernese Mountain Dog owned by Wesley Newton, and has become a massive hit on TikTok, the video-focused social network.
Two outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed – one in Tarporley and one at Aldersley, near Tattenhall.
Both outbreaks are in Cheshire West, but close to the border with Cheshire East.
Organisations and residents were consulted over changes to the winter gritting strategy in Cheshire East, council chiefs said today.
Many have aired anger over changes to the winter gritting routes, which has seen busy rural roads like Coole Lane and Checkley Lane near Nantwich no longer being gritted.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs are being urged to plough an extra £2.7 million into its highways budget amid claims the council has lost interest in looking after its transport infrastructure.
The highways and transport committee voted yesterday (January 13) to ask for the cash.
Nantwich residents are being asked to nominate “landmark” buildings and features in the town for a new Cheshire Local List of heritage assets.
Buildings like Nantwich Museum, Beam Street Almshouses and Players Theatre were named by town councillors last night as worthy inclusions.
Familiar face Devlin Hobson was tonight confirmed as Nantwich’s new Town Crier.
Nantwich Town Council rubber-stamped the appointment at a meeting of the council this evening (January 13).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Taxi drivers are in short supply across Crewe and Nantwich after nearly 150 quit when their trade was badly affected by the pandemic.
Kim Evans, licensing team leader at Cheshire East Council, said this was a regional and national issue and London was down by about 4,000 drivers.
Cheshire East Council is inviting businesses to apply for funding of up to £6,000 through the government’s Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant scheme.
The scheme provides one-off grants to support eligible rate-paying hospitality, leisure and accommodation businesses experiencing difficulties because of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Council chiefs who withdrew a rural lane from its winter gritting route, today admitted they had to grit part of it after pressure from Cheshire Police.
Highways were called out by police after officers attended the latest in a series of accidents on Coole Lane, between Nantwich and Audlem.
Nantwich residents are being urged to have their say on a masterplan of ideas for the town’s Barony Park.
Cheshire East Council, Nantwich Town Council, the Friends of the Barony and Nantwich in Bloom have developed the “vision” for future improvements to the community space.
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