A rural parish wants new signs, to show where it starts and ends.
North Rode, Siddington and Marton all have their own signs on the main roads that pass through them.
However, neighbouring Eaton does not – and now it wants its own ID to let people know exactly where it is.
Eaton Parish Council vice-chair Coun Steve Waltho has completed an informal survey of local boundary signs and is planning to have a meeting with Cheshire East highways representatives to see how much they would cost, so it can be factored into the budget for the next financial year.
Coun Waltho said: “Our adjoining parish councils – North Rode, Siddington and Marton – have erected signs on the main highways on their boundaries and we want some in Eaton to show people were our boundaries are.
“Some people think that Eaton doesn’t start until you’re at the church and over the bank by the Plough. We’re a bit bigger than that, so I had a word with Cheshire East highways and I did an initial survey. We’ve got to get permission of highways.”
He added: “It’s not likely to happen until maybe sometime in the next financial year but at least we would have a plan in place. It’s something that the parish council will have to pay for but we need permission off Highways to put anything on (Cheshire East) land.”
He said the idea followed in the footsteps of what the neighbouring parishes had done.
“North Rode and Marton had boundary signs installed two or three years ago and I thought that was a good idea.
“Siddington had done its signs recently so we just thought we would follow suit as it would give us that sense of identity of where our boundaries are.”
The parish council would also have to agree the signs’ locations with highways officers.
The signs would be on Macclesfield Road and the A34 north and south as well as at the eastern approaches on Congleton Link Road.
Said Coun Waltho: “We feel the signs would give people more clarity of where Eaton starts and finishes.
“We are not new to this idea but we are playing catch-up a little bit.”
He said there would be “nothing fancy” like the big “Welcome to Congleton, historical market town” sign; just a sign that said “Eaton Parish”.
