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Derbyshire planners have given the go-ahead for alterations to a business unit providing its new south-facing windows have ‘obscured glazing’ to preserve the privacy of residents’ homes about 21 metres away from the building. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee recently granted Storage Team Ltd’s planning application to amend a previously built business unit at Whittington

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A multi-million pound regeneration of Staveley town centre is on track to be completed this year. Chesterfield Borough Council’s Staveley 21 project, funded through the Staveley Town Deal, started on site last November – the new landmark building is in place with work set to begin on the glazing and external brickwork. In the wider

A controversial sculpture is set to return to public display in Derbyshire five years after it was unlawfully removed, hidden by a councillor, and eventually stored in another town. The Black’s Head sculpture, which formed part of a Grade-II*-listed sign above St John’s Street in Ashbourne, was removed by protesters in June 2020. It was

A cash-strapped Derbyshire town council has so far successfully managed to halve a £400,000 debt with a series of money-saving initiatives after it had been criticised by a damning report which had highlighted financial shortfalls. Staveley Town Council had been forced to accept a Chesterfield Borough Council loan in February, 2023, to prevent bankruptcy and

Did you know, there are a few simple steps you can take to protect your stuff from burglars? Making sure windows are locked, keeping valuables out of sight and investing in a decent lock for your shed – these are all quick and easy ways to put an opportunistic criminal off. And according to Michael

Planners have given the go-ahead for a firm to build a new quarry site road near a Derbyshire Dales town to be used by lorries despite concerns about possible environmental impacts including noise and dust pollution. Derbyshire County Council’s planning committee approved Ben Bennett Jr Ltd’s application at a recent meeting to build a new

It would take 185 years of funding – in excess of £1.5 billion – to bring Derbyshire’s roads up to standard, a meeting has been told. A Derbyshire County Council scrutiny meeting today (July 23) was told that the authority’s highways department was previously “not fit for purpose” and had “got it wrong” in terms

Derbyshire protesters who are fighting to preserve woodland from a planned holiday park have been honoured with a top award for their ‘inspiring’ group campaign. The Save Farley Moor campaigners have held a series of events and activities among continued efforts to highlight their opposition to Forest Holidays’ planning application to Derbyshire Dales District Council

A Derbyshire council chairperson has praised a Town Clerk for helping to stabilise a local authority’s financial position to such an extent that they have been able to recently award over £34,000 of funding grants towards worthy community groups and projects including a new village green. Staveley Town Council sought to herald in a new