Nantwich Civic Hall is being ditched as the venue for the General Election count in 2015 – because it is too small!
The Market Street venue was taken over by Nantwich Town Council from Cheshire East, and as part of the deal was asked to keep it free on May 7-9.
Nantwich Aqueduct is set to undergo a £200,000 overhaul after councillors agreed to part-fund the project.
A £20,000 contribution by Nantwich Town Council will mean the Canals and Rivers Trust could start the work as early as March 2015.
A controversial traffic island in Nantwich is going to be removed after causing a spate of accidents.
Cheshire East highways teams are to remove this island at the junction of Welsh Row and Queens Drive in October.
Nantwich Town Council has agreed an entertainment deal with organisers of the Nantwich Jazz Festival to bring more entertainment to the Civic Hall.
Councillors hope the deal will see a varied range of shows at Nantwich Civic Hall in 2015/16.
The second phase of the Stapeley Gardens housing development in Nantwich has been given the go ahead by councillors.
Another 176 houses are to be built on the former Stapeley Water Gardens brownfield site between London Road and Peter de Stapleigh Way.
Police and council officials were called in to move a group of travellers off Barony Park in Nantwich.
The travellers with seven or eight vehicles and caravans, were spotted setting up on a corner of the park near Birchin Lane.
A Nantwich councillor has called on Cheshire East Council to give back part of a £900,000 annual saving to town and parish councils.
Cllr Arthur Moran believes extra services and facilities taken on by Nantwich Town Council has helped Cheshire East.
Council leisure bosses in Nantwich have been ‘slammed’ – for ripping up the town’s tennis courts at the start of Wimbledon fortnight. Hundreds of residents have been denied a chance to play on the three courts at Barony Park Sports Complex during the busiest time of the year.
A traffic island installed on a busy Nantwich street to make it safer, has been blamed for a series of accidents. Now councillors are calling for the island, at the junction of Welsh Row and Queens Drive, to be removed – at the cost of £3,500.
Councillors are calling on school and highways improvements amid plans to build 268 new houses on farmland in Nantwich. Detailed plans for the site off Queen’s Drive have been submitted after Gladman Homes gained outline planning approval, despite local objections.
Mayor of Nantwich Cllr John Lewis has opened a new food area at Nantwich Town Football Club. The area was built thanks to funding by Nantwich Town Independent Supports Association (NTISA) with help from Nantwich Town Council.
A Nantwich councillor has called the closure of the local newspaper’s office a “big blow” for the area. Cllr Arthur Moran spoke out after Trinity Mirror revealed it is to close the Crewe and Nantwich Chronicle offices on Victoria Street, Crewe.
Nantwich town could face major flooding problems like those in the south if more developments take place near the River Weaver. That was the warning from Nantwich Mayor Cllr John Lewis after outline planning permission for the 1,100-homes Kingsley Fields plan was approved.
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