Unitary authority · England

Cheshire East

Cheshire East is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Cheshire East
Unitary authority · E06000049
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
Official website →
Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000049
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.

Other bodies covering this area

Cheshire
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
60
Postcode sectors
43
Wards
6
Constituencies

11 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

Map loads when it scrolls into view

Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

43 wards recorded in this council area.

Alderley Edge · Alsager · Audlem · Bollington · Brereton Rural · Broken Cross and Upton · Bunbury · Congleton East · Congleton West · Crewe Central · Crewe East · Crewe South · Crewe West · Dane Valley · Disley · Gawsworth · Handforth · Haslington · High Legh · Knutsford · Macclesfield Central · Macclesfield South · Macclesfield Tytherington · Macclesfield West and Ivy · Middlewich · Mobberley · Nantwich North and West · Nantwich South and Stapeley · Odd Rode · Poynton West and Adlington · Prestbury · Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock · Sandbach Heath and East · Sandbach Town · Shakerley · Shavington · Sutton · Wilmslow Dean Row · Wilmslow East · Wilmslow Lacey Green · Wilmslow West and Chorley · Wistaston · Wrenbury

Postcode sectors

CW1 2 · CW1 3 · CW1 4 · CW1 5 · CW1 6 · CW1 9 · CW10 0 · CW10 9 · CW11 1 · CW11 2 · CW11 3 · CW11 4 · CW11 5 · CW12 1 · CW12 2 · CW12 3 · CW12 4 · CW12 9 · CW2 5 · CW2 6 · CW2 7 · CW2 8 · CW3 0 · CW4 7 · CW4 8 · CW5 5 · CW5 6 · CW5 7 · CW5 8 · CW5 9 · CW98 1 · SK10 1 · SK10 2 · SK10 3 · SK10 4 · SK10 5 · SK10 9 · SK11 0 · SK11 6 · SK11 7 · SK11 8 · SK11 9 · SK12 1 · SK12 2 · SK9 0 · SK9 1 · SK9 2 · SK9 3 · SK9 4 · SK9 5 · SK9 6 · SK9 7 · ST7 2 · ST7 3 · WA16 0 · WA16 1 · WA16 6 · WA16 7 · WA16 8 · WA16 9

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000049.