During the last year-and-a-half at least the transformative schemes have gathered pace as part of efforts to rejuvenate Chesterfield as a place to live, work and play.
They include office buildings, hotels, new town centre apartments, a food hall and a town centre leisure quarter.
5. Chesterfield building developments update - Old Magistrates court.
Located between Rose Hill and West Bars the old magistrates court building was bought by Nottingham-based firm ARC Vantage in 2019. It has planning consent for 30 apartments over three floors. Photo: Town Centre: Knightsbridge Court
6. Town centre: Northern Gateway enterprise centre
The council-led centre will include 32 high quality office suites - with 24/7 access, an IT fibre connection offering maximum speed multi-bandwidth capability, wi-fi and air conditioning throughout. Tenants will be offered access to other council services and venues, including business support and corporate rates for leisure passes, parking permits and conferencing facilities. Photo: Brian Eyre
7. Town centre: The Chesterfield hotel
The Chesterfield Hotel has been empty since 2015 and is awaiting demolition. A planning application submitted by the Borough Council and Prestige (Midlands) Hotels Ltd aims to replace the 144-year old building with two new properties - one of which would be a hotel. Photo: Brian Eyre