Winnington and Castle - CWAC Cllrs

22/10/2026

Very happy to say that as a result of some considerable effort earlier this year, we have managed to get the Scotch Derrick Crane at Navigation Yard listed!! The crane sits at the old boat yard currently in private ownership with other listed structures. The crane is currently in need of some TLC but still a beautiful structure. The waggon rails across the site to the crane have also been listed, which I think is pretty blinkin' amazing as I had no idea you could list things on the ground too (see screenshot).

This took a fair bit of effort. It involved facilitation and coordination alongside just generally keeping going to try and get it sorted. A lot of behind the scenes work was also done. A true 'leading from behind' approach was adopted. A big shout out should be given to John Tackley (RWNS), everyone at the Daniel Adamson, all those that wrote to Historic England in support of the listing (local reps and members of public) and finally to the officer at CWAC who helped get this going.

If there is a structure or a building out there that you think should be listed, try and get it listed, it might just work out! It has been, for me, a learning curve and very happy to have played a part in getting this piece of history on the register.

Keep going if you're doing community work and thinking creatively! Sometimes it DOES work.

(Photos taken a few years ago with permission at the time).

25/09/2026

This looks lovely for little ones....

13/09/2026

Update on a few of the initiatives we have been involved in recently.

08/09/2026

We have spoken to United Utilities regarding the recent issues due to emergency works as very aware of the impact this is having in the area. Please see below a message from United Utilities.

*Important Update on Increased Activity for Water Treatment Site*

Unfortunately, the works being carried out have been more difficult than envisaged.

United Utilities will not meet the previously communicated date to cease the tankering, the work unfortunately could stretch towards the end of next week.

The teams have worked throughout the weekend and continue to look at anything that can be done to complete the work sooner.
United Utilities are aware of concerns about driver speeds and controls on the access road into site. United Utilities have reiterated the requirement for safe driving speeds. United Utilities ask the community to capture the vehicle registration details of any unsafe driving. This will allow United Utilities to deal directly with that driver.

26/08/2026

Just a reminder we are here to help, please get in touch...... details below or at top of page.

05/08/2026

*Winnington Urban Village Survey*

Cllr Arthur Neil - Winnington and Castle and I receive regular emails about various issues across the village. We do what we can to escalate these but sometimes don't see any results. We have put together a survey to capture all of the issues across the village.

We will be putting up posters and flyers advertising the survey with a QR code. Please, if you can, take 5 minutes to complete the survey.

https://forms.gle/PcVzKybxvxarorw26

We will be collating the results and packaging them into a document for each of the three developers and for the management company. We were encouraged to put this survey up at the last community meeting. We hope this can help escalate the issues by collating all the issues in one place.
Thank you

20/07/2026

Wow! Thanks Charles Darwin Community Primary School for the wonderful litter posters. Watch this space for them to be put up in W&C. And thanks to Cllr Arthur Neil - Winnington and Castle for getting this all sorted!

15/07/2026

*Notice of Closure on Chester Road due to Illegal Activity*

The council have issued a commercial property on Chester Road with a closure under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 yesterday afternoon.

The Closure Notice is effective for 48 hours and within that time the council will be seeking a Closure Order from Chester Magistrates Court for a period of up to three months.

The grounds for issuing the Closure Notice are that criminal behaviour is occurring on the premises by repeatedly selling illegal ci******es, to***co and vapes.

04/07/2026

Two petitions at the moment by labour politicians around developers...

Andrew Cooper MP's petition around road adoption......

https://survey.labour.org.uk/mid-cheshire-road-adoption

And Chris Hinchcliff MP's around developer donations.

In my experience being a councillor and representing Winnington Urban Village... fully agree with this. Homes need to be better, developers wield too much power.

Ban housing developers from donating to British politics. 🚫

Too many new homes in the UK are shoddily built meaning unnecessarily high bills.

Yet still there is lobbying to stop councils enforcing decent energy‑efficiency standards - including basics like high‑grade insulation.

We must not allow vested interests to use their influence to chase higher profits when it means worse homes for ordinary people.

One way I’m campaigning to stop this is by banning housing developers from donating to political parties.

Developers pour millions into political parties to tilt the system in their favour. That risks our politics being shaped more by their greed your needs.

Think we should ban developer donations? Sign my petition. 👇

26/06/2026

In this record breaking heat it's hard to not get demoralised about the future of our planet. Did you know that in 2019 CWAC declared the borough was in a climate emergency? Please share any comments / feedback on this and if we can do more.

The Council has declared a Climate Emergency.