By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Twenty-six responses were received during a five-week consultation on plans for a new primary school in Nantwich – and 24 were in favour.
The £3.5m free school is earmarked for land close to Nantwich Town’s Weaver Stadium.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Some Cheshire East residents won’t have to pay any council tax from next April following changes being made to the support scheme.
At present people in receipt of benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance or income support get 75% of their council tax paid under the council tax support scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Care workers should be well paid for doing a tough and sometimes “unpleasant” job just as miners were in past years for digging coal, a Cheshire East councillor said.
Cllr Stewart Gardiner was speaking at a Cheshire East Council meeting where it was announced the authority has been awarded £982,203 to help recruit and retain care staff during the winter months.
The historic Crewe Works site is to receive major investment after site owners Alstom won an HS2 contract to build a new generation of 54 high speed trains in North and Midlands.
Formally owned by Bombardier, the site has not been used for the manufacture of new trains since the early 1990.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Three days of icy, non-gritted roads near Nantwich and Audlem saw “three catastrophic accidents and the school bus cancelled”, the former leader of Cheshire East Council said.
Cllr Rachel Bailey (Audlem, Con) told a full council she had not intended speaking on the winter gritting programme and had planned to ask a question about home school transport.
Nantwich Town Councillors have voted for a 12.5% decrease in council tax for 2022-23.
The town council’s precept was agreed at a council meeting on Thursday, and comes after a controversial move last year to raise it by more than 40%.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is forecasting a £2.2m overspend at the end of the financial year – that’s 0.7 per cent of the budget.
Children and family services has overspent its budget again – something members of the council’s finance sub-committee had raised concerns about.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
People in Crewe die 13 years before those in more affluent parts of Cheshire East so the town deserves investment following years of neglect, a councillor said.
Cllr Suzanne Brookfield (Crewe East, Lab) was speaking following an update report on the town centre regeneration programmes at a meeting of the economy and growth committee.
Coole Lane in Nantwich has seen another crash – the third in three days – after Cheshire East Council removed it from its winter gritting route.
The latest accident involved a skip lorry which crashed off the road into the ditch.
Cheshire East Council is proposing to increase Council Tax for thousands of residents by 1.99% for the next four years.
The authority says the proposal is necessary because of increased demand for vital services.
Cheshire East Council has launched its winter phase of the “Say ‘hi’ to the High Street” campaign.
It includes advertisements and a social media campaign featuring videos promoting Nantwich and Cheshire East’s other 10 towns in the build-up to Christmas.
Stapeley councillors say funding has been secured for a new Puffin crossing on the busy Peter de Stapleigh Way.
It comes just weeks after a schoolboy was hit by a car using a drop-down kerb crossing.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has given the go ahead for a plan to develop walking and cycling networks.
Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) have been developed for Crewe, Congleton, Macclesfield and Wilmslow.
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