Latest New From the Campaign

Canalside Radio’s Nick Wright, today interviewed the leader of Cheshire East Council, Nick Mannion. Amongst the discussions of devolution and council budget, the Adlington New Town proposal featured.

Nick Mannion, and deputy leader Michael Gorman face a vote of confidence at next week’s council meeting for writing to the New Towns Taskforce last summer that the council supports the Adlington New Town proposal.

Mr Mannion reiterated his apologies for the so called “badly worded letter”. Following the previous council meeting , he wrote a letter to Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed. Mr Mannion says that they received a reply to this letter in January to reiterate that the minister will make the final decision and that decision has not yet been made.

Following the protest at Tatton Park we have some more events planned.

Details are still being worked out so watch this space.

• 7th March 2026 - Travelling Protest
• 18th April 2026 - Community Planning Alliance Day of Action

The next Cheshire East Council meeting will be held at Tatton Park on 25th February and we intend to have a presense there to ensure that Adlington is not forgotten about. There will be an opportunity for members of the public to speak and we will post the details once they become available.

Today marked a historic moment for our campaign, the largest turnout we have ever seen, with over 600 people standing shoulder to shoulder in support of Adlington.

We were delighted to be featured on Silk FM yesterday, as they covered the Adlington New Town proposal and helped spread the word across Cheshire.

Local residents from Adlington appeared on GB News today to voice concerns about the government’s proposed new town development in the area.

Today, the front page of the Congleton Chronicle featured the campaign to stop Adlington New Town, highlighting the issues it would cause for Congleton residents.

Macclesfield Town Council have voted this evening to join with all other local Town and Parish Councils, and Cheshire East Council in complete opposition to the development of any new town across Adlington Greenbelt

BBC Question Time came to Macclesfield today, with Adlington New Town featuring prominently in the discussion—highlighting just how important the issue is to local people.