Town councillors in Nantwich have delayed a decision on whether they should pay 7.5% towards the running of the town’s leisure centre.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council, who run leisure services, are asking town councils to make contributions to ease the financial pressure it is facing in 2024-25.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to convert The Gables into a beauty salon and flats have been given the go-ahead – with councillors welcoming the re-purposing of the historic Nantwich town centre building.
The Beam Street property is currently empty but was formerly used as a community club and offices.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council could fail to rake in the £4m it hoped from its garden waste collections because less than two thirds of residents needed have so far subscribed.
As from this month, garden waste will only be collected if residents have paid the new annual £56 subscription fee.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council is proposing another 4.99% rise in Council Tax from April – as well as a range of other cost-cutting measures to existing services.
The authority has unveiled its financial plan for 2024/25, including increasing Council Tax by the maximum amount currently allowed.
A Nantwich town councillor is bidding to set up a steering group to help tackle issues around the River Weaver such as flooding and pollution.
Cllr Anna Burton hopes the group will speak with “one voice” and act as a pressure group to ensure action is taken to help prevent future incidents.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to convert Crewe Municipal Buildings Annex to provide workspaces for individuals and small businesses have been given the go-ahead.
Cheshire East’s southern planning committee took less than 10 minutes today (Wednesday) to approve the application.
A Nantwich resident was stunned when Cheshire East highways bosses declined to replace road speed limit signs which are faded so badly they are no longer visible in the dark.
The signs, pictured, inform drivers entering Whitehouse Lane from Middlewich Road in Nantwich that they are moving from a 40mph zone to a 20mph zone.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to convert an historic building in Nantwich town centre into a beauty salon and flats have been recommended for approval.
The Gables, on Beam Street, is currently empty but was formerly used as a community club and offices.
A number of Cheshire residents have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list released last night (December 29).
They include a Tarporley data scientist, an information officer from Macclesfield, and two female England footballers.
A councillor had raised concerns about a busy road junction in Crewe after another accident there.
Cllr James Pratt says there have been several bad collisions at the junction of Frank Webb Avenue and Badger Avenue.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is to continue negotiating with the Government for compensation after the scrapping of HS2, amid fears the cancellation of the northern leg could plunge the council into financial crisis.
The council had already invested £11m in preparations for HS2 coming to Crewe.
Nantwich Town councillors have voted through a council tax precept rise of 3.5% for 2024-25 – half of the original planned 7% rise first debated in November.
But again the issue prompted at times a heated debate among councillors, with some Labour councillors calling for a zero rise and to find savings elsewhere.
Protesters from Audlem called on Cheshire East Council to re-think plans to introduce parking charges, saying it would impact health workers and prevent businesses relocating to town centres, writes Belinda Ryan.
Placard-waving demonstrators turned up outside yesterday’s meeting of the full council at Jodrell Bank to put their arguments to councillors before next month’s highways committee meeting, when a decision on the charges will be made.
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