Post Tagged with: "Kingsbourne"

Housebuilder to donate public defibrillator to Nantwich

Housebuilder to donate public defibrillator to Nantwich

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey wants to donate a public access defibrillator to Nantwich.

And the firm is appealing for help to find a home it in the town.

March 21, 2025
LETTER: Concerns over width of new Reaseheath road

LETTER: Concerns over width of new Reaseheath road

Dear Editor,
I have noticed that roadworks renovations are currently underway at the Reaseheath Roundabout.

While infrastructure improvements are always welcome, I assume these works are in preparation for the long-delayed Reaseheath bypass A51 spine road, which is now (finally) set to open in June – more than three years behind schedule.

March 10, 2025
Fire rages through Nantwich apartment as residents evacuated

Fire rages through Nantwich apartment as residents evacuated

A fire raged through an apartment in Nantwich today, as residents were evacuated.

The blaze broke out in an apartment on Laurel Place, just off the main Reaseheath Way into the Kingsbourne development.

December 14, 2024
Kingsbourne estate and Reaseheath bypass - by Jonathan White

Reaseheath bypass “road to nowhere” set to finally open in 2025

The Reaseheath bypass “road to nowhere” looks finally set to open in summer 2025, the council has confirmed today.

The A51 bypass road was originally due to open back in February 2022 but has been dogged with delays and disputes ever since.

October 9, 2024
Aerial photo town centre and church

Confusion over £750,000 Sect 106 money for Nantwich town centre

Nantwich councillors are still not clear what they can spend £750,000 of Section 106 money on in the town – two and half years after receiving the funds.

The money comes from the planning conditions imposed on developers building the Kingsbourne housing development.

March 18, 2024
New Nantwich primary school opening delayed by a year

New Nantwich primary school opening delayed by a year

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A new primary school which was due to open in Nantwich in 2024 has been delayed for a year because of legal, planning and cost-related issues.

Planning permission was granted in June for the new 210-pupil Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsley Fields development.

November 8, 2023
Nantwich man to swim from Finland to Sweden

Nantwich man to swim from Finland to Sweden

A Nantwich man is preparing to swim from Finland to Sweden to raise money for charity!

Sam Owens and his two friends Ben and Anthony are taking on the daring challenge in the Arctic circle waters at midnight in July.

May 9, 2023
Redrow to pay final £1 million community funding for Kingsbourne

Redrow to pay final £1 million community funding for Kingsbourne

House builders Redrow say they are likely to pay the final £1 million in community contributions next year as the final phase of the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich is underway.

As part of the planning conditions, the money has to be paid before the final phase of building work is complete.

April 14, 2023
Road to no where – but is an end to A51 Reaseheath bypass saga finally in sight?

Road to no where – but is an end to A51 Reaseheath bypass saga finally in sight?

It looked like being the road to no where.

It was supposed to open 12 months ago but progress on the new A51 “spine road” around Reaseheath in Nantwich appeared to be at a standstill.

March 31, 2023
North West Academies Trust selected to run new primary school in Nantwich

North West Academies Trust selected to run new primary school in Nantwich

The North West Academies Trust has been appointed as the sponsor for the new 210-pupil primary school in Nantwich.

The one form entry primary school, due to open in autumn 2024 subject to planning approval, will be on the Kingsbourne development where there will eventually be 1,100 new homes.

March 8, 2023
Nantwich police chief understands concerns over thefts from cars

Nantwich police chief understands concerns over thefts from cars

A police chief said he understands Nantwich residents’ concerns around the spate of night-time thefts from vehicles.

Witnesses have told of incidents on Kingsbourne Estate as well as on Kingsley village, the Highfields area, Stapeley estate and around the Blears Avenue area.

January 3, 2023
Nantwich residents demand action against “lurker” targeting cars

Nantwich residents demand action against “lurker” targeting cars

Furious residents on a Nantwich estate are demanding action from police against a man who has targeted and stolen from vehicles for more than two years.

The “lurker” has been caught on various Ring and property cameras trying to access unlocked vehicles on the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich.

December 28, 2022
Reaseheath A51 bypass set to finally open by end of October

Reaseheath A51 bypass set to finally open by end of October

The new A51 Reaseheath bypass should be open by end of October, residents have been told.

An update on the road was given at a parish council meeting last week as it emerged how many homes have now been occupied on the Kingsbourne housing development.

October 2, 2022