Cheshire East Council has submitted three bids to round two of the government’s Levelling Up Fund, the authority has confirmed.
The Levelling Up Fund is designed to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Two Cheshire East councillors have rubbished a suggestion the council should consider cutting the number of days its tips are open to the public.
At present, household waste and recycling centres such as Pyms Lane in Crewe are open seven days a week and only close on Christmas Day.
More than 100 businesses have penned an open letter to the Transport Secretary backing Crewe’s bid to be the home of the Great British Railways (GBR) Headquarters.
And now Crewe’s namesake town in Virginia (US) has backed the campaign!
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The Cheshire East councillors’ code of conduct has been labelled a “bully’s charter” by one councillor.
Cllr David Marren (pictured), of Shavington Ward, made the comment during a debate on the current code at a recent audit and governance committee.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s audit and governance committee has been asked to look into whether council officers exceeded their powers amid claims a decision taken on Ward budgets may not have been properly implemented.
Ward budgets of £4,200 were allocated to all 82 councillors to spend on highways issues in their areas, following a decision made at full council in February 2021.
Cheshire East Council says it has beefed up its guidance to developers around housing schemes.
Affordable housing and accommodation for the elderly are key features of a new housing supplementary planning document (SPD) that has been formally adopted.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is drawing up a plan to make it easier for towns like Nantwich to host car free days and introduce parklets in the high street.
The aim is to encourage people to walk, cycle and use buses on a particular day rather than rely on their cars.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Coole Lane between Nantwich and Audlem which was axed from Cheshire East’s winter gritting programme have been re-instated following a number of accidents.
The route will be gritted again following six incidents, and is one of two to be reinstated including Brook Street in Macclesfield.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Police have been contacted after a Bunbury councillor and former mayor of Cheshire East has been targeted by hate mail.
Cllr Sarah Pochin (Ind) told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she is determined to stand up to the “bully” and “coward” behind this latest poison pen letter.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is bidding for nearly £158k of government funding to install electric vehicle charging points in its towns.
The council has identified sites in nine towns – including Snow Hill car park in Nantwich – as part of this phase to install charging points for residents unable to charge vehicles at home.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is going ahead with a pilot scheme to pay pregnant women to quit smoking.
The women will be paid a total of £400 – over six instalments – and other smokers in their household will be paid £200 to give up.
A strike by Arriva employees is expected to severely disrupt bus services in Cheshire East and the wider North West region from tomorrow (July 20).
Arriva bus drivers and support staff who are members of GMB and Unite unions will begin strike action from 2am on July 20.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Allowances Cheshire East councillors receive from outside bodies should not have to be published on CEC website, two members have said.
The comments came at a meeting of the council’s corporate policy committee meeting on where councillors were discussing a review of the appointment to outside bodies.
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