Cheshire East Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 2009 |
Preceded by | |
Leadership | |
Mayor | Rod Fletcher,
Liberal Democrats since May 2023 |
Chief executive | Rob Polkinghorne since 3 January 2024 [2] |
Structure | |
Seats | 82 councillors [3] |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
Plurality-at-large | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
Motto | |
Working together for excellence | |
Meeting place | |
Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ | |
Website | |
cheshireeast | |
Footnotes | |
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Cheshire East Council is the local authority of the Borough of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council was first elected on 1 May 2008, a year before coming into its powers on 1 April 2009. After an election in May 2019, no party holds overall control. [5] The civil parish of Sandbach hosts the administrative headquarters for the council.
The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Cheshire East is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Cheshire East Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.
Until May 2019 the council was controlled by the Conservatives. At the 2019 elections the council was left under no overall control. On 22 May 2019, the newly elected councillors met for the first time and elected Labour's Sam Corcoran as leader, after the party came to an agreement with independent councillors. [5]
The council's main administrative offices are at Westfields on Middlewich Road in Sandbach. [6] The building was opened in 2008 as the headquarters of the former Congleton Borough Council, one of Cheshire East's predecessors. [7] Council and committee meetings are held at various venues across the borough, including Crewe Municipal Buildings, Macclesfield Town Hall, and Sandbach Town Hall. [8]
On 30 November 2023 Cheshire East Council councillors decided to close the council's Westfield headquarters, it is planned for the new headquarters of the council to be Delamere House in Crewe. [9]
Cheshire East Council has been the subject of a number of police investigations. At one point there were seven investigations, four of which are outlined below: