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Crewe Engineering and Design UTC gets planning permission

Crewe Engineering and Design UTC gets planning permission

The new Crewe Engineering and Design UTC has been granted planning permission to allow construction to begin.



The new £10.6 million University Technical College will regenerate the heart of Crewe, with building work on the Victoria Centre, West Street campus starting in January next year.

December 3, 2015
£14 million of Section 106 money sits unspent in Cheshire East Council coffers

£14 million of Section 106 money sits unspent in Cheshire East Council coffers

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More than £14 million from housing developers is sitting unspent in Cheshire East Council coffers, we can reveal today.

The staggering amount was uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act, which revealed only half of Section 106 contributions received from developers since 2010-11 has been invested.

October 21, 2015
Former Star Inn manager voices anger over Acton pub closure

Former Star Inn manager voices anger over Acton pub closure

The former manager of a 500-year-old Nantwich pub set to be turned into housing, has blasted brewery agents for wrongly labelling it a failing pub.

Paul Beaton was the last manager of The Star Inn, in Acton, before Enterprise Inns decided to sell it.

September 24, 2015
Willaston School to stage public meeting over housing plans

Willaston School to stage public meeting over housing plans

Campaigners in Willaston are urging residents to attend a public meeting to discuss controversial housing applications.

The meeting will be at Willaston Primary School on Monday February 9, starting at 7pm.

February 6, 2015
New bid to build 120 homes in Willaston angers councillor

New bid to build 120 homes in Willaston angers councillor

A councillor has blasted yet another planning application to build new homes on green fields in Willaston, Nantwich.

Wainhomes has submitted a proposal for a 120-home development on a site off Cheerbrook Road.

January 22, 2015
Planning appeal adjourned into 11 homes off Wrens Close, Nantwich

Planning appeal adjourned into 11 homes off Wrens Close, Nantwich

A planning appeal into a bid to build homes off Wrens Close in Nantwich has been adjourned until November.

Nantwich South and Stapeley councillors attended the hearing which took place at Crewe Alexandra’s Gresty Road stadium.

September 23, 2014
Councillor urges judicial review over Willaston homes appeal decision

Councillor urges judicial review over Willaston homes appeal decision

A councillor has called for a controversial planning appeal decision in Nantwich to be taken to judicial review.

Willaston and Rope Cllr Brian Silvester believes the 146-home Moorfields planning decision to be taken to judicial review by the Cheshire East Council.

August 14, 2014
Willaston developer wins appeal to build 146 homes off Moorfields

Willaston developer wins appeal to build 146 homes off Moorfields

Willaston will see another 146 houses built after yet another appeal against Cheshire East Council was upheld by planning inspectors.

Residents and councillors have reacted angrily to the decision to allow the appeal for homes to be built on green land off Moorfields, Willaston.

August 4, 2014
UKIP candidate Richard Lee to stage Willaston public session

UKIP candidate Richard Lee to stage Willaston public session

UKIP’s parliamentary candidate for Crewe & Nantwich will be holding a public surgery in Willaston next week.

Cllr Richard Lee will be joined at the advice session by Willaston and Rope ward Cllr Brian Silvester.

July 31, 2014
Nantwich councillors angry over Audlem Road appeal ruling

Nantwich councillors angry over Audlem Road appeal ruling

Nantwich councillors have spoken out against a planning appeal ruling which will see another 40 homes built on green land.

Cllrs Andrew Martin and Peter Groves say they are “disappointed” at a planning inspector’s decision to uphold Wainhomes Ltd’s appeal.

July 26, 2014
Wistaston campaigners blast Gladman’s new Witters Field plan

Wistaston campaigners blast Gladman’s new Witters Field plan

Campaigners in Wistaston hit out at a developer’s second application to build 300 homes on village land known as “Witters Field”.

They spoke out after Gladman Developments Ltd submitted the second application for the land off Church Lane.

July 16, 2014
Willaston developer submits renewed plans for 146 homes off Moorfields

Willaston developer submits renewed plans for 146 homes off Moorfields

A developer taking its plans for 170 homes in Willaston, near Nantwich, to appeal has submitted a second scaled down application for 146 properties. Richborough Estates wants to build on land off Moorfields on Wistaston Road, Willaston, despite a large number of objections from local residents.

May 1, 2014
Cheshire East Council fails on 5-year housing claim, says Government Inspector

Cheshire East Council fails on 5-year housing claim, says Government Inspector

Councillors have blasted Cheshire East Council after a Government Planning Inspector ruled the authority has failed to demonstrate it has s 5-year housing supply. The Inspector’s findings are in a report upholding an appeal by a housing developer to build 94 houses on land near Sandbach.

April 12, 2014