More than £1.2 million was paid out in allowances and expenses between 82 Cheshire East councillors in 2021-22, latest figures show.
Cheshire East Council has published details of the allowances paid to elected members during the last financial year, as required by law.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is waiting for government guidance on primary school SATS because the bank holiday for the King’s coronation clashes with the first day of the national tests.
The Key Stage 2 tests, taken by 11-year-olds at schools across the country, are scheduled to take place from Monday May 8 to Thursday May 11 next year.
Re-surfacing works to Beam Street in Nantwich have been delayed until 2023 because council chiefs say “it is the sensible option to postpone” before Christmas.
A section of Beam Street between Waterlode and Manor Road was shut for 18 weeks between June and October for a footway improvement scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Attempts to impose 20mph limits on new housing developments in Cheshire East often fail because the wording of the council’s speed management strategy means efforts can be blocked, a councillor said.
Cllr Suzie Akers Smith is now meeting with the head of highways to ask if the document can be re-worded so officers can’t stop attempts by councillors at the planning stage to have 20mph limits designated for new residential developments.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
All but essential services could face cuts as Cheshire East Council tackles unprecedented financial pressures fuelled by soaring costs and increasing demand.
The council’s finance bosses are asking all service committees to draw up an action plan to look at how they can cut costs, do things differently or find ways of increasing revenue.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has drawn up a 78-point action plan to modernise its planning service following a backlog in applications and increase in complaints.
A resident survey revealed only 20% of customers are happy with the service.
Police hunting a man who glued the lock of Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan’s constituency office have released a CCTV image.
They say they want to speak to this man in relation to criminal damage, which also included stickers being put on the door of the Conservative Constituency Office in Eddleston Road, Crewe.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to part demolish and convert barns at Baddiley Hall Farm near Nantwich to provide three homes have been recommended for approval.
The application has been “called in” and will be decided by the southern planning committee, rather than delegated to a planning officer, as the applicant’s agent is related to a staff member in the council’s development management service and there have been objections to the scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East planners have given the go-ahead for a 104-home affordable scheme in Crewe.
The development, a mix of one, two, three and four-bed homes, including apartments, maisonettes, semi-detached and terraced dwellings, will be built by Breck Homes on land east of Broughton Road and north of Bidvale Way.
Plans to re-surface Beam Street in Nantwich town centre have been delayed until 2023, Cheshire East Council has confirmed.
The announcement comes after highways completed the 18-week “footway improvement scheme” on the street between junctions with Manor Road and Waterlode.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have narrowly approved a new code of conduct despite opposition from nearly half the council because it doesn’t include a right of appeal against complaints.
Conservative councillors had called for the matter to be deferred, saying the working group set up to look into the new code hadn’t completed its work.
Cheshire East Council’s revised planning policy for the borough has been declared “sound” by an independent planning inspector.
The draft plan, known as the site allocation and development policy document (SADPD), outlines changes following various consultations with residents and local councils.
Town centre roads in Nantwich were re-opened today after an 18-week closure to allow for footway improvement works.
But the planned re-surfacing of Beam Street, as pledged in the initial Cheshire East Council scheme, have so far not taken place.
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