PLANNERS have rejected a bid to extend the former China Rose Chinese restaurant premises in Culcheth, Warrington, saying the development would be “over-dominant, over-bearing and create an intrusive feature” in the village. Read More

CULCHETH High School is seeking planning permission to replace a sand based 2G Astroturf surface with a 3rd Generation Artificial Grass Pitch (3G AGP) carpet surface to meet the needs of local football teams. Read More

BROADBAND provider Freedom Fibre has launched this year’s ‘The Freedom Fund’ – a community fund set to invest thousands of pounds in good and green projects in areas where it is rolling out its lightning-fast, full-fibre network. Read More

PLANNERS are to to investigate if any planning conditions have been breached following complaints that a “Biodiverse Meadow” to the rear of a developmet on the site of a former truck dealership in Culcheth has been left an eyesore. Read More

AN angry Tory Cllr has hit out following the controversial decision to approve a large HGV distribution depot at Risley, accusing council leader Russ Bowden of being “conspicuous by his silence” while also calling for a Labour Cllr, who voted in favour of the application, to resign. Read More