A housing association say they are tackling a “rat” problem at a residential home in Nantwich, despite residents claiming more needs to be done.
Residents say vermin are finding their way back into Mill House on Queens Drive, months after the problem first surfaced and was tackled.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to introduce three-weekly bin collections should be “knocked on the head” because current fortnightly missed collections lead to rat problems, a resident told councillors.
Peter Ruse told Cheshire East Council he is one of almost 50 people living in a block of 26 flats.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
CEC councillors fear a rise in rats and increased fly-tipping if charges for emptying garden waste bins are brought in.
Proposals outlined in the mid-term financial strategy 2023-7 (budget) reveal Cheshire East could rake in up to £4m a year by introducing the charge.
Cheshire East’s pest control service could soon charge Nantwich residents four times as much for dealing with rats and mice.
The current in-house service, which tackles pests including rats, mice, wasps, ants and fleas, makes a loss.
Developers of a new Nantwich housing estate are battling a plague of giant rats, councillors were told. It’s feared building work on the Stapeley Gardens site, off London Road, has disturbed a nest of rats on land close to the development.
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