Developers have confirmed that a contract has been exchanged to build 275 new homes at a proposed controversial site between two Derbyshire villages for a development that is expected to be worth tens of millions of pounds. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved the planning application for the housing development, at Duckmanton, which also includes
Derbyshire police’s share of council tax is set to rise by the maximum possible to stave off “difficult decisions” and a budget black hole of £5.4 million. The portion of your overall council tax bill which goes towards Derbyshire police is set to rise by £10.08 a year for a Band B property to £217.47
A Derbyshire road which has been closed for 14 months will now remain shut until at least April due to further movement of a landslip during recent heavy rainfall. Leashaw, between Crich and Matlock, is now set to be closed for nearly a year-and-a-half in a new update from Derbyshire County Council, which has been
Motorists are to face about a ten per cent increase in Chesterfield town centre parking fees at council-owned car parks along with new charges for the authority’s currently free Residents’ Parking Scheme. Labour-led Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet voted in favour of the changes to its town centre car parks during a meeting on Tuesday, January
Chesterfield Borough Council has agreed to increase individual social council housing rents for general tenants by 7.7per cent in line with Government guidance and consumer price inflation to meet costs and quality standards. The Labour-led authority’s cabinet approved new social housing rents and service charge levels for heating, garages and other services during a cabinet
Derbyshire council’s transport chief has apologised for the state of the county’s pothole-ridden roads during the authority’s on-going struggle with reduced investment, ageing highways, terrible floods and freezing conditions. Cllr Charlotte Cupit, Cabinet Member for Highways Assets and Transport, has acknowledged the problems faced by Derbyshire’s road-users across the county with many potholes in desperate
A further shocked supporter of the countryside has echoed a conservationist’s concerns about the loss of traditional dry stone walling around a rural Derbyshire farm in Green Belt countryside after it has been pulled down during a new building development. NE Derbyshire District Council approved conditional planning permission for applicants to demolish a dwelling and
Financially-pressured Derbyshire council chiefs are not yet ruling out redundancies as the local authority aims to overcome a forecast £39.5m budget deficit and gap with a “vacancy factor across pay budgets” among its tough saving and efficiency proposals. Derbyshire County Council has identified nearly £32m of possible saving and efficiency plans for some of its
Derbyshire’s children’s social services have been rated ‘good’ by education watchdogs four years after being found to ‘require improvements’ in most areas. The marked improvement in the county’s care of vulnerable children has been detailed in a newly published report from Ofsted following an inspection in October. It details that Derbyshire County Council has now
Emergency victims may face new streamlined and reduced support at times of need as Derbyshire council addresses a £39.5m budget shortfall with no guarantees about the amount of relevant Government funding for the coming financial year. Derbyshire County Council has outlined four proposed changes to its Derbyshire Discretionary Fund after revealing that despite the Government