A leisure chief has told how Chesterfield Borough Council is having to review the deliverability of its parks and open spaces to make tens of thousands of pounds of savings as part of an overall drive to overcome the local authority’s estimated £4m budget shortfall. The council’s Leisure, Culture and Community Wellbeing Director, Ian Waller,
Our Rural Crime Team have been recognised as the most proactive team in the country in preventing farm machinery and plant theft. Accepting the Rob Oliver Award, Sergeant Chris Wilkinson said: “I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this team, and their commitment to supporting our rural communities. “It’s an honour to win this for
Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted following reports of an aggravated burglary in Buxton. Three men are believed to have entered the property on Queen’s Road, Fairfield, at around 8pm on Thursday 11 January. The victim discovered the men in his home, and they assaulted him before leaving the property. He
A housing developer has offered assurances to worried residents that it has considered the wider community’s concerns from the beginning of its controversial plans to build 275 new homes near two Derbyshire villages. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved a planning application for the Pearl housing scheme, near Tom Lane, between Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton,
Developers have confirmed that a contract has been exchanged to build 275 new homes at a proposed controversial site between two Derbyshire villages for a development that is expected to be worth tens of millions of pounds. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved the planning application for the housing development, at Duckmanton, which also includes
Derbyshire police’s share of council tax is set to rise by the maximum possible to stave off “difficult decisions” and a budget black hole of £5.4 million. The portion of your overall council tax bill which goes towards Derbyshire police is set to rise by £10.08 a year for a Band B property to £217.47
A Derbyshire road which has been closed for 14 months will now remain shut until at least April due to further movement of a landslip during recent heavy rainfall. Leashaw, between Crich and Matlock, is now set to be closed for nearly a year-and-a-half in a new update from Derbyshire County Council, which has been
Motorists are to face about a ten per cent increase in Chesterfield town centre parking fees at council-owned car parks along with new charges for the authority’s currently free Residents’ Parking Scheme. Labour-led Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet voted in favour of the changes to its town centre car parks during a meeting on Tuesday, January
Chesterfield Borough Council has agreed to increase individual social council housing rents for general tenants by 7.7per cent in line with Government guidance and consumer price inflation to meet costs and quality standards. The Labour-led authority’s cabinet approved new social housing rents and service charge levels for heating, garages and other services during a cabinet
Derbyshire council’s transport chief has apologised for the state of the county’s pothole-ridden roads during the authority’s on-going struggle with reduced investment, ageing highways, terrible floods and freezing conditions. Cllr Charlotte Cupit, Cabinet Member for Highways Assets and Transport, has acknowledged the problems faced by Derbyshire’s road-users across the county with many potholes in desperate