Proposals

Access to Beeholme Farm is off Queen Victoria Road at New Tupton.

Council rejects bid for new homes on north Derbyshire farmland

Derbyshire County Council Leader Barry Lewis

Thousands respond to council’s plans to reduce library service opening hours

The proposed site for holiday lodges at Hady Lane, Chesterfield is currently used as a paddock and is situated to the rear of a Travellers pitch.

Holiday lodges bid for Chesterfield is back on council's radar

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Council to consider future of discretionary grants

View of the site at Stonebroom where the applicant wants to build 30 new homes.

New homes plan for Derbyshire village moves ahead

Work on the proposed relocation of Staveley Library, on Hall Lane, to new and more efficient buildings is progressing after securing funding from the Government-funded Staveley Town Deal.

Derbyshire council welcomes more views on library service plans

Tuition fees in England have remained at the same level since 2017, and haven't risen with inflation (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The cases for and against increasing university tuition fees

Proposed site in the rear garden of 23 Cecil Road, Drnfield for the new timber building which will serve as a summer house and sensory room

Summer house bid for care home wins planners' backing

County Council headquarters in Matlock

Derbyshire council launches consultation into library changes to save £1m

The former Royal Bank of Scotland premises on Rutland Square, Bakewell, which is earmarked to become a restaurant under Rob Hattersley's plan.

Peak District hospitality chief's plan for new restaurant

Work on the proposed relocation of Staveley library to new and more energy efficient building is also progressing with funding having been secured from the Government-funded Town Deals.

Derbyshire council insists ‘no libraries will close on our watch’

Sugary drink refills could be banned in proposals put forward by the Welsh government (Photo by Adobe Stock)

'Pointless': Diners slam plans to ban free sugary drink refills

Dyson was founded by Sir James Dyson in 1991

Dyson to cut up to 1,000 jobs in the UK as part of global restructure

Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

Watch: Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

Tram trains could arrive at Chesterfield in the future - with plans to expand the Supertram network being considered.

Plans to extend Sheffield’s Supertram network into Chesterfield being considered

Protests last summer when plans were submitted to convert the former halls of residence in Buxton in to a 288-bed asylum centre. Photo submitted

Asylum Dispersal Centre in Derbyshire town scrapped

The Cupola visitor centre is intended to attract a bigger slice of Peak District tourism to the storied village of Stoney Middleton. (Photo: Contributed)

New heritage centre and café share fascinating history of Peak District village

This is an artist’s impression of the new innovation centre.

Plans for new rail innovation centre near Chesterfield given green light

The Pembroke is among designs proposed for the development of 21 new homes on land between Welbeck Road and Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover.

New homes bid for north Derbyshire town makes progress

Concerned firefighters want to hear Derbyshire residents’ views on the county’s fire service plans to reduce a forecast £1.2m budget gap as it considers over half-a-million pounds of cost-saving cuts and a possible increase in council tax precepts.

Derbyshire fire service aims to introduce cost-saving cuts

Chesterfield and District Civic Society has welcomed plans to develop the dilapidated Martha's Vineyard on Corporation Street.

Civic society supports Chesterfield pub revival plan

A plan to convert The Old Police Station and Courthouse at Renishaw into apartments hinges on approval by North East Derbyshire District Council.

Apartments plan for old police station in Derbyshire village

The restaurant will be transformed, becoming a Tim Hortons drive thru.

Plans to turn Chesterfield’s Frankie & Benny's into Tim Hortons approved

National Highways have commented on the plans to redesign Junction 28 at M1 following a meeting last Sunday.

Proposals to upgrade M1 junction in Derbyshire at an ‘early stage’

Clowne Garden Village housing protestors' demo at BDC's Arc offices, in Clowne

Watch as residents stage protest over 1,800 housing development

The former NEDDC offices have remained vacant for several years - with plans submitted to build flats to the rear of the site.

Plans submitted to build four-storey block of flats at old NEDDC Saltergate site

Artist's impression of the new square development in Clay Cross.

New library and commercial units plan for Derbyshire town

Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

An artist's impression of how the Dunston Grange development could look. Image: William Davis Homes.

Developers behind Dunston Grange development respond to concerns

If approved, the micropub will replace the empty Vintiqables store.

Plans for “unique micropub” to fill vacant store in Derbyshire town centre

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

Lee Rowley has slammed the proposals to shut the last bank in Eckington.

Lee Rowley MP slams ‘outrageous’ plans to close last bank in Derbyshire village

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

Four new buildings are set to be constructed at Markham Vale.

New development at major Chesterfield business park set to create 150 new jobs

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

Last year MP Mark Fletcher, presented the former Education Secretary with a report on the cost and times of journeys from villages in the constituency to local colleges and sixth forms. It highlighted how 10 out of the 13 major settlements in the north of the constituency would all be better served by a post-16 centre in Bolsover.

Proposals submitted for new sixth form in Bolsover

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Chesterfield Borough Council decided the future of Tapton House on Tuesday

Council agrees to sell Tapton House

Proposals to change The Knockerdown Inn, close to Carsington Water, into an event and display area with coffee house, bar and restaurant have been submitted by Caffeine and Machine which run a centre for car and bike lovers in Warwickshire.

Controversial plans to convert former Dales to be decided

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Grade II-listed Ridgeway Methodist Church could be converted into a home under new plans.

Grade II-listed Derbyshire church could be converted into home

New plans have been submitted to create a ‘unique experience’ for children at popular family attraction Matlock Farm Park. Image: Google Maps.

New plans at popular north Derbyshire family attraction