By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is “slowly reducing” the backlog of planning applications despite still struggling to retain and recruit skilled staff.
A report to the council’s environment and communities committee says the number of live applications in the backlog has reduced over the 12 month period from 2,654 to 1,959, at the end of March 2023.
An elderly dog whose coat was so severely matted he had difficulty walking is finally able to run and stretch his legs again after being transformed in RSPCA Nantwich care.
These shocking images show how Larry had suffered months of neglect before being found straying and believed abandoned in the Bradfield Road area of Crewe.
Police are warning residents to remain vigilant following reports of distraction thefts across the county, including in Nantwich.
Officers have been called to five separate incidents where people have been targeted by distraction thieves who have stolen mobile phones.
Homes and businesses in Crewe and Nantwich could be powered by a deep geothermal plant in the future, a report says today.
It identifies Cheshire East as one of around 45 prime locations for such a plant in the UK.
A public interest report into the culture and governance of Cheshire East Council between 2014-18 could cost the authority a whopping £319,370.
That’s the external auditor’s proposed fee for the report which investigates the controversial practices of the council under former leader Michael Jones.
Cheshire Police say their Operation Sceptre targeting knife crime has been a success with a number of arrests made and knives seized.
Officers from across the county carried out sweep operations in parks and residential areas.
Cheshire East Council bosses have re-launched a “Pick-Fit” scheme to help clear streets of litter and get people fitter.
CEC’s Ansa Environmental Services are linking up with Everybody Health and Leisure to run the scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s “engagement” with the public about the new charge for garden waste collection poses more questions than answers, the opposition leader has said.
The council agreed at its budget meeting in February to introduce charges for garden/food waste bin collection and is hoping to rake in up to £4m when the scheme comes into operation.
Successful slimmers in Nantwich have donated bags of clothes they’ve slimmed out to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
They have taken part in the “Big Slimming World Clothes Throw” which raises funds for local Cancer Research UK shops.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council and developer Countryside need to “step up and deliver on their moral obligations” to people living on a Crewe housing estate with no planning permission, the House of Commons leader has said.
Penny Mordaunt MP also wondered “how in God’s name it could have happened” as she was responding to a question from Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan (Con) about the plight of residents living at Coppenhall Place.
Councillor and Labour Chief Whip Connor Naismith is to apply for the Labour candidacy in Crewe and Nantwich at the next general election.
Cllr Naismith currently represents Crewe West ward on Cheshire East Council.
An arsonist deliberately started fires in a number of wheelie bins in Nantwich town centre.
Police and fire crews are investigating several linked incidents which happened in the Pepper Street area of Nantwich yesterday (May 28).
A driver was left trapped and injured after a crash between a car and a tractor on a busy road near Nantwich.
The incident happened on the A530 Whitchurch Road at Baddington at 2.30pm yesterday (May 28).
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