September 2022

Progress on the £10.8m Chesterfield ‘southern gateway’ project is gaining momentum, as a planning application for a new link road is being reviewed. An application for phase one of the eagerly anticipated Hollis Lane Link Road (HLLR), which will extend Spa Lane to Chesterfield Railway Station car park, has been submitted to Derbyshire County Council […]

Derbyshire County Council have awarded 60 local bus services across the county. The services, covering all areas of the county, are typically routes and times that would not be commercially viable, so we subsidise them. These can be first thing in the morning, extra frequency during the day, or rural or evening services. Increased fuel

A fund which enables Derbyshire councillors to support their local community is to be doubled to help tackle the rising cost of living. All 64 of our councillors receive funding through the members’ Community Leadership Scheme to give to local communities and organisations. From 1 October the amount they each receive to help their neighbourhoods

A Derbyshire finance chief has said it is an “absolute fabrication” to suggest an under-investigation London council will not repay the £60 million it owes the local authority he works for – but he admitted that “poor decisions may have been made”. Peter Handford, finance director at Derbyshire County Council, has said he is fully

Two teenagers remain in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in a Mackworth street last Wednesday. A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were arrested late on Friday night (16 September) as part of a large-scale investigation into the incident. Both remain in police custody. The investigation, which

Council chiefs had to take swift action to save a £36million housing scheme after its contracted building firm went under, leaving plans to build hundreds of homes in Bolsover up in the air. Woodhead Construction, which signed a four-year deal with Bolsover District Council to construct up to 400 homes as part of the multi-million

A council leader says “dangerous” housing plans in a Derbyshire village are “the worst” he has ever seen for causing potential risks to public safety. Cllr Garry Purdy, leader of Derbyshire Dales District Council, told a planning meeting last night (September 13) that plans for 15 houses across from Biggin View in Dog Lane, Hulland

A specialist care home for children with autism and other complex mental health needs is to be set up in a Derbyshire village. Plans from Bridgeford Capital Limited will see the former Young Explorers Day Nursery in Old Road, Darley Dale, turned into a specialist care home. The building was originally built as a private