Cheshire East consults on next phase of Local Plan

Local residents have vowed to continue to fight proposals to build 157 homes outside Macclesfield as housebuilder Bellway advances two planning applications for the site.

Network Rail has completed works to a stretch of track between Altrincham and Ashley to boost journey times between Manchester and Chester via Northwich.

Cheshire East has knocked back Manchester Airport Group’s 800-space car park on Green Belt land near Styal with its planning committee asking the airport to show it has a “plan B” before it can be approved.

Peel Environmental has signed a £130m agreement with Waste2Tricity and PowerHouse Energy to deliver 11 waste plastic to hydrogen facilities, as the developer prepares to submit a planning application for the first scheme at Protos, Cheshire.

Plans to convert an historic mill into commercial space along with new homes as part of the wider Basford East masterplan near Crewe have been put forward by The Witter Trust.

Dr Kath Mackay has joined the Bruntwood and Legal & General joint venture to lead the Alderley Park life sciences campus in Cheshire.

The future of 120 jobs at Pochin's remains uncertain with no further updates from administrator Grant Thornton, however joint venture partners have issued statements of reassurance regarding the future of their schemes.

Anwyl Homes has received planning consent and is starting construction on three residential developments which will total 474 homes in Cheshire and North Wales.

Planning permission for an additional road at Grand Junction Retail Park in Crewe was rejected by Cheshire East Council's planning committee yesterday.