July 2023

More than a hundred disappointed Chesterfield residents packed a council meeting to hear planning committee members give the go-ahead for a controversial, large housing development to be built in their rural neighbourhood. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee voted by a majority to approve planning permission during a meeting on Monday, July 24, for William Davis […]

Council planners have provisionally given the go-ahead for a possible new Lidl foodstore in Dronfield pending a further discussion about funding for either a puffin or pelican pedestrain crossing near the site. NE Derbyshire District Council’s planning committee voted by a majority to grant planning permission at a meeting on July 25 for developers Morbaine

Officers have arrested two people as part of Project Unity, a campaign to target serious and organised crime in Buxton. A warrant was executed at a property in Fairfield Road, Buxton, on Monday 24 July. A woman in her 40s was arrested on suspicion of possessing class A drugs. She has been bailed pending further

A group of residents have drawn up plans to build on a Derbyshire council’s car park and playing field – rivalling the authority’s own plans. The Matlock Community Land Trust wants to buy the former Derbyshire County Council car park in Cavendish Road, having been allowed to use for 30 years until it was closed

A project to replace a Derbyshire school in urgent need of a full rebuild has surged in price by £3 million since it was signed off two years ago. Derbyshire County Council is carrying out the entire replacement of Bramley Vale Primary School, in York Crescent, four miles south of Bolsover, with a budget of

Council bosses and planners are still encouraging people to submit any concerns about plans for a controversial 1,800 residential development near Clowne and Barlborough as authority experts and consultees continue to comprehensively consider the potential impact and advantages of the proposed scheme. Bolsover District Council is considering Waystone Ltd’s planning application for a 24 hectare, mixed

Derbyshire tips will have their opening hours reduced, accept fewer types of waste, have charges for non-residents and be monitored by number plate recognition cameras under new plans. The new plan from Derbyshire County Council aims to cut costs, boost income and reduce the amount of asbestos and tyres it has to process. It currently