The Latest Breaking News from Cheshire East Council

Tyson Fury’s plans for £2.5m ‘Grand Designs’ mansion knocked back by councils to protect hibernating bats

There are concerns that a protected species of bat is hibernating in the existing mansion

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024

Northern council says it faces bankruptcy over scrapped HS2 link

Cheshire East council mourns ‘devastating impacts’ of Rishi Sunak’s decision to ditch high-speed rail

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Cheshire East council says it faces bankruptcy due to HS2 link cancellation

Local authority covering some of richest areas in England says it spent £11m preparing for rail line

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

People on huge housing estate are living in homes without planning permission

The homeowers are potentially living on contamined land and risk not being able to sell their properties or re-mortgage

Wales Online · Mar 28, 2023

Acclaimed restaurant in a farm barn has been operating without planning permission

"There's lots of people going to the restaurant and saying it's fabulous, but it doesn't appear to have any right to be there."

Manchester Evening News · Mar 13, 2023

New 20mph zone to be introduced to clamp down on 'boy racers' speeding through Alderley Edge

It comes months after noise cameras were introduced nearby after thousands of complaints

Manchester Evening News · Jan 30, 2023

Music giant SJM applies for huge live event on playing fields in Wilmslow

The application for a two day event with up to 25,000 revellers is fuelling speculation about what is being planned in the Cheshire town

Manchester Evening News · Jan 16, 2023

How Cheshire Golden Triangle town is fighting back against supercar driving boy racers

Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Bugattis are a regular sight on the streets of Wilmslow

Manchester Evening News · Dec 28, 2022

The town that has become 'overloaded' with 'poor' and 'cramped' housing

"What our communities need is quality, genuinely affordable housing with access to decent services"

Manchester Evening News · Oct 27, 2022

It's not kids, it's wealthy businessmen in their fifties': Life in the town where supercars come to rev and race from all over

"One thousand pound or five thousand, it's nothing to these people. They're multi-millionaires. Take the car off them and crush it in front of them."

Manchester Evening News · Oct 23, 2022