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Updated John Malam, Laura and Rowan Whitehead, Cllr Mike Baynham and Charlie Parkinson campaigning to protect mature trees from being felled at the Greedy Pig site CAMPAIGNERS are fighting to save historic trees disappearing from a riverside landmark in Winsford. Residents were saddened to see Lawson cypress trees being felled at a new housing development in New Road on Thursday. Only two mature trees are left on the land, known locally as the Greedy Pig site, and the community is calling on developers to keep them. Lane End Group and Weaver Vale Housing Trust is transforming the site...

RESIDENTS in Weaverham say they are 'bitterly disappointed' with the section 19 report put forward by Cheshire West and Chester Council in response to 2019 floods. Jerry Marshall, who is a member of the River Weaver Navigation Society and a Sandy Lane Flood Monitor, said his group have a five point plan for flood mitigation. The section 19 report was released this week ahead of CWAC's cabinet meeting on March 17, at which the 19 recommendations contained in it are expected to be endorsed. Jerry said: "On behalf of local residents in Weaverham, I’m bitterly disappointed with the Sect...

The house in question. Image: Deluxe Architects/CWAC NEW conditions have been suggested on a planning application which would see owners demolish and rebuild a replica of their Weaverham home of 20 years. The owners of Wharf Cottage, Sandy Lane, say they are ‘living under the threat of flooding’, leading them to seek permission to demolish their home ‘and rebuild it to the same plan and design’ at ‘a level of 600mm [60cm, 2 ft]’. Now, the Canal and River Trust are seeking to add conditions to the project in order to ‘protect the Weaver Navigation’. Its letter to planne...