Macclesfield News
The latest Macclesfield news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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West Park play tower opens, chosen by 1,500 votes
Macclesfield's 'Showstopper' play tower opened at West Park on 21 August, chosen by 1,500 residents in a vote. What is in it, and why it took a year.
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Roads
Macclesfield Flowerpot junction: £6.9m, but not until 2028
Cheshire East's transport plan gives Macclesfield's Flowerpot junction £6.882m, none of it before April 2028. Cabinet decides on 3 September.
Schools
Macclesfield GCSE results 2026: Cheshire East reports 66%
Cheshire East says 66% of pupils passed GCSE English and maths, below the 67.8% in its last official figures. No Macclesfield state school published a number.
Fly-tipping
Cheshire East fly-tipping fines rise to £5,000 from 1 Sept
Cheshire East is raising fly-tipping penalties to £5,000 from 1 September. Its own Defra return records 42 enforcement actions last year against 3,784 fly-tips.
Planning
Handforth Garden Village work starts, consent ends 26 Sept
Work has started at Handforth Garden Village, weeks before the consent expires on 26 September. The £37m bill attached to the 1,500 homes, and how to comment.
House prices
Cheshire East house prices hit £303,387, up 5% in a year
The average Cheshire East home reached £303,387 in June, a 5% annual rise. Terraces and semis climbed fastest, and 31% fewer homes sold in early 2026.
Planning
Macclesfield: Appeal Allows 200 Homes on Prestbury Road
An inspector granted outline permission for up to 200 homes off Prestbury Road, ruling the Green Belt fields are grey belt. Affordable share: 45%.
Planning
Macclesfield planning: officers now back 68-bed care home
Cheshire East officers now back a 68-bed Handforth care home they wanted refused in January. Two Macclesfield schemes face refusal at the 19 August committee.
Planning
South Macclesfield Development Area: £10m grant signed away
Cheshire East signed a deed of termination with Homes England on 7 August, ending the £10m link road grant for the stalled 950-home site beside Danes Moss.