By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for 53 homes and a pub in open countryside at Acton near Nantwich have been recommended for refusal.
The application, for the development on land south of Monks Lane and west of Chester Road, was originally submitted in 2019.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is embarking on a “transformation programme” to change the way the council operates and try to save £100 million over the next four years.
The cash-strapped council was recently granted exceptional financial support from the government to the tune of £17.6 million.
Residents across South Cheshire without off-street parking will have greater access to electric vehicle charging points from next year.
It follows a funding boost of more than £2.17 million for Cheshire East Council from the Government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund.
Town councillors have unveiled early plans for a new Nantwich Youth Arts Festival.
And it’s hoped the idea will grow and become an “international” event in years to come.
Nantwich councillors are still not clear what they can spend £750,000 of Section 106 money on in the town – two and half years after receiving the funds.
The money comes from the planning conditions imposed on developers building the Kingsbourne housing development.
Leighton Hospital bosses have bought land next to the existing site in their next step to developing a major new hospital campus.
The areas of land, which surrounds the current hospital, will become part of the new Leighton site (pictured).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s ballooning special needs budget deficit is so serious it “threatens the very existence of the council”, a councillor said.
The DSG (dedicated school grant) deficit currently stands at about £90 million.
Cheshire motorists have been involved in potentially lethal collisions while trying to avoid potholes, the county’s police boss said today.
Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer issued the warning as he encouraged more people to report potholes to their local authorities.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Ambitious plans for Cheshire East Council to be carbon neutral by 2025 are unachievable and have now been pushed back to 2027.
The council made the 2025 commitment in May 2019 and the following year outlined how this would be achieved.
Education bosses say 94% of parents in Cheshire East received their first preference secondary school on national secondary school offer day.
More than 4,900 applications were received from parents and carers whose children will be moving up to secondary school in Cheshire East in September 2024.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is to receive a £17.6m financial support package from the government after the authority announced it had worryingly low reserves.
The cash-strapped council applied to the government for the exceptional financial support in the form of a capitalisation direction earlier this month.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has turned down a proposal which would have allowed councillors to claim two special responsibility allowances.
At present, councillors can only claim one special responsibility allowance (SRA).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have approved a budget for the next financial year which includes mothballing three tips and increasing council tax by 4.99%.
The council voted by 43 to 32 in favour of the budget which brings in a raft of savings measures including emergency tip closures at Bollington, Middlewich and Poynton from April.
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