Category: Local News

A Derbyshire council is set to spend £7.5m buying and converting five houses into children’s homes as they grapple with a 125-child waiting list and costs of £50 million a year for private facilities. Derbyshire County Council is looking to buy the houses in a bid to curb the pressure that private children’s home placements

Derbyshire council has announced a major road in the county is to be closed at various points for the felling of trees suffering from ash dieback disease which poses a safety risk for motorists and is creating an additional budgetary pressure, according to the authority’s finance chief. The A5012 Via Gellia road between Cromford and

A high-profile councillor has explained how a Derbyshire parish council has ended-up facing possible bankruptcy after it struggled to keep a leisure centre scheme afloat during the Covid-19 crisis which saw a contractor go bust and costs triple. Elmton-with-Creswell Parish Council has recently shared an expert Locum’s damning interim report on its website into the

Chesterfield Borough Council has argued it has followed guidelines to ensure all sectors of Staveley have been represented during preparations for the town’s multi-million pound regeneration scheme despite complaints from businesses and town councillors that they have been overlooked. The Government-funded £25.2m Staveley Town Deal includes plans for the council’s Staveley 21 Project for the

A Derbyshire police officer has been sacked for sending inappropriate images to a member of the public. But the specific details of the misconduct hearing case have not been released to the public, nor has the identity of the officer. A private misconduct hearing was held on Friday (January 17) at Derbyshire Constabulary’s HQ offices

Some entrepreneurs have argued their views have been overlooked and ignored as they have been struggling to maintain and improve their businesses during Chesterfield council’s roll-out of a multi-million pound Staveley regeneration scheme. The Government-funded £25.2m Staveley Town Deal includes plans for the council’s Staveley 21 Project for the town centre with a new pavilion

Around 250 people joined a rally in their bid to save a Derbyshire County Council care home for the elderly which is one of three earmarked for a proposed sale or closure after eight others have already been selected to be sold. The Conservative-controlled council, which has already held a public consultation, says it is

Chesterfield council planners have finally put to bed any prospect of a historic Chesterfield working men’s club and an adjacent bowling green ever being revived after they have given the go-ahead for a new housing scheme on the derelict site. The borough council’s planning committee during a meeting on January 13 approved Moorbridge Developments’ and

A Derbyshire council has been faced with mass opposition to a potential plan to scrap its free car parks by introducing fees. Derbyshire Dales District Council, following public consultation, is set to roll out a slew of car parking changes. This includes bringing in a 30-minute to an hour of free parking for blue badge

The original cost of an on-going multi-million pound renovation scheme for a primary school has nearly doubled after Derbyshire council has had to agree a further £560,000 funding contribution while pupils are still having to be taught at a temporary learning village. Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet gave the go-ahead for the funding at a meeting,