Monthly archives: April 2017


“Too many people!” attend the Planning Committee Meeting

There was a good turnout of Appleton and Grappenhall residents at the Warrington Borough Council (WBC) Development Management Committee meeting on Wednesday evening. Despite ‘warnings’ and requests from local Councillors prior to the meeting, the meeting had not been moved to a venue that could safely accommodate the large number of citizens […]


Posters to encourage attendance on 26th April

Here is the poster / leaflet which you will start seeing in the local area to encourage people to attend the planning committee meeting on Wednesday 26 April at 6.30pm. If you can help to distribute leaflets, please get in touch with our local Councillors – either via the HCA […]


Local Councillors Call for Action on 26th April

Posting on the renamed HCA Rethink for South Warrington Facebook page overnight, WBC and local parish councillors have issued a call to action for next Wednesday’s Development Management (commonly referred to as Planning!) Committee meeting. It’s time to make a stand and show the council’s Development Management Committee how strongly […]


Papers for Planning Meeting Wednesday 26th April are available

Local councillors have just posted on the HCA Developments in South Warrington Facebook page that the papers for next Wednesday’s planning meeting are now available – on the Warrington Borough Council’s Committee Management Information System (CMIS) at: https://cmis.warrington.gov.uk/cmis5/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/410/Meeting/7791/Committee/1287/Default.aspx. It seems that the agenda is full, “with several significant applications”. Please make […]


New blood – and money – required

After something like ten years of providing server space and administrative time for this site, the time is right for someone else to develop and maintain the village’s online presence. Last year the Bawming Committee sponsored the site but with all the additional costs they face this year for road […]