The Town Deal for Kidsgrove is an exciting and unprecedented opportunity to bid for significant investment of up to £25 million to facilitate future economic growth.
To be in with a chance to access the funding, a Town Investment Plan (TIP) must be submitted by the end of October 2020.
The Town Deal Board are working hard to put together a TIP that will bring real and lasting economic benefits to Kidsgrove and the surrounding area.
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It is fantastic to be able to announce that the refurbishment of Kidsgrove Sports Centre will get underway in October, when the developer will arrive on site. This is a landmark moment after what has been 3 long years of continued work from our charitable organisation.
The £6million refurbishment of the sports centre will enable the community to have access once again to affordable sports provision. The centre will be community run, which will mean that every £1 spent in the centre, will get invested back into the centre. This is one of the real exciting benefits of community managed centres and success going forward will be in the hands of our community.
The refurbished centre will have the following facilities:
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Lidl have confirmed construction is well underway at their Kidsgrove store and due to be complete early next year.
Over the next few months they will begin to advertise the new jobs the store will create on their careers website.
Lidl GB’s Regional Head of Property, Dominic Bryan, commented: “There’s been much anticipation for this new Lidl store and it’s great that we are now entering the final stages of the development. We are extremely grateful for all the support that we have received so far and would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding whilst we continue with this phase of the development.”
by Jack Lenton, Biddulph Nub News
Biddulph Town Council has taken on the management of three buildings in the town, with the hopes of ensuring they are “accessible and well-run” for residents.
The council will now manage Biddulph Town Hall, Biddulph Grange Country Park’s visitor centre, and the town centre’s Bus Hub.
The changes were announced by the authority on Monday 7th September, and discussed at a meeting of the town council on Tuesday 8th September.
Managing Biddulph Town Hall – where Biddulph Town Council is based – has been a long-standing ambition of the town council, with the building previously being managed by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.
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Staffordshire Moorlands District Councillors have voted to adopt the Local Plan, which outlines how the area will be developed, in order to comply with Government house building targets.
The plan includes details of over 900 new houses that are to be built in Biddulph between now and 2033, with land being removed from the Green Belt to make room for some of these.
The vote marks a significant milestone for a process that has been with the authority for years.
Commenting at the meeting, Biddulph town and district Cllr Nigel Yates said: “I would like to take the time to thank all those in Biddulph who worked on the Neighbourhood Plan and presented evidence to the inspector, as well as those who worked to save areas of the Green Belt in Biddulph.”
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Knypersley First will be one of three schools in the Moorlands to benefit from over £1.3m million of Government funding to improve their facilities.
Schools in the Moorlands have been allocated a share of £560 million Government investment, aimed to expand classrooms, upgrade facilities and improve education standards.
Churnet View Middle School and Westwood First School join Knypersley First as the three Moorlands schools to receive a total of £1,352,805.93.
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has chosen to suspend almost all its services for passengers at Alsager from September 7th 2020. Only the first and last train of the day in each direction on the Crewe –Derby service will stop at Alsager for the foreseeable future.
Passengers will now be almost wholly reliant on the remaining hourly service provided by London Northwestern Railway (LNR) calling at Crewe, Alsager, Kidsgrove and Stoke-on-Trent. Those wishing to travel to Longport and stations between Stoke-on-Trent and Derby will have to change trains at Kidsgrove or Stoke-on-Trent, thereby extending journey times.
EMR admits that Alsager is being sacrificed to improve punctuality for the Crewe – Derby route as a whole. They also state their consultation with stakeholders was lacking and not what EMR aspires to.
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Alsager has been included as one of Cheshire East Council’s eight trial ‘active travel’ schemes introduced to help combat Covid-19 and make our towns safer for cycling and walking.
The projects are being put in place in seven Cheshire East towns as a first phase to improve walking and cycling and improve access to our town centres, areas for employment and schools.
The scheme in Alsager will see a point closure on Lodge Road near Alsager School restricting through traffic heading south on Lodge Road to cyclist and pedestrians only in one direction to create more road space for cyclists and pedestrians.
[Read more…]Sunday the 20th of September will see the launch of a new cycling event designed to raise funds for two Alsager based charities.
The two ‘Reliability Rides’ of 35 and 50 miles, together with a fun ride of around 10 miles, are being jointly organised by Alsager Rotary Club and Alsager Harlequins Cycling Club to raise funds for Alsager Food Bank and Alsager Rotary Charities, working with the young people of Alsager.
[Read more…]Short-term car parking charges will be suspended in Biddulph in August.
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council have made the decision to allow free parking in the town for the month in an effort to attract shoppers back to Biddulph’s High Street following the Coronavirus pandemic.
Biddulph’s Mayor, Cllr John Jones, announced the decision at a Biddulph Town Council meeting, saying that any parking in the town for under three hours would be free from 1st of August until the end of the month.
However, any stays of over three hours must still be paid for.
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