Macclesfield news, what's on and local information

Macclesfield sits with the moors at its back and the Cheshire plain in front of it, and the towns and villages around it are all quite different animals: Bollington and Prestbury up in the hills, Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge out on the commuter line, Poynton, Disley, Knutsford, Mobberley and Chelford further round.

They share one council. Cheshire East was drawn in 2009 and runs from here across to Crewe, so a decision that changes a street in Macclesfield is taken in a building that answers for a borough of 425,000 people. We go through the planning register, the licensing notices and the committee papers, and we write down the parts that apply at this end of it, with a link back to the original document every time.

Where to look

• News: what the record actually says, starting with planning applications in the town and the villages around it.
• Local Info: the practical pages, house prices, trains to London, roadworks and travel, planning news, bin collection days, parking and council tax bands.
• What’s On: what is happening this week in Macclesfield, Wilmslow and the villages between them, and things to do in the area all year round.

No guesswork. If we cannot point you to the source, we do not print the figure.