Tag: North Derbyshire Radio News

Homes in a Derbyshire village that had been granted permission by councillors are now set to be rejected because the developer will not agree to build any affordable houses or pay for improvements. Woodall Homes will not agree to build 17 affordable homes and pay £63,000 in improvements to nearby health facilities, parks and allotments

The risk posed to the future of the East Midlands’ only World Heritage Site is now firmly in the headlights of national Government – a year after its threatened status became reality. For years, residents, campaigners and councillors alike have been preaching the hazards of inappropriate housing and overdevelopment in one of the world’s most

An unlicensed driver who killed a cyclist in a hit-and-run had been inhaling nitrous oxide at the wheel and ignored a red light before the crash, a court heard. Graham Slinn, 81, was walking his bike across the A57 near Todwick, South Yorkshire, when he was hit by Cain Byrne’s car and thrown at least

Councillors have rejected their own authority’s planned Traveller site in a Peak District town following scores of objections, discrimination claims and a legal threat. At a three-hour Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (June 24), councillors opted to reject the authority’s own application for a temporary two-year plot for a specific homeless Traveller family

A Derbyshire council which has been accused of unfairly bringing criticism on its own development company and placing its future in doubt has called upon its services to complete a town market place scheme. Bolsover District Council’s Executive agreed at a meeting on June 23 to allocate a further £789,357 of funding towards its delayed

Derbyshire council planners have given the go-ahead to convert most of a village pub into a convenience store despite protesters’ objections that it may lead to the loss of a vital part of their community. North East Derbyshire District Council’s planning committee decided on June 24 to approve a planning application for The Corner Pin

A lightning blue tag arena challenge for anyone aged eight and over – including adults – has opened as part of a new leisure centre in a Derbyshire town. The ribbon was cut on Clay Cross Active on Wednesday to replace the former Sharley Park Leisure Centre. North East Derbyshire District Council said the new

Residents at two retirement living schemes in Derbyshire will benefit from the positive impact of gentle exercise, thanks to funding from Platform Housing Group’s Community Chest. Customers at Town Head in Ashbourne and Hoyle Court in Bakewell applied to Platform’s Community Chest, a funding pot for Platform customers and local charities, clubs and other not-for-profit

Derbyshire County Council’s programme of general housekeeping on the dual carriageways they are responsible for in Derbyshire starts in early July. The work includes cutting the grass on the central reservations and at the sides of the roads, trimming back trees and shrubs to improve visibility, emptying the gullies and drains, carrying out pothole and

Derbyshire County Council are extending our popular b_line card, which offers single bus fares for £1.50, to those aged from 19 up until their 22nd birthday. The current b_line scheme is our cut-price travel discount and library card for young people aged 11 up to 19. Since 1 November 2023, b_line card holders have been