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Flower Divas are amazing- I have personal experience of funeral flowers and they went above and beyond in every way.

Trying to get in touch with the organiser of the Makers Market at Kingbur Mill during the Festival so we can book a stall if possible. Anybody got any ideas?

You can’t go wrong with Audlem’s Flower Divas our very own award winning florist.

Margaret
Forgot to mention that Petal Power is very competitive and from Audlem.

Margaret I sent you details for florist
Ruth is Audlem local
A.Owen

In reply to Margaret Edwards posting, I recommend The Bloom Edit, 14 Hospital Street, Nantwich. Telephone 01270 624625 or find them on line.

Margaret. Try Petal Power in Shavington. Can deliver if needed web site petal-power.co.uk
Highly qualified and well experienced.

Margaret myself and friends always use
Ruth Massey
07531253245
Excellent service and she always wide choice of flowers not overpriced and very helpful.
A.Owen

Can anyone recommend a good florist who does funeral flowers?

This year the Village fete will be on August 30 th 12.00. On the playing field

Hi,

Could you please tell me on what date the Audlem Village Fete will be held in 2026 (like the one held on 30th August last year).

We can't find any information on it from Google.

Thanks,

Mel Barnes

It Isn't, and hasn't been for at least 2 days despite there being ROAD CLOSED signs, on The Square, by Heathfield Rd bridge, at the top of Paddock Lane, at the bottom of Paddock Lane, at the bottom of Kettle Lane and in 3 different places on the Woore Road as you approach Audlem (2 of which force you onto the wrong side of the road on a bend. That's 8 sets of signs set down by our brilliant council, doing nothing but causing chaos. I wonder how many of our wonderful councillors are on £100,000 plus, as per the Jeremy Vine show article yesterday.

Anyone know where the Woore Rd closure indicted by the Parish Church is actually blocked?

Hi, I believe Miss Susan Grange moved with her folks to the west side of Audlem.

It is her birthday week this week.

If you know Susan please wish her Happy Birthday o my behalf. I worked with her whilst as a volunteer at the Beech Tree Community Centre in Whitchurch.

I know she does not drive so might appreciate a Birthday Greeting in passing if you know her know of her.

Lots of love Susan, 🍰

David Farmer

Reported by Chris Briggs
At the PC meeting last night it was reported that CPS have given the police the authority to bring charges against two suspected individuals over the missing APC monies.

The problem with the road from Moorsfield and the Canal Bridge is that it represents a danger everyday, NOT just at Christmas. With the ever increasing traffic and in particular HGV and large vehicles it seems an accident waiting to happen. This pavement over the Canal Bridge is just 14 inches wide and uneven, and it is very easy to slip into the road. In fact many pedestrians walk on the road itself which is a danger.
The sloping pavement from Moorsfield is another big problem. We have already had an incident where a mobility scooter tipped into the road on this section, landing on top of the elderly resident. Fortunately the traffic both ways managed to stop in time to prevent a tragedy.
These photos are of real situations that happen frequently along this stretch, as anyone who lives this side of the canal will verify.

Agree entirely with Tommy. Pure and simple NIMBYISM attitude.

Can you help make Audlem safer? If you can spare an hour a week, please get in touch with me at 07377 623993 or via email at gmacbrown@hotmail.com.

Audlem SpeedWatch is seeking more volunteers to assist the Cheshire Police Area Strategic Road Safety Partnership in educating drivers entering and leaving Audlem about the importance of adhering to the official speed limit. We monitor traffic for one-hour sessions. During a recent SpeedWatch, we observed and reported to the Police that 16 vehicles—approximately one every four minutes—were exceeding the speed limit as they entered and left Audlem.
Audlem SpeedWatch anticipate a significant increase in vehicle traffic. Currently, vehicles over 7 tons travelling to Nantwich or Whitchurch are not permitted to use Baddington Lane Bridge and are being diverted through Audlem, resulting in heavy traffic levels that the village cannot accommodate.

Thank you.

George McLaren-Brown

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It’s interesting to see an uprise of concern regarding crossing at the canal bridge, alongside what could be deemed as ‘staged’ photos to help whip up a frenzy to oppose a new housing development.

So with that being said – why are we yet to see those same people raise concern every Christmas when a giant tree is erected in the busiest part of the village, completely blocking a safe crossing point and forcing people to walk in the road unseen. Those junctions are bad enough as it is without the view being completely obscured.

If you want to talk about one then you have to talk about the other! Or shall we pick and choose to suit your ‘Audlem’ agenda?

The Cheshire East planning portal continues to seemingly vex us & obstruct our objections or comments to the revised outline planning application...many of us have tried to lodge comments & objections without being able to do so (or in my case, did so last week but without confirmation or any sign of the submission) this seems grossly unfair especially with the looming deadline closing date of Thursday 9th April fast approaching. Phil Dolan has kindly updated us that you can also email your comments directly to the planning dept, (which I did) but it has now bounced back to as undeliverable...it's almost as though they are trying to deliberately stop objections!? In the end I have hard-copy posted them a cover letter & my objections to: Mr Daniel Evans, Planning officer, Development Planning, Cheshire East Council, PO Box 606, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 9HP. I sent mine via recorded delivery, collected by the postman at my door (you can arrange this via the Royal Mail website). Or complain/contact via another email: planning@cheshireeast.gov.uk We still have 3 days to go so please ACT NOW & comment on the planning application (25/2194/OUT) to SAVE OUR VILLAGE from irreversible damage.

Why is it I’m having a déjà vu moment when reading posts about Muller and the Coop parking arrangements, for what could or should have happened? I’m sure many Audlem residents will know more about this than I do but when you look closely at the new plan Muller submitted, very late in the day, it says that “the drawing will be subject to change following Local Authority review and confirmation of Public Highway and third party land boundaries.” Does this mean that it is meaningless and as such does not address the dangers of crossing the canal bridge. By building 116 house and creating around 300 extra pedestrians, the risk to the new residents will always be there. These proposed houses are being built in the wrong place. I hope that CE Planners now realise that even Muller accept that the bridge crossing is dangerous. Putting a plan on the website that, by their own admission will change, does not address the bridge problem. If planning was granted, without a properly thought through and approved plan in place, Audlem would be left to live with a legacy of serious traffic problems or alternatively lives being put at risk if nothing was done.

Put simply, if these houses are constructed on this side of the bridge they can’t be unbuilt and without a bypass being built, which won’t happen, Audlem residents will be the ones that suffer. There appears to be a lot of risk and uncertainty, all for 116 houses!

That may be a good point Geoff Seddon, about the "give way" being close to the driveway, and one that I hadn't thought of. Do you know if there is a specific road layout regulation which this contravenes?

I think the real elephant in the room is not the bridge, but the amount of traffic which builds up in the centre of the village. I don't remember this being anywhere near as bad before the previous development by Muller which Jim mentions. Does anybody know why they were never forced to correct this?

At this point, I think the traffic situation is a lost cause unless several parking spaces -- maybe all -- are removed from the centre of the village. I don't want to belabour the point about Wybunbury, as that was only an example, and I'm not suggesting that Audlem and and Wybunbury are "the same". However, if you think about driving from the Boars Head through Wybunbury towards Shavington, where can you reliably expect to get held up? By the school and by the Post Office. Why? Because of on-road parking. You normally breeze across the single-lane bridge over the river. Audlem is the same, but on steroids. All the time we have significant on-road parking, we will continue to have problems.

This has been made worse by a charge being introduced for the village car park; now the road by the Scout Hut has suffered the same fate. If the canal wasn't an obstacle, I'd be suggesting that Muller pay for a bypass.

For many, the 1st of April is the only day of year when people critically evaluate things they read on the internet before accepting them as true.
Well done as ever for this years contributions.

Further to previous comments, the intended 'give way' marking is very close to the canal bridge itself. This means that the waiting traffic heading towards the village centre will block the vehicle entrance to both 14 and 16 Shropshire Street. Surely, this should not happen. The 'give way' marking needs to be before their vehicle entrance.

The problem will be exacerbated by the additional 216 vehicles allowed for in the revised plans for the proposed development – all using Tollgate Drive to exit onto the A525/A529 junction. Using data for previous applications for the site, it appears that peak-time traffic will increase by more than 80 vehicles at this junction.

It also appears that the traffic data provided by Eddison's is dated 2015. Let's be generous and say it's only ten years out of date!

Please include these points in your objections. Thank you.