High Peak Borough Council is set to bring in the maximum council tax premium for owners of second homes and owners of empty properties which could yield an annual income of over £120,000 for the authority in its bid to ensure more properties are occupied. The local authority agreed a budget plan for the 2024-25
Storm Babet caused more than £1.3 million in damage to Derbyshire’s bridges, roads and culverts, with no additional funding to help the cash-strapped county council with repairs. A Derbyshire County Council scrutiny meeting yesterday (February 28) heard how the “reverberations” of the “dreadful” impact of Storm Babet, which hit from October 18-21 last year, are
Chesterfield Borough Council’s leader is expecting an ‘interesting debate’ as her cabinet has finally agreed to a comprehensive money-saving budget plan to take before a full council meeting as part of efforts to balance a forecast £4m budget deficit. The Labour-controlled council cabinet approved its budget reports for 2024-25 and its Medium Term Financial Plan
Chesterfield Borough Council is to cut back a town centre theatre’s opening times, reduce its number of shows and staff levels and increase its hiring fees as it aims to host only cost-effective productions as part of savings to balance a forecast £4m council budget deficit. The Labour-controlled council’s cabinet approved the future cost-saving proposals
A newly-elected councillor has raised concerns with a building firm after he claims residents are worried about HGV lorries coming through their Derbyshire village during the construction of a new housing development, along with the potential for increased traffic in a vulnerable flooding area. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee conditionally approved a planning application, last
An alleged assault has taken place at a protest involving campaigners camping on a Derbyshire field to prevent the construction of 200 houses over concerns for wildlife. The group of campaigners has set up what they have dubbed Camp Badger – comprising two tents, a gazebo and a number of garden and dining chairs –
High Peak Borough Council is preparing to increase fees and charges at many of its council car parks by as much as between 12.5per cent and 25per cent as part of its agreed budget plans for the 2024-25 financial year. The Labour-controlled authority and other party councillors voted unanimously to approve budget plans on February
High Peak Borough Council has voted overwhelmingly in favour to approve financial plans and fee increases aimed at balancing its budget for the 2024-25 financial year including setting its share of the council tax rate increase at 2.99per cent and a housing rent increase of 7.7per cent. The Labour-controlled authority and other party councillors considered
A man has been charged with the alleged attempted murder of a woman after an assault in Riddings. Police were called at 1.20am on Sunday 18 February, to a report that a woman had been assaulted at a flat in Greenhill Lane, Riddings. At the scene the woman, who was in her 20s, was found
Plans for a Derbyshire care home have been unanimously rejected over smell and noise concerns linked to a neighbouring industrial estate. At a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (February 20), councillors unanimously rejected plans from Muller Property Group for a 74-bed care home off Derby Road in Ashbourne. This followed a recommendation from