Nantwich families face a 3.99% rise in Council Tax as Cheshire East Council bids to find £100m savings.
The announcement means many face significantly larger tax bills in 2017-18, and follows a 3.75% increase in April this year.
Cheshire East Council chiefs will NOT challenge the appeal decision set to allow 300 homes built on Witters Field green space in Wistaston.
Hands Off Wistaston campaigners had hoped Cheshire East would mount a challenge against the Secretary of State’s decision to allow the plans by Gladman Developments.
A school bus service taking pupils from Willaston to Malbank in Nantwich is to be axed – despite vociferous protests by parents, teachers and councillors.
Cheshire East Council’s cabinet has upheld a previous decision to bring in a ‘walking route’ instead – which will take Willaston pupils over the London Road level crossing (pictured).
Councillors in Nantwich have hit out at detailed plans unveiled for the Kingsley Fields 1,000-home development in the town.
North West Nantwich Consortium already has outline planning permission for the site which borders River Weaver, Waterlode, the A51 and Welshmans Lane.
Communities in Nantwich and Crewe are being invited to apply for grants aimed at promoting walking and cycling.
Town and parish councils, charities and voluntary organisations can apply to Cheshire East Council for up to £9,999 in funding.
Nantwich Town councillors are to pressure Cheshire East to extend ‘free parking’ periods in the town centre.
The calls come as figures showed Cheshire East cashed in £684,000 from Nantwich car parks in 2015-16.
A new team of officers recruited to tackle fly-tippers across Crewe and Nantwich, have issued 232 fixed penalty notices.
The private contractors, who started last week, aim to reduce fly-tipping, littering and dog fouling in the borough over the next 12 months.
Cheshire Police has improved its use of ‘Stop and Search’ after failing to comply with several features of the scheme.
Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary carried out a revisit inspection into Cheshire’s “Best Use of Stop and Search” (BUSS) Scheme.
Muller Property has appealed against the Secretary of State’s decision to block plans for the 1,100-home ‘Nantwich South’ development in Stapeley.
Sources say Colin Muller has decided to continue his fight to build the scheme on land between Peter de Stapleigh Way, Broad Lane and London Road.
Nantwich Town councillors have donated equipment to local officers in a bid to target speeders in the town.
A Speed Indicator Device and a speed gun has been presented to Nantwich Police as part of the local Community Speed Watch scheme.
Ministers have refused a controversial appeal by Muller Property Group to build the first phase of a 1,100-home “Nantwich South” development in Stapeley.
The developer had applied to build 189 homes and an access road off Peter de Stapleigh Way.
Residents and businesses in Nantwich are being urged to engage in a consultation on the future development of Reaseheath College.
The consultation, launched by Cheshire East Council, focuses on a plan for a Local Development Order.
Council bosses will review plans to scrap school transport and force some Nantwich pupils to walk to school.
Cheshire East had passed a motion to axe free school buses on five routes, including Willaston to Malbank and Brine Leas schools in Nantwich.
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