About Wrinehill

 The former garage site, Egerton View in Wrinehill is nearing completion.  Soon the properties will be occupied, although hopefully not before all the planning conditions set down by the Newcastle Borough Planning Department  have been satisfied.  It is unclear who might be responsible for ensuring compliance, although it should be the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council.   The issue of the Section 106 monies is therefore being discussed.  The sum of £11,158 is being mentioned.  However, when planning application 17/00968/FUL was discussed in 2018 and approved the commuted sum for the two extra dwellings was calculated to be and  recorded as being £5579 each.  It is expected that this sum would be spent on 'public open space improvements' in the locality where the development takes place.  The Landscape Development Section of the Borough Council stated that the money 'would be used for improvements to the surfacing of Betley Villag...

 I took yet another walk today to check how this latest bout of heavy rain had affected Checkley Lane.  And  particularly as I had seen this morning, when opening the blinds, cars reversing, not being able to pass the large flood onn the bend at the Main Road A531 end. Kitted out with waterproofs, wellington boots and umbrella I waded my way along the lane.  The first thing I noted was a blue police cordon stating 'police line do not cross'.  However this had been snapped and cars, vans and lorries were passing.  I was given a lift home by one of the vans!  Many thanks. I was somewhat surprised to see the extent of the flooding.  The flood under the bridge (caused by blocked grids for many weeks, with one of the grids almost permanently blocked and being fed water and something orange from one of the fields) was now flowing under the bridge and down  to the area around the telecom mast, also flooded owing to a blocked grid and water bubbling ...