By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s planning system has come under fire again – this time from a resident at a public meeting who questioned the ‘transparency and fairness of the process’.
David Teal was speaking at a meeting of the northern planning committee about an application for one house on land at Bollington.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has acknowledged there are problems with the ‘reliability’ of its ‘upgraded’ planning system and says it is working with the supplier to make further improvements.
The council was contacted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) following reports 87 residents had complained in one day to a campaign group that they had been unable to lodge objections against a 325-home development proposed for Sandbach.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has voted to scrap its committee system and revert to a leader and cabinet style of governance next May.
The decision comes on the back of the government announcing plans for new legislation to abolish the committee system, which it said could be ‘unclear, duplicative, and wasteful, leading to slower, less efficient decision-making’.
Dear Editor,
There are multiple reasons why CEC is on the verge of an S114 bankruptcy notice, one of which identified by the LGA, (but on which the Labour-Independent administration have been silent) – is that the Committee System is not working.
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By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s change from cabinet to committee has seen the end of a system which brought “ignominy to this council, with police investigations into some decisions”, a councillor said.
Councillors from all parties agreed the committee system, which replaced the cabinet system in May last year, had so far been successful.
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By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have approved controversial plans to charge the over 85s for a lifeline care alarm system they currently get for free.
At the moment residents who are over 85 and live alone do not pay for the assistive technology (Telecare service) they receive.
Cheshire East Council will hold its final meeting on May 4 before it changes from a Cabinet to committees system.
The authority’s Annual General Meeting will be held remotely on Tuesday 4 May, at 5pm.
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Now we know the truth…
Cllr James Nicholas campaigned and was even one of the prime architects to organise a petition for removal of the cabinet system and replace it with a committee system.
Ethan Davies, local democracy reporterNew contact tracing systems have been introduced by both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester councils this week.
The moves, which ‘complement’ the national NHS Test & Trace system, will go live tomorrow, November 25.
Cheshire East Council says a new system will make it easier for older and more vulnerable residents to apply for concessionary travel passes.
The authority and its transport company, Transport Service Solutions (TSS), have launched a new online application portal on the council’s website.
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