Plans have been submitted to transform a former Chesterfield pub into an assisted living complex. Richards Consultancy and Projects Ltd has lodged a planning application with Chesterfield Borough Council to convert the Junction Inn, on Pottery Lane East, into accommodation for people with assisted living needs. Planning documents state that the traditional pub is no
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper A commercial explosives company has offered safety assurances over a scheme to extend its operation at a Derbyshire work site that manufactures and stores hazardous substances and is suspected of working with weapons-grade material. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee granted permission at a meeting on October 28
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Bolsover District Council planners have agreed to defer a decision on a controversial village housing scheme after the developer’s attempt to be spared from meeting all of its community funding and affordable housing contributions has been met with objections. Forge New Homes applied to vary an agreement
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Developers are launching a second consultation into their latest plans for the controversial Peak Cluster underground carbon-capture pipeline scheme that aims to run through Derbyshire. Peak Cluster, which is made up of cement and lime producers in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, aims to remove carbon dioxide from four
Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts is urging residents across Derbyshire to have their say on policing priorities and funding as she launches her annual budget consultation. The survey gives local people the opportunity to influence decisions on next year’s policing budget and indicate how much extra they would be prepared to contribute through council