A councillor has appealed for help to trace fly-tippers who dumped two lots of waste in rural lanes near Nantwich.
Cllr Janet Clowes, of Wybunbury Ward, is leading the appeal after these two incidents.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Controversial plans for 116 homes in the open countryside at Audlem have been unanimously refused by Cheshire East’s strategic planning board.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
]The former Conservative group leader on Cheshire East Council is furious councillors’ rights to represent residents in planning applications have been “further eroded” because the council and government have re-written the rules.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Wybunbury councillor says a new school on the outskirts of Crewe is desperately needed but if children can’t access it safely it shouldn’t be built there.
Cllr Janet Clowes was speaking about proposals to build a new primary school at Basford East.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is urging the county’s Chief Constable to scrap plans which could see up to 70% of the county’s PCSOs axed.
All but one of the 69 councillors present at the latest full council backed a notice of motion from Wybunbury Cllr Janet Clowes and Cllr Julie Smith calling for plans to axe 60 of the 87 roles to be rescinded.
Cheshire East Council has 44,000 requests a year from utility companies to dig up roads, it has emerged.
But the authority has slowed down plans to introduce a scheme to speed up roadworks, insisting it must get it right.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East voted it is “minded to approve” a controversial housing proposal for Wybunbury – but the applicants had already lodged an appeal and could now have to wait months for a planning inspector’s decision.
Martin and Simon Poole applied for permission in principle (PIP) to build up to six homes on a field off Bridge Street at Wybunbury.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A controversial proposal which could see homes built on a village field in Wybunbury near Nantwich has been deferred so councillors can visit the site to see what impact it would have.
Martin and Simon Poole have applied for permission in principle (PIP) to build up to six homes on land off Bridge Street, Wybunbury.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A proposal to build homes on a village field in Wybunbury which conflicts with the local plan and would “change the rural character of the site” has been recommended for approval.
Martin and Simon Poole have applied for “permission in principle” to build up to six homes on land off Bridge Street.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillor Janet Clowes is stepping down as leader of the Conservative group on Cheshire East Council due to ill health.
The Wybunbury councillor was rushed to hospital last month after she collapsed and was unconscious for some time.
A Cheshire East councillor has appealed for help after her Wybunbury home was burgled in broad daylight.
Cllr Janet Clowes, leader of the Conservatives in Cheshire East, said their garage was burgled today (December 5) between 11.05am and 2pm.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has approved plans for 18 homes on the Doddington Estate near Nantwich with the ward councillor saying the revised application is an improvement on the first which was “shoddy and grossly incomplete”.
The 18-home scheme is the first of 12 applications which will be submitted for a total of 112 homes over the next decade on Doddington Estate land at Bridgemere.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is facing a predicted overspend of £27 million by the end of the financial year because its children’s and adults’ services are failing to operate within budget.
A report to the finance sub-committee revealed the adults and health committee is forecast to be overspent by £20m at the end of March next year.
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