Vandal-hit former children’s home Redsands in Nantwich looks set to be sold and turned into a specialist care home for dementia patients.
A bid for the site, off Crewe Road in Willaston, has been made by Richmond Care Villages Holdings Limited, and Cheshire East councillors are being advised to approve.
Nantwich Olympic heroes Bryony Page and Andy Small have been honoured with Cheshire East’s Freedom of the Borough status.
Also honoured was Sir Philip Craven, now living in Cheshire, who is President of the International Olympic Committee and has played a key role in Team GB’s Paralympics success.
Plans have been unveiled to extend Nantwich Civic Hall – including a glass overhead walkway linking to the library next door.
Nantwich Town Council, which now owns the hall, hopes the £1.2million two-storey rear extension to the Civic Hall will provide a range of benefits to the community.
Free car parking will be available on four days a year in Nantwich under a new plan unveiled by Cheshire East Council.
The initiative comes after town councillors and traders campaigned for ‘fairness’ compared to other towns in the borough.
A Planning Inspector has backed Cheshire East’s delayed Local Plan for shaping future development – almost three years after it was first submitted.
But the authority still faces a further delay before the Plan is formally adopted.
Bentley Motors has unveiled a long-term plan to create a ‘campus style’ site to cement its future in South Cheshire.
The company, one of the biggest employers in the Crewe and Nantwich area, has drawn up the plan after discussions with Cheshire East Council.
Nantwich families face a 3.99% rise in Council Tax as Cheshire East Council bids to find £100m savings.
The announcement means many face significantly larger tax bills in 2017-18, and follows a 3.75% increase in April this year.
A school bus service taking pupils from Willaston to Malbank in Nantwich is to be axed – despite vociferous protests by parents, teachers and councillors.
Cheshire East Council’s cabinet has upheld a previous decision to bring in a ‘walking route’ instead – which will take Willaston pupils over the London Road level crossing (pictured).
Nantwich indoor swimming pool is set to close for five weeks to undergo essential repairs.
The pool, which has attracted more than 100,000 visits since May 2016, is to undergo a significant refurbishment to improve its condition.
Communities in Nantwich and Crewe are being invited to apply for grants aimed at promoting walking and cycling.
Town and parish councils, charities and voluntary organisations can apply to Cheshire East Council for up to £9,999 in funding.
A new team of officers recruited to tackle fly-tippers across Crewe and Nantwich, have issued 232 fixed penalty notices.
The private contractors, who started last week, aim to reduce fly-tipping, littering and dog fouling in the borough over the next 12 months.
The Government’s decision to allow 300 homes to be built on Witters Field in Wistaston, has undermined the Nantwich-Crewe green gap.
That was the warning from Cheshire East Councillor Ainsley Arnold.
A recruitment campaign has been launched across Cheshire East highlighting the need for scores of new foster families.
Cheshire East is one of 23 local authorities backing the #youcanfoster campaign which aims to address the North West’s fostering goals.
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