Category: Local News

Planners are due to consider a major developer’s updated, financial contribution plans worth millions of pounds to support neighbourhood infrastructure to finally endorse the go-ahead for the controversial Clowne Garden Village housing scheme for 1,800 homes. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee approved Waystone Ltd’s outline planning application at a meeting in September, last year, subject

A union has revealed that Derbyshire County Council began negotiations with a care provider just before the recent local county elections as part of the previous administration’s plans to sell-off eight care homes. The council’s former Conservative administration agreed in November, last year, to sell eight care homes before Reform UK took control of the

A new Reform UK Derbyshire county councillor has claimed the authority is “six months from bankruptcy” and that the party has “inherited an empire of dirt”. Cllr Dan Price, newly appointed Reform councillor for Ilkeston North on Derbyshire County Council, made the comments on Facebook on Friday, May 2, following the outcome of the election

A major family holiday park attraction could be built in Derbyshire and create up to 500 jobs. US leisure operator Great Wolf Resorts wants to build a 500-bedroom hotel, indoor water park, conference facilities and varied leisure facilities on the outskirts of Clowne. Plans for the land off the A619/Gapsick Lane junction also include mini-golf,

The opening date of a new leisure centre in Derbyshire has been confirmed. North East Derbyshire District Council has announced Clay Cross Active will open to the public on 18 June. The new building, which has replaced the Sharley Park Leisure Centre in Market Street, was originally planned to open last winter, but was delayed

The new Reform leader of Derbyshire County Council will be confirmed next week and formally take their post in two weeks’ time. Reform UK took control of the county council in a ‘turquoise tsunami’ last week (May 2) following the local elections, winning 42 out of the 64 seats – two-thirds of all seats –

Chesterfield Borough Council is teaming up with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust to ask you to ‘plan for nature’ this Spring and take part in our Climate Action Challenge. The Climate Action Challenge is asking you to complete one of three tasks, send us a picture of what you have created, and enter into a prize draw

A Derbyshire MP has stated she wants to see a bus stop and service reinstated for a village after the number 55 bus was rerouted following the arrival of a new bus operator. Campaigners and Morton residents say they feel they have been left isolated with pensioners struggling to get to the GP, or go

There is still time for residents and businesses to have their say on the new Chesterfield Borough Local Plan. The online consultation is open until Monday 12 May – people do not have to respond to every element of the consultation and can choose to comment on specific issues that are important to them like

Derbyshire Police are holding a webinar to explain the dangers of sextortion. The free session will be hosted by the forces Cyber Crime experts and will take place on Thursday 22nd May at 6.30pm. Financially Motivated Sexual Exploitation (FMSE), commonly known as sextortion. In thirty minutes, this webinar will include important information about the signs