By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is considering rejecting planning applications if the correct information isn’t filled in within a certain time to help clear the backlog.
This would mean applicants would then have to submit a new application.
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By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s planning department is under so much pressure because of recruitment problems that some staff are off sick and one new starter left after just six weeks.
A resourcing review is already under way and new executive director of place Jayne Traverse has offered to do a full review of the system.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A South Cheshire couple have applied to knock down their home and rebuild it higher up the garden because they can’t get help to prevent it from flooding a third time.
But Steve Blackie says Cheshire East Council is dragging its heels over the planning application and he fears his Church Minshull home could flood again.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Complaints against Cheshire East’s planning department have risen by a third as the council battles a backlog of planning applications and staffing shortage.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Building work will begin in January on Crewe’s new bus station and multi-storey car park and the scheme should be completed by August 2023 now planning permission has been granted.
That was the claim of the agent representing the developer at Wednesday’s meeting of Cheshire East’s strategic planning board.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Residents have until September 10 to register views on changes made to the Royal Arcade development in Crewe.
And among the changes are the addition of two large panels of green wall of the car park facing Delamere Street.
Cheshire East Council has submitted proposed changes to its development and planning policies to be examined by an independent planning inspector.
The proposed changes follow four rounds of consultation with residents and local councils, in which they received more than 4,000 comments.
Dear Editor,
I was pleased to read of Cheshire East Council’s success last week, in securing a High Court Order against a significant incursion onto agricultural land in the Green Belt at Mobberley.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than 150 new homes have been given planning permission in the Shavington triangle.
Cheshire East’s Strategic Planning Board voted unanimously today (Feb 24) to allow phase two of development within the area, despite concerns over drainage and flooding.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
A development consisting of 100% affordable housing in Shavington has been refused planning permission by Cheshire East councillors.
The plans, which would have seen 40 homes built on land off Newcastle Road, were recommended for refusal by CEC planners.
Residents and organisations in Crewe and Nantwich are being given more time to put forward their views about a number of key planning documents.
Cheshire East Council wants views on its Site Allocations and Development Policies Document and draft supplementary planning document for houses in multiple occupation.
Furious residents in Aston and Wrenbury say a firm has started constructing a controversial new development while its planning application is still being considered by Cheshire East Council.
They claim Concrete Panels Systems Ltd, part of Graham Heath Construction, has already started building a new concrete batching plant at its current site at Station Yard, Wrenbury Road.
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