Macclesfield Town Centre Recovery Plan secures Cheshire East endorsement

Cheshire East Council has endorsed the Macclesfield Town Centre Recovery Plan to help the town recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The plan, devised by Macclesfield Town Council and local stakeholders, sets out objectives for the town centre to realise its full potential as it recovers from the pandemic.

Representatives from Macclesfield Town Council, Cheshire East Council, Make it Macclesfield, Peaks and Plains Housing Trust, Macclesfield Museums and Cheshire East community and voluntary services have all been involved in devising the strategy and worked in close consultation with local stakeholders, residents and businesses.

Cheshire East Council will now continue to work alongside its partners to put the plan into action.  

Cllr Nick Mannion, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for environment and regeneration, said:

The Macclesfield Town Centre Recovery Plan has brought this council and a number of key partners together and we are all committed to delivering on the plan’s objectives.

“With the publication of the government’s roadmap for easing Covid-19 restrictions we look forward to our town centres and high streets reopening. 

“But as we do this, we must work with businesses to ensure this is done safely and call on local residents to do everything they can to support the safe reopening of local shops, hospitality outlets and other businesses, which need the support of their local communities to survive.”

Cheshire East’s contribution to delivering on the plan include continued distribution of Covid-19 support grants, streamlining the process to grant pavement licenses to enable hospitality businesses to open outdoors when permitted, and transformation of the Bus Station approach including new seating and greenery.

The Council is also continuing with plans to upgrade public realm in the town at Castle Street, with further designs for Chestergate and Market Place also in the pipeline.