By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Plans for a new Aldi store in Crewe have been approved after developers vowed to spend £40,000 to protect great crested newts on the site.
Cheshire East Council’s strategic planning board passed proposals for the land, off University Way, despite officers recommending it for refusal.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Planning officers are again calling on councillors to reject Aldi’s plans for a new Crewe store despite more than 3,000 people signing a petition to support it.
The retailer is closing its supermarket at the Grand Junction retail park next year and wants to build the new 1,801sq m store off University Way as a state-of-the-art replacement.
A new shopping experience is being launched in Nantwich which will be completely free from single-use-plastic.
The Store, a new grocery outlet, will offer everyday items including fresh produce, toiletries, household products and confectionery, as well as eco-friendly alternatives.
Three men have been charged in connection with a series of burglaries at shops in Nantwich.
Aaron Hobin, 25; David Benn, 27 and Benjamin Benn, 31, were all arrested on Thursday May 30.
Staff at Marks and Spencer Simply Food in Nantwich have helped to raise more than £1,300 for Mid Cheshire Hospitals dementia appeal.
The team at the Beam Street store chose to support the charity’s “Everybody Knows Somebody” as their charity of the year for 2018/2019.
The Donna Louise Hospice is to open a new charity fundraising store in Crewe on Thursday March 14.
The shop, at 22a Market Street, will be officially opened at 10am by Milo Dempsey, one of the children supported by The Donna Louise.
Aldi supermarket chiefs have unveiled plans to demolish the current Nantwich store and build a bigger one in its place.
The store, on Station Road, has grown in popularity since opening in the early 2000s and bosses say a new store is now needed to cope with demand.
Top fashion chain Joules is set to open its new Nantwich store this week.
The company has converted the former HSBC bank on the corner of High Street and Hospital Street into its latest store, which opens at 9.30am on Thursday (August 10).
The new-look Co-op store in Stapeley marked its re-opening by donating new balance bikes and equipment to Pear Tree School.
Pupils were delighted to receive seven new bikes, helmets and road signs sponsored by the newly re-opened store.
Popular High Street clothes brand White Stuff looks set to open a new store in Nantwich, it has emerged.
It’s believed the store will be opened in the former Co-op Pharmacy premises on High Street, although the company has not confirmed this.
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