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Sorry – should have added, again hopefully to assist.
The agent named on the application indicates that my noise concerns are nothing to do with the planning and are to be taken up with licensing. Enquiries with Cheshire East licensing suggest no license has yet been applied for but often a planning application will come first and if successful will be followed by the licensing application.

Agree there may be some benefits.
However there will also be live music/disco in a tent until midnight. The sound will travel over a significant distance. The opening hours are given as 7 days a week 8am until 1am. The agent tells me that after midnight there will then be caterers/contractors packing away & leaving site until 1am – & inevitably up to 200-300 celebrating guests leaving site via the Audlem Rd. As the site is only a short distance from a huge number of residents and the village centre – and given that on the summer evenings you can hear a pin drop and traffic is quiet – I thought it only right to draw attention to that potential downside which would be permanent.

So sorry to hear about your near miss Beryl Cole and frightening experience with the tractor. @Andrew Carr is quite right about tractors being driven dangerously. As these machines and their attachments get bigger they are becoming a significant problem. In particular not slowing down to a sensible speed for their weight as they pass through the narrow parts. We were driving out of the village recently on Cheshire Street towards Nantwich and were forced to come to an emergency stop by a huge green tractor with an equally huge trailer attached that came onto our side of the road at full pelt to overtake parked cars on his side by the girl guide building. There were people walking on the pavement on our passenger side so we were left with nowhere to go and literally inches to spare as he sped off! My husband tried to get the number plate but there wasn't one attached to the huge trailer and the driver was gone in seconds, this left us shocked and upset.

A red Labrador was seen running across Heathfield Road and up Mill Lane this morning, think it was a male dog and wearing a collar. The dog looked very thin and scared, there has been a similar or the same Labrador running around the village on numerous occasions over last few months. Does anyone know anything about this dog ?

We recently had Huw Protheroe to fit 7 new internal doors. He did an excellent and very clean job, and he lives in Audlem. Phone 07931 526157

Thanks for the link to the above planning application, I hope this will help people to join me in supporting this venture. Good luck to this local family who have provided employment for Audlem people for years and will bring even more jobs and business to the area with this wedding venue.

@ Paul Cawood – I have no idea what proportion of tractors can speed (the reference to speeding is in the topic title that I replied to, there was no reference to speeding in my earlier comments). The bigger issue is the inconsiderate and dangerous way that SOME of these agricultural vehicles are driven. For example, 25mph in a 3 tonne tractor and trailer around a blind bend on Longhill Lane with a mobile phone glued to your ear is (in my perception) not a particularly considerate or safe way to interact with other road users.

@Andrew Carr, noted. Though what proportion of tractors can "speed" ? The vast majority cannot exceed 25mph / 40kph so how slowly would you like them to go ? They pose no more risk than the HGV's that transit through the village, and cannot go as fast, so perception seems to be relevant.

hi I'm Adam Faulkner i live in the centre of audlem. I'm looking for some gardening jobs the work i undertake is weeding mowing and general tidying and small painting jobs 1 contact me on 07807853413 q

Try Ken Jones, he has just fitted 5 for my brother-in-law in Nantwich and he did a very good job of them, If you are interested message me on 07710524978 and I can forward his number to you

Hi Just wondering if anyone could recommend a joiner to fit 5 new internal doors, Many Thanks

Hello all
I am after a childminder/Nanny for my 2 kids 6 and 4 after school 3-5,Monday- Friday
Please get in touch if you are interested or know someone who is
Many thanks
Sheetal Brown 07539838150

Well done Adam and his team Best of luck for a successful music festival.Just the pick me up the village needs. Hope you get well supported.

May I draw attention please to planning application 21/3505N – proposed wedding venue at The Parkes, Monks Lane. Includes an outside marquee with dancefloor from April through to September, capacity 200-300 guests, potentially until midnight but operating hours until 1am. Increased traffic volumes anticipated. A small number of the closest households/businesses received a consultation letter on Friday but this may be of wider interest, hence this post. Closing date for comments 4th August 2021.

Hello, I am Claire,
I have just finished A-levels are Brine Leas. I have experience of babysitting children of different ages. If anyone from Audlem, Hankelow or Buerton is looking for a babysitter this summer please call me on 07483 897040.

Hello – I was just wondering if the civic centre still hosts the rug sale from time to time and if so when the next one might be?

Kind regards

Melanie

Anybody recommend a roofer who will fit a Galvanised Wire Balloon Guard on a Chimney please

@Paul Cawood – It's not the "normal" movement of tractors and associated machinery that is considered to be a threat – it is the abnormal and irresponsible way that some of these vehicles are driven that is the issue. Nobody is suggesting that ALL of the vehicles are driven badly or dangerously, but clearly there are a (hopefully small) proportion of drivers who creat the problems that continue to be reported via this website. To make village and rural life in the area tolerable (and infinitely safer) the shift in perception needs to take place in the minds of those drivers.

Hi Dave I have messaged you on FB
My grandson has lost one I have stated which ear .

Re "speeding" agricultural vehicles. We live in a village that thrives because of the agricultural community and those of us that work in it. It's sad that the normal movement of tractors and spreaders is perceived as being a threat. This is a necessary part of the working day in the agricultural world. I would suggest a shift in perception will make life in the village more tolerable.

So the geniuses at Shropshire Highways have advised that 2+ yrs on the works have been delayed.
Where would we all be without these informative public servants?

How smart and tidy is our village after Neil and his teams efforts yesterday. Couldn't help thinking perhaps a good place for the 20 year olds to volunteer for Neil's team . Be a good start for them . I'm sure Neil and his team would make them welcome.

Hello Sheila, thanks so much, will drop them off Saturday.

Yesterday about 5 pm I was walking along Cheshire Street near Heathfield Green towards the shops where the pavement is narrow. A large green tractor came hurtling towards me towing a muck spreader and clods of earth and goodness knows what were being thrown out in all directions. I wasn't hit by anything miraculously but was very shaken. I turned to see the number plate but it was obscured by mud. Pedestrians in the middle of a village should not be threatened in this way by speeding agricultural vehicles.

The chequered flag might be out, but I have noticed that several tractor drivers are on their mobile phones obviously checking race strategy with their bases! Formula 1 tactics have arrived.