Bungling Cheshire East Council paid out £21,520 of Community Infrastructure Levy funds to Nantwich Town Council by mistake – and only spotted the error 20 months later!
Now it has emerged they are demanding the money back – despite it already being allocated to key improvements to the town’s parks.
Cheshire East Council’s director of highways is to leave his role for a new position in the East Midlands.
Tom Moody, who was Director of Infrastructure and Highways at Cheshire East since 2022, is joining the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) as Director of Transport
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Referrals to Cheshire Police into online child abuse soared from more than 180 in 2023 to nearly 800 last year.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts revealed the figures during a police and crime panel called to discuss the controversial decision to axe 50 PCSO posts across the county.
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner says he has saved 10 PCSOs from redundancy following Cheshire Police’s announcement in December they were axing 60 in total.
Now he is calling on residents to help save others – by paying more in council tax.
Motorists are being warned of major delays and disruption as work to install a new crossing at Peacock roundabout in Willaston is about to start.
The work is scheduled to start on the A51 Nantwich Bypass on January 12th and Cheshire East Council says it could take five weeks to finish..
Cheshire’s Police Commissioner will be quizzed this week on how he proposes to safeguard the roles of PCSOs following the Chief Constable’s decision to axe 60 posts.
An extraordinary meeting of the county’s police and crime panel, which scrutinises the work of the commissioner’s office, will be held in Crewe on Friday.
Cheshire East Council has been urging residents to use grit bins to help make local roads and paths safer during the current cold snap.
Yet, the authority’s latest grit bin map shows there are only FIVE in total across Nantwich, and none in Willaston and Stapeley.
Many bin collections across Crewe and Nantwich will be impacted today by weather conditions, Cheshire East Council has warned.
In their latest statement, Cheshire East said: “Due to the adverse weather conditions across Cheshire East, so far today it has not been safe or possible for our crews to carry out bin collections.
A housing developer has submitted revised plans to demolish a bungalow in Stapeley, Nantwich and build 75 new homes on fields behind it.
They want to demolish number 6 Broad Lane and build an access road through to a new development of up to 75 homes with parking, open space, landscaping, drainage and associated works.
Nantwich Town councillors have voted to reduce the proposed 5% rise in its council tax precept.
But they warned that a 3.5% rise is necessary amid fears Cheshire East would ask the town council to take on more services as part of further devolution plans.
A department for work and pensions worker from Nantwich has been recognised in the King’s New Year’s Honours.
Ken Lawton has been awarded an MBE for his work advocating for vulnerable individuals.
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner says he is “disappointed” with the decision to axe 60 PCSOs and has put forward alternative proposals which could potentially save 10 roles.
Assistant Chief Constable Alison Ross emailed stakeholders last week saying the force planned to press ahead with proposals to reduce the number of police community support officer posts from 87 to 27.
Nantwich Town councillors have agreed to end their lease on Brookfield Hall in Nantwich early to save funds.
The building, next to Brookfield Park off Shrewbridge Road, has been leased by Nantwich Town Council from Cheshire East for many years.
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