A Derbyshire council’s fines for BBQs, fires and dog fouling have been compared to the “Emperor’s new clothes” with no fines issued in three years. Derbyshire Dales District Council has agreed to extend its public space protection order for another three years, following its adoption in 2022, introducing £100 fines for dog fouling, dogs off
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
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
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 potential plan to pull Ashbourne out of the Derbyshire Dales and in with a new “Greater Derby” council has been met with “disgust” and dubbed “totally disastrous”. Reform-run Derbyshire County Council has put forward four options for local government reorganisation, having previously pledged to refuse to take part. It has backed two preferred options
Derbyshire Dales District Council has acted on its promise to provide new loos in Ashbourne Park and at Artists’ Corner in Matlock Dale. Last year the District Council took back into its control the operation of the public toilets at Monsal Head, one of 10 facilities announced for closure in 2017 by the Council’s previous