Preparation work on a 57-bed care home on the site of the former Limes pub in Sandbach has taken place.

The ground in Sweettooth Lane has been cleared and the area has been prepared for the next stage of the project.

Workmen at the site of the former Limes pub this week. (Photo: Nub News)

Little had happened on the site in Sweettooth Lane but in December earth moving equipment and construction staff were spotted on the site.

No details have been formally released but it's understood the land is being cleared so building work can finally start on the project which was the subject of a fire and vandalism when the former pub building was still on the site.

Plans to bulldoze the Limes and replace it with care home were given approval by Cheshire East Council in 2023.

A bulldozer is at the site of the former Limes pub in Sandbach. (Photo: Sandbach Nub News)

All that's life of The Limes pub - signs to the former venue. (Photo: Nub News)

A report from the council's planning officer then revealed that the care home proposed to cater for a mix of care options including residential care, dementia and nursing patients.

The Limes, on Sweettooth Lane, has been targeted by vandals on numerous occasions since it closed in 2019.

In May 2023 the building was torched by arsonists as we revealed here

The planning application was to build a C2 care home for use with bedroom only, and no apartments.

The Limes in its glory days. (Photo: Sugarvine)

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