At the last meeting, the Parish Council agreed to hold a budget consultation meeting on Thursday 20^th November 2025 at 6pm until 7pm at Halmer End Stute (Wesley Place).  This is an opportunity to hear first-hand what the precept has been spent on this year and what projects we have underway, plus the draft budget for the next financial year.

Parish Council meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month starting at 7pm and there is always a Public Participation item,  when you can raise any issue at the start of the meeting.  Venues swap between Halmer End Stute and Audley Pensioners Hall – so it’s best to check the agenda first.  The rest of the meeting is also open to the public.

Agendas and minutes are issued approximately one week before the meeting and can be found on our website and in the 7 parish notice boards.  Other information is available on the website, along with the Chair’s Annual Reports which details funding and activities of the Parish Council dating back to 2011.  If you don’t want to wait until Thursday 20^th November, contact the Clerk or your nearest Parish Councillor via email or by phone – details are here on the website. 

Update received from David East, National Highways dated 8th October 2025:

“In response to concerns about safety at this junction we have reviewed the signage and lining. Whilst there are no concerns regarding the existing signage and markings, we have looked to see if there is anything we could further do to improve safety here.

As a result, we are planning a package of measures including new enhanced signage and liaising with sat nav companies to make driving instructions clearer.  In the meantime, we will introduce temporary signs as an interim measure while we investigate why there has been a unexpected increase in the number of collisions here.

 Safety is and always will be our priority and we will continue to work with police and the parish council to ensure this junction is as safe as it can be.”

 Further information:

• According to the latest published data, there were four personal injury collisions at this location between 2019 and 2023. We are aware of several collisions in 2025.
• It has been suggested that motorists are using the slip road to skip the queuing traffic on the A500 and this may be contributing to the collisions. We have contacted mainstream sat nav companies to make them aware of the collision history here and seek their cooperation in amending the instructions given out by sat nav devices if necessary.
• We are reviewing traffic signals at M6 Junction 16, to understand why the traffic queue at times extends beyond the Alsager Road junction.
• We are also working with police to help establish the cause of recent incidents to see why the collision rate has increased this year.
• The junction layout is a typical design and when exiting the A500 on the slip road the road markings and signing are in good order with two ‘SLOW’ road markings, road studs, one advance direction sign, nearside and offside illuminated give way signs and give way markings.  The slip road and Alsager Road are well-lit