The full results of the 2025 Derbyshire County Council elections are now in and Reform UK have won dominant control of the authority. Before this year’s elections the Conservatives were in control of the council with 40 councillors, followed by Labour with 15, the Liberal Democrats with four, two Amber Valley Independents, two Independents and
This article should have a joint byline for Eddie Bisknell and Jon Cooper. Reform UK have taken control of Derbyshire County Council in a turquoise tsunami to end eight years of Conservative control and leave other parties by the wayside. Labour had been looking to echo last year’s General Election success and regain council seats
A council’s plan for a temporary two-year Traveller site on a Derbyshire railway station car park is set for approval. The plan, from Derbyshire Dales District Council, would see a specific homeless Traveller family accommodated in the Matlock railway station car park in Derwent Way for a maximum of two years. This follows a December
A Derbyshire farming family that wants to build glamping pods on their land faces another setback because the countryside site is not connected to public transport. Barry Britland, whose family has farmed land off Hey Lane, a mile outside Wirksworth, for 50 years, has applied to build four glamping pods on the Racecourse Retreat camping
Derbyshire’s highways and transport chief has slammed claims released by Bolsover Labour MP Natalie Fleet’s office that a bus service for the village of Morton was cut by Derbyshire County Council as ‘completely wrong’. Ms Fleet has stated that she wants to see a bus stop and service in Morton reinstated after the Number 55
Chesterfield planners have given the green light to convert the site of a former nursing home into 21 homes, despite concerns about how the scheme’s unadopted, private road will be maintained. The planning committee at Chesterfield Borough Council approved The Spinney Brimington Ltd’s planning application during a meeting on April 28 for 21 homes at
A convenience store hoping to get a licence to sell alcohol in Backwell, accidentally told the council it wanted a licence for a store in Bakewell — a town 132 miles away. Bakewell in Derbyshire is a charming Peak District market town known for its eponymous Bakewell Tart. While it is well worth a visit,
A business is hoping to re-establish itself after it has finally been granted planning permission to move part of its operation to a new location after it had been subject to enforcement action following residents’ complaints about smells from a flue. Accident repair specialists By Accident, on Whitting Valley Road, at Old Whittington, Chesterfield, had
A community funding scheme has donated funds to a Derbyshire park. Platform Housing Group – one of the largest housing associations in the region – has donated funds to provide junior play equipment in Whitworth Park in Matlock. Darley Dale Town Council applied to Platform’s Community Chest, a funding pot for Platform customers and local
Thousands of residents will go to the polls on Thursday 1 May 2025 to cast their votes in the Derbyshire County Council election. For the first time in 4 years all 64 county council seats will be contested in the election, with polling stations opening their doors from 7am to 10pm. A total of 353