Dear Editor,
So Cheshire East Council has commissioned a huge public art piece to adorn the side of the Royal Arcade Bus Station as we were told by a fellow Crewe Councillor at Wednesday’s full Council meeting!
Elected members at the meeting looked bemused – many of us knew nothing about it! (It appears we missed the email sent out late the previous afternoon).
Dear Editor,
Crewe town centre’s Royal Arcade re-development is stalled before it has even begun.
We were promised that work would begin in January. We are now told it will be nearly May before building work begins.
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.
The redevelopment of the Royal Arcade site in Crewe will take another step forward this week as a public consultation on the plans gets underway.
Details of the proposed scheme for a new bus station, multi-storey car park, cinema, bowling centre, gym, restaurants, cafes and bars will go on display ahead of a planning application being submitted in April.
Crewe Heritage Centre has come to the rescue of the town’s iconic clock “Big Bill”.
The clock was dismantled as part of the Royal Arcade demolition to make way for a new development.
Dear Editor,
The demolition of Crewe’s vacant Royal Arcade shopping centre has begun.
‘Putting Crewe First’ says that the site should be used as a convenient town centre car park, until it is needed for redevelopment, to encourage shoppers back into the town, after the four week lockdown closure of all non-food shops.
Demolition of vacant shops at Crewe’s Royal Arcade site has started, marking a significant milestone in the town’s transformation.
Plant and machinery arrived on site this week to begin the demolition works.
A development agreement between Cheshire East Council and Peveril Securities Ltd marks a big step forward in Crewe’s transformation of the Royal Arcade site, council chiefs say.
Partners involved in the major revamp of Crewe town centre have welcomed announcements and milestones which they say take the town a step closer to a future vision.
Demolition of the vacant shops at the Royal Arcade site will start to take place in mid-October.
Hoardings have been installed around parts of Crewe town centre set to be demolished in the Royal Arcade development.
The site will be developed and provide a multi-screen cinema, new bus station, multi-storey car park and retail units.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs are being urged to make sure Crewe bus station is brought up to scratch ready for the long-awaited Royal Arcade redevelopment.
A new bus station is part of Cheshire East Council’s vision for Royal Arcade – which is also set to include a new cinema, gym, bowling alley, shops and a multi-storey car park.
Citizens Advice Cheshire East’s office in Crewe has moved to its new home with the demolition of its old building signalling the first stage of the Royal Arcade redevelopment works.
After more than 40 years in Victoria Street, the service has relocated to the ground floor of the council’s Delamere House building.
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