Chesterfield Borough Council is to cut back a town centre theatre’s opening times, reduce its number of shows and staff levels and increase its hiring fees as it aims to host only cost-effective productions as part of savings to balance a forecast £4m council budget deficit. The Labour-controlled council’s cabinet approved the future cost-saving proposals
A newly-elected councillor has raised concerns with a building firm after he claims residents are worried about HGV lorries coming through their Derbyshire village during the construction of a new housing development, along with the potential for increased traffic in a vulnerable flooding area. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee conditionally approved a planning application, last
An alleged assault has taken place at a protest involving campaigners camping on a Derbyshire field to prevent the construction of 200 houses over concerns for wildlife. The group of campaigners has set up what they have dubbed Camp Badger – comprising two tents, a gazebo and a number of garden and dining chairs –
High Peak Borough Council is preparing to increase fees and charges at many of its council car parks by as much as between 12.5per cent and 25per cent as part of its agreed budget plans for the 2024-25 financial year. The Labour-controlled authority and other party councillors voted unanimously to approve budget plans on February
High Peak Borough Council has voted overwhelmingly in favour to approve financial plans and fee increases aimed at balancing its budget for the 2024-25 financial year including setting its share of the council tax rate increase at 2.99per cent and a housing rent increase of 7.7per cent. The Labour-controlled authority and other party councillors considered
A man has been charged with the alleged attempted murder of a woman after an assault in Riddings. Police were called at 1.20am on Sunday 18 February, to a report that a woman had been assaulted at a flat in Greenhill Lane, Riddings. At the scene the woman, who was in her 20s, was found
Plans for a Derbyshire care home have been unanimously rejected over smell and noise concerns linked to a neighbouring industrial estate. At a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (February 20), councillors unanimously rejected plans from Muller Property Group for a 74-bed care home off Derby Road in Ashbourne. This followed a recommendation from
Chesterfield council has given the go-ahead for the local authority to have a greater influence in the new East Midlands Combined County Authority by agreeing to join a new Derbyshire Strategic Leadership Board with other councils. Leader Tricia Gilby, of Chesterfield Borough Council, outlined the advantages for the labour-led authority at a meeting on February
Calls have been made for a wider investigation following an inquiry into errors made by a Derbyshire council in its hunt for a permanent Traveller site – dubbed the “tip of the iceberg”. A Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last week (February 15) discussed a report into the authority’s assessment of a potential Traveller site
People searching for work in Chesterfield are being invited to a work and wellbeing event, where they can meet employers, find out more about local job vacancies and training schemes and access wellbeing support to help them get back into work. The event is on Thursday 14 March from 10am in Chesterfield Town Hall. Councillor