Planners have given the go-ahead for a firm to build a new quarry site road near a Derbyshire Dales town to be used by lorries despite concerns about possible environmental impacts including noise and dust pollution. Derbyshire County Council’s planning committee approved Ben Bennett Jr Ltd’s application at a recent meeting to build a new
It would take 185 years of funding – in excess of £1.5 billion – to bring Derbyshire’s roads up to standard, a meeting has been told. A Derbyshire County Council scrutiny meeting today (July 23) was told that the authority’s highways department was previously “not fit for purpose” and had “got it wrong” in terms
Derbyshire protesters who are fighting to preserve woodland from a planned holiday park have been honoured with a top award for their ‘inspiring’ group campaign. The Save Farley Moor campaigners have held a series of events and activities among continued efforts to highlight their opposition to Forest Holidays’ planning application to Derbyshire Dales District Council
A Derbyshire council chairperson has praised a Town Clerk for helping to stabilise a local authority’s financial position to such an extent that they have been able to recently award over £34,000 of funding grants towards worthy community groups and projects including a new village green. Staveley Town Council sought to herald in a new
A potential plan to pull Ashbourne out of the Derbyshire Dales and in with a new “Greater Derby” council has been met with “disgust” and dubbed “totally disastrous”. Reform-run Derbyshire County Council has put forward four options for local government reorganisation, having previously pledged to refuse to take part. It has backed two preferred options
Chesterfield businesses have accessed more than £170,000 in government funding through the Adult Apprenticeship Levy Transfer, helping them invest in their teams with little or no cost to their organisation[1]. The funding, which was part of a wider allocation secured by Derbyshire County Council during the 2024/25 financial year, has enabled 104 adult apprenticeships across
Planners have given the go-ahead for a residential site for Travelling Showpeople near a Derbyshire village despite residents’ fears that it may expand with increased traffic, pose a threat to the environment and create conflict over the use of a privately owned access road. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee approved Messrs Marshall and Allen’s application
Apologetic Chesterfield Reform UK has removed and disassociated itself from a disturbing conspiracy-style social media post made under the group’s banner that attacked gender education in schools, the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and society’s economic system. The recent Facebook post under the Chesterfield Reform UK title and logo accused people of behaving like uninformed,
Derbyshire planners have paved the way for 163 new properties as part of a large 650 home scheme near Staveley which has attracted concerns about the loss of agricultural land and an increase in traffic problems. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved the latest reserved matters at a meeting on July 7 for Phase 2
Volunteer crime-fighters across Derbyshire are celebrating new funding grants from Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts in support of their efforts to make their communities safer. As part of her commitment to strengthening community spirt and keeping the public at the heart of her safety work, the PCC has allocated grants to 10 Neighbourhood Watch