3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (226+ words) Plans to turn a former GP surgery into a specialist school have been withdrawn. Proposals were lodged in August to Halton Borough Council to convert the former Appleton Village Surgery at 2–6 Appleton Village in Widnes, a two-storey building that previously…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (543+ words) The scrutiny committee meeting took place at the council’s Time Square offices building Every leisure facility in Warrington will form part of a review amid huge cuts proposed by the cash-strapped council – with ‘all options’ on the table. The Labour-run…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (342+ words) Cheshire Live An ancient medieval church wants to install solar panels on part of its roof to help ensure its long-term sustainability St Luke’s in Widnes has submitted an application to Halton Borough Council to install the 17 panels on…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (394+ words) Council says it has no powers to remove religious group living there Cheshire East Council does not have powers to remove the religious group living at Webb House in Crewe and stressed the police investigation is not into the religion…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (295+ words) Councillors meet this week Town Hall chiefs look set to approve the closure of Stockton Heath community recycling centre (CRC) from early next year. The site has been earmarked for closure as part of the Labour-run council’s cost-cutting proposals. Warrington’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (455+ words) View from site location looking south to residents along Lawton Avenue (Image: FFC Landscape Architects, from planning docs) Plans for up to 48 homes in the green belt at Church Lawton have been recommended for approval despite objections from the parish…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) The Proposed Development. Image From Planning Documents A scheme to build 240 homes in Ellesmere Port have been put on ice after planning chiefs raised concerns over highway safety. Cheshire West and Chester Council’s planning committee convened to discuss plans for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) The location of the new pitch at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Plans for an all-weather 3G pitch at a Cheshire high school which will be made available for wider community use has been given the green light. Halton…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) (Image: Phil Noble/PA Wire) Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he will find a way to save the UK's largest telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory after its future was put at risk. The Lovell telescope, which has stood in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) (Image: Vistry Bromborough Homes ) Plans for a major new housing development across two Wirral sites have been submitted. The proposals would see more than 500 new homes being built in Bromborough, just a few miles from the Cheshire West border. House…...