Cheshire East Council's Highways team are removing decking and seating areas from outside two village restaurants today.
Both Konak and Yara built the outdoor seating areas on the public highway without obtaining permission from the Council. Unlike some restaurants in the village, they do not own the area outside their premises.
In May Cheshire East Council issued Konak and Yara with 30 days notice to remove the outdoor seating areas from the public highway, otherwise they would remove them and recharge the cost because "it is considered to be an obstruction of the highway, contrary to the Highways Act 1980".
Last month Konak submitted a second retrospective planning application for the erection of the outdoor seating area at the front of 27A London Road, including alterations to the shopfront and extension to the width of the canopy to cover the whole seating area.
Local Highways Officer, Lynne Nixon, told me this morning that the owners of Yara had agreed to remove the seating area themselves this afternoon, but if they had not done so by the time the Highways team finished dismantling the structure at Konak then the Council would remove Yara's seating area as well today - which I have just been informed the Council is now doing.
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Next time, people should have their plans approved by the authorities BEFORE building them !