Furious opposition councillors have called for Cheshire East Council heads to roll after figures revealed £3.7 million has been spent on the authority’s flawed Local Plan.
And the first casualty was unveiled today, as Cllr David Brown who has overseen the Plan since 2010 announced he is stepping aside.
A campaigner fighting to keep developers away from Stapeley and Nantwich says Cheshire East’s Local Plan delay will “inevitably lead” to more unsuitable developments.
Pat Cullen, who runs Protect Stapeley, has blasted council staff for failing after five years to get the Local Plan adopted.
Council chiefs hope to open a new site to stop illegal traveller camps setting up in Nantwich and other areas.
More than 75 illegal camps have been reported across Cheshire East this year, with one recently on Barony Park in Nantwich.
A damning report by a Planning Inspector has told Cheshire East Council its long-awaited Local Plan is still not good enough to be adopted.
The blow, described as “regrettable” by council chiefs, was delivered by an inspector giving his “interim views” on the Plan’s soundness and legal compliance.
Parking charges on council-run car parks in Nantwich will be scrapped on three Saturdays before Christmas.
The move is designed to boost trade in Nantwich during the peak festive shopping period.
Elderly residents in a popular lunch club have vowed to remain as “sitting tenants” amid fears their base at The Gables is to be sold off by Cheshire East Council.
More than 50 members of the town’s popular Luncheon Club have been told that Cheshire East is putting their Beam Street base up for sale.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson believes the decision to site HS2 hub station in Crewe is “fantastic”.
Conservative MP Mr Timpson says he has been pestering Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin to make Crewe’s case, and to speed the project up.
Crewe is to be the site for a northern hub station for HS2, a report has finally decided.
HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins has favoured South Cheshire for the station and HS2 link north of Birmingham to the North West over Stoke-on-Trent.
Tough new laws are to be imposed in Nantwich to help prevent violent dog attacks.
Cheshire East Council is to use new legal powers available to police and local councils from today (October 20).
Nantwich Civic Hall is being ditched as the venue for the General Election count in 2015 – because it is too small!
The Market Street venue was taken over by Nantwich Town Council from Cheshire East, and as part of the deal was asked to keep it free on May 7-9.
Cheshire’s Police Crime Commissioner has taken a swipe at Cheshire East Council’s leader for missing a key “summit” on tackling child sexual exploitation.
Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said it was “disappointing” that Cllr Michael Jones had not attended the meeting.
Union bosses in Cheshire have launched a petition to save Nantwich Jobcentre threatened with closure.
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) in Cheshire say the centre, on Swine Market, must remain open.
Nantwich MP Edward Timpson visited a local primary school to see how it is coping with a boom in demand for school meals.
New Government policy of free meals for all year 1 and 2 pupils has seen many primary schools providing scores more meals every day.
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