Derbyshire County Council is recommending plans for a new political map with 64 single-member electoral divisions each represented by one councillor which could see the current divisions and councillors in Chesterfield reduced by one and the number of South Derbyshire divisions and councillors increased by one. The Conservative-led council agreed its related recommendations as part
Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a fatal collision in Buxton last night. The collision occurred in Goyts Lane, near Errwood Reservoir, at around 11pm on Wednesday 6 March. The car, grey VW Polo, left the road and went down an embankment before landing on its roof. A 17-year-old boy, who
Derbyshire’s household tips are set to have their hours reduced, start charging for tyres and asbestos and seek to restrict access to county residents only. In a bid to save half-a-million pounds a year, cash-strapped Derbyshire County Council is set to bring in a number of changes to its nine household waste and recycling centres.
A frustrated north Derbyshire councillor has urged a local authority to do what it can to help residents who have complained about noise during extension work night-shifts at a large Chesterfield-based cold storage facility. NE Derbyshire District Council gave planning permission back in 2021 for the extension at the Magnavale cold storage facility on Park
North East Derbyshire District Council has argued it was necessary to spend £210,000 on audio-video equipment and furniture for its new council chamber after the previous smaller chamber posed health, safety and technological difficulties. The labour-led council recently moved to a larger chamber at its offices on Mill Lane, Chesterfield, that has been fitted with
A landslip-hit Derbyshire road which has been closed for 17 months will now remain shut for at least another 15 months, taking it past two-and-a-half years. Heavy rainfall caused a 40-metre landslip on Leashaw, between Crich and Matlock, in November 2022 and now the route will remain closed until at least the summer of 2025.
Two men and a woman have been charged in relation to an alleged kidnap of a teenage boy in Pinxton. The 14-year-old victim is safe and well following the incident on Saturday 17 February. It is believed the three people alleged to be involved were known to the victim. Specialist officers from Derbyshire Police’s criminal
A North Derbyshire council has begrudgingly brought in a maximum tax increase in a bid to avoid missing out on future Government funding. At an Amber Valley Borough Council meeting last night (March 4) leader Cllr Chris Emmas-Williams said of the proposed 2.99 per cent tax increase: “We don’t like it but we have been
Hundreds of protesters have signed two petitions against a proposed 280 acre Peak Resort development on Green Belt land in Derbyshire after raising concerns the scheme will bring an increase in traffic congestion, pollution and a possible impact upon wildlife. Peak Gateway Properties Ltd has already been granted outline planning permission for the development site
A flood-hit North Derbyshire park is set to gain a new skatepark, a splash pad and water-resilient paths. The combined projects are all set to take place in Hall Leys Park in Matlock town centre with Derbyshire Dales District Council match-funding money from central Government. A report on the projects details that both the skate