Concerned school chiefs and politicians in Cheshire East have met with Government ministers to voice fears over the National Funding Formula.
They travelled to meet Schools Minister Nick Gibb after it emerged Cheshire East schools would face “difficulties” under the new formula.
A Nantwich headteacher has blasted the Government after it emerged the new National Funding Formula could lead to big funding cuts for Nantwich schools.
Andrew Cliffe, headteacher at Brine Leas School, fears the NFF could see his school thousands of pounds worse off.
Free car parking will be available on four days a year in Nantwich under a new plan unveiled by Cheshire East Council.
The initiative comes after town councillors and traders campaigned for ‘fairness’ compared to other towns in the borough.
A Planning Inspector has backed Cheshire East’s delayed Local Plan for shaping future development – almost three years after it was first submitted.
But the authority still faces a further delay before the Plan is formally adopted.
Council leaders in Cheshire East have welcomed a Government report which revealed more details about Phase Two of high-speed rail project HS2.
The report from the Secretary of State confirms the intended route known as 2b through Cheshire East and on to Manchester Airport and Manchester.
Elderly bus users in Nantwich are calling for timetable changes to key morning routes so they can use their free passes.
They say they are being disadvantaged because the number 89 bus to Wrexham leaves Nantwich bus station at 9.25am.
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.
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