Derbyshire Dales District Council

There have been a number of recent wildfires across Derbyshire Photo: Nicholas Judd.

Consultation starts on Derbyshire Dales barbecue and campfire ban

Ashbourne Park has welcomed new public toilets this week.

Council opens two sets of new public toilets in park and popular beauty spot

The Old Station Close car park in Rowsley.

Councillors reject their own authority’s Traveller site in Peak District village

Mary Smail and the solar panels she unlawfully installed on her home in Church Street, Ashbourne,

Council drops action against woman who faced jail over unlawful solar panels

Artist impressions for the proposed Wyaston Road, Ashbourne, housing site. Image from Nineteen47.

Taxpayers pay £91,000 to developers due to rejected planning applications

The Old Station Close car park in Rowsley. (Image: Google)

Council to hold public meeting on 'woeful' plan for car park Traveller site

What the proposed new apartment blocks at Chatsworth Hall in Matlock could look like. Image from Ropergate Architecture.

Former council offices could be demolished to make way for apartments

An artist's impression of the planned conversion of Derbyshire County Council's County Hall HQ in Matlock into a hotel

Multi-million-pound regeneration of County Hall could hit the bricks

Travellers on the Matlock railway station car park. Image from Eddie Bisknell

Plan for Traveller site in railway station car park approved

Gareth Gee, Conservative councillor for Bakewell on Derbyshire Dales District Council. Image from Derbyshire Dales Conservatives.

Two Conservative councillors quitting the party to start their own group

The Derbyshire Dales count in Wirksworth Leisure Centre for the Derbyshire County Council elections. Image from Derbyshire Dales District Council.

Man was arrested after assault at Derbyshire election count

The Racecourse Retreat site which is a mile from Wirksworth.

Derbyshire glamping pod plans face set-back over transport links

Travellers on the Matlock railway station car park. Image from Eddie Bisknell.

Traveller site on Derbyshire railway station car park is set for approval

The housing plans submitted for Cawdor Quarry in Matlock. Image from David Morley Architects.

Work to build homes and bring derelict quarry back to life could restart

Matlock Town Hall, headquarters of Derbyshire Dales District Council.

Derbyshire Dales gets £1m from Government for new business and community grants

The proposed plans for County Hall in Matlock.

Charity objects to council’s plans to turn historic Derbyshire HQ into hotel

An idea of how the site might look

Council plan for hotel, homes and offices sparks parking and flood fears

The planned Matlock Aldi in Harveydale Quarry. Image from The Harris Partnership.

Aldi supermarket will be built in a former Derbyshire quarry

The Old Station Close car park in Rowsley.

Charity opposes plans for Traveller site on Derbyshire village car park

The planned Matlock Aldi in Harveydale Quarry.

Aldi plans for derelict Derbyshire quarry set for approval

At a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (March 27) councillors approved the plan in a bid to end a decades-long failure to provide permanent sites for Travellers. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Council to spend up to £200,000 for land to be used as permanent Traveller sites

Part Of A Bronze Age Stone Circle Near To Proposed Holiday Development Site Near Matlock, Courtesy Of Save Farley Moor Campaigners

Forestry England confident Bronze Age site will not affect holiday park plans

Police are in attendance as drivers are blocking the Hulleys of Baslow premises.

Police arrive as lorries block Hulleys of Baslow premises in the Peak District

Council workers and contractors have been applying the finishing touches to Matlock's new-look bus station.

Derbyshire councils apply final touches to long-awaited bus station makeover

The coach park in Matlock Bath was occupied by Travellers throughout the peak tourist season of 2024, but is now available to visitors again.

Derbyshire council makes coach parking free in Matlock Bath to kickstart tourism

Picture of how County Hall could look in the future as Smedley's Hydro

Major step forward for Smedley’s Hydro project as planning applications submitte...

Lady Victoria Borwick pictured at The Heights of Abraham

VisitEngland Chair visits Derbyshire during English Tourism Week celebrations

The Old Station Close car park in Rowsley.

Council submits planning applications for Gypsy and Traveller sites

The Matlock Wolds site. Image from Eddie Bisknell.

Residents plead for Government inspector to reject plans for hundreds of homes

Banking just got a little easier for Peak District residents and businesses who deal in cash and face-to-face services. (Photo: Marisa Cashill/Derbyshire Times)

Peak District's new weekday banking hub restores over the counter services

Matlock Town Hall, headquarters of Derbyshire Dales District Council.

Derbyshire council votes for maximum council tax increase

New affordable development in Ashbourne

NCHA completes new affordable homes in Ashbourne

Some of the participants and supporters pictured on day one.

New skatepark opens in award-winning park - as more improvements planned

The Chatsworth Hall office block in Chesterfield Road, Matlock. Image from Ropergate Architectural.

Council office block could be converted into more than 30 apartments

Matlock has faced severe flooding and several near-misses in recent years, and risks are expected to increase as the climate crisis escalates. (Photo: Jason Chadwick/Derbyshire Times)

Flood study finds 'distrust' of Derbyshire authorities ahead of housing showdown

The planned access point for the Stancliffe Quarry housing site off the A6 through Darley Dale.

Homes plan for derelict Derbyshire quarry

The NatWest branch on Water Street in Bakewell was the Peak District National Park’s last remaining bank.

New banking hub set to open in Derbyshire town after NatWest closure

The former Cromford Garden Centre on the A6, next to the Cromford Canal.

Green light to transform derelict garden centre into watersports business

Brassington Moor Quarry, Near Matlock And Wirksworth

Derbyshire council planners give the go-ahead for quarry extension on farmland

The plans, from Gladman Developments, would see 70 houses built off an existing new-build estate in Throstle Nest Way, Brailsford.

Plans for 70 homes in strained Derbyshire village set for approval

Councillors discussed plans for a season parking charge for Matlock Bath

Derbyshire council’s vow over car parking fines

An artist's impression of what the scheme could look like.

Council’s decision not to defend rejected homes plans dubbed “abject betrayal”

The proposed Matlock Wolds housing site, circled in red, above Matlock.

Council can't defend refusal of planning permission for more than 400 homes

The proposed Matlock Wolds housing site, circled in red, above Matlock.

“Extraordinary” meeting to discuss hundreds of rejected homes held in 'private'

Edgefold Road, Matlock (1 hour max stay)

Derbyshire council faces mass opposition to plan to scrap free car parks

Artist's Corner, Matlock Bath.

Derbyshire council set to reopen public toilet block near tourism hotspot

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