Protecting the Green Belt in Belper
Green Belt Policy was established in 1955 primarily to stop urban sprawl and to permanently protect belts of open land.
Read MoreGreen Belt Policy was established in 1955 primarily to stop urban sprawl and to permanently protect belts of open land.
Read MorePhoto: Orchids at Chee Dale A Derbyshire Wildlife Trust project to improve the visitor experience at two of its most
Read MoreBirds of prey are in trouble in the Peak District. They should be a common sight on the hills and
Read Moreby Cherry Anderson The festival, which will be held on the weekend of 31st May and 1st, 2nd June at
Read MoreJoin Derbyshire Wildlife Trust to learn about the newts that live at the Trust’s Avenue Washlands nature reserve, at Wingerworth.
Read MoreDerbyshire Wildlife Trust are attempting to encourage the return of ospreys to Derbyshire. In recent years ospreys have been seen
Read MoreMarch brings: the vernal equinox on the 20th and a super Moon on the 21st. Mars is still prominent in
Read MoreSpace to build 2,010 extra houses in Amber Valley by 2028 is set to be freed up by deleting land
Read MoreFebruary’s Transition Belper Green Exchange Café will be held at No 28, Market Place, Belper on Saturday 23rd February from 10.00
Read MoreDo you wear clothes? Do you know who made your clothes? I don’t mean which shop they were bought in
Read MoreFebruary brings: a line-up of planets, Comet Iwamoto (binoculars needed), Mars is still visible in the evening; use it to
Read MoreMarking the end of the Big Garden Birdwatch run by the RSPB from 26th-28th January 2019, which asked members of
Read MoreAmbitious plans to plant the UK’s first “young people’s forest” on a former coal mine near Heanor are set to
Read MoreAbove is a photo snapped by Mary Wilde at Ogston Reservoir in Derbyshire. It shows two great crested grebes in
Read MoreDetails of the areas which Amber Valley Borough Council may delete from protected green belt land to pave the way
Read MoreWhen does it start this year? Collections for garden waste run from 25th February 2019 until 29th November 2019. The
Read MoreA giant Derbyshire quarry will be reviewed by the county council due to concerns that its operator may miss a
Read MoreCouncil leaders have slammed a decision which left the public with just 10 weeks to read through eleven THOUSAND pages
Read MoreJanuary’s Night Sky brings a total lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of the 21st. Comet Wirtanen may still
Read MoreThe Derbyshire WIldlife Trust have declared that they are “extremely concerned about the extent of damage that HS2 will have
Read MoreDecember brings the Geminids Meteor Shower, followed by the Ursids. For those with binoculars it may be worth searching out
Read MoreIt is a recorded first for Derbyshire as angel’s wings fungus has appeared in a Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Woodland Nature
Read MoreBelperStuff travelled to London last Monday to attend the SERA (Labour Environment Campaign) celebration, 10 years of the Climate Change
Read MoreDangerous snakes and a rare Asian leopard cat are being kept in South Derbyshire. Owners of animals that are
Read MoreDerbyshire Wildlife Trust has launched a new campaign to secure a wilder future for our county. Over the past 50
Read MoreNovember’s Transition Belper Café and Green Exchange will be held at No 28, Market Place, Belper on Saturday 24th November
Read MoreAn appeal has been lodged to push through plans for 185 houses on a protected hillside near Belper. The applicants,
Read MoreIn November’s night sky: The Taurids and Leonid meteor showers. Mars is still bright – look for it in the
Read MoreIn early August during an invertebrate training event, at Rose End Meadows near Cromford, a participant captured an unusual looking
Read MoreThis month Transition Belper’s Green Exchange will be on Saturday October 27 10.am – 1.00 pm at No 28 on
Read MoreIn October’s night sky: The Draconids Meteor Shower may be a good one this year. Moonlight will spoil the Orionids
Read MoreEarly this morning a dedicated team of volunteers vaccinated the 200th badger of the year as part of Derbyshire Wildlife
Read MoreIt’s back and wilder than ever! Derbyshire’s very own Wildside Festival is back for 2019 – and bigger, in fact,
Read MoreEarlier this week RSPB reported that there had been 68 confirmed instances of bird of prey persecution in 2017 –
Read MoreIn a newsletter to supporters the Ambergate Hydro Project Team have finally admitted there is no possibility of realising the
Read MoreBy Anne Clark St Peter’s Church is very pleased to announce that they have been given a Silver Eco
Read MoreA borough councillor claims that a business chosen to conduct an independent green belt land review is “inappropriate” due to
Read MoreOn Saturday 22nd September, at 11am, Belper will see the opening of a new shop. This one isn’t another gift
Read MoreFor the ninth year in a row Belper has won a Gold award in the Large Town category of the
Read MoreAt around 2pm today Derbyshire County Council recieved a call about a large tree knocked over by the high winds
Read MoreDerbyshire County Council are asking for residents and farmers who are willing to help keep their communities safe when bad
Read MoreRainforest is a personal story, drawing on Tony’s many years’ experience at the frontline of the fight to save the
Read MoreOn Friday 21 September at 7.00 pm St Peter’s Church and Transition Belper will be holding a special screening of
Read MoreSeptember’s night sky brings a Harvest Moon. Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are all close to the horizon and can be
Read MoreA statement was released yesterday from The Vincent Wildlife Trust confirming that the pine marten recovered from the A38 near
Read MoreDerbyshire Constabulary’s carbon footprint has reduced by 54% in the last eight years. A figure of 11,249 CO2t in 2009/10
Read MoreDerbyshire Wildlife trust have announced that a rare pine marten, the first spotted in the region for 16 years, has
Read MoreWe are living in the anthropocene – an epoch where everything is being determined by the activities of just one
Read MoreBelper Open Gardens event at the end of June was a fantastic success once again with around £7000 being raised
Read MoreIn the Night Sky Over Belper: The Perseids Meteor shower provides the highlight for this month, Mars is very bright,
Read MoreTransition Belper’s team of volunteers who have carried out a much-lauded transformation of the Crich Lane Festival Gardens are on
Read MoreThe Neighbourhood Planning Referendum for the Crich Parish Neighbourhood Plan has been re-arranged for the 6 September 2018. The original
Read MoreThe July Transition Belper Café will be held at No 28 Community Hall, Market Place, Belper on Saturday 28th July
Read MoreBelper Parks, Belper Cemetery and the Belper River Gardens are amongst eight green spaces and parks in Amber Valley to
Read MoreOn midsummer evening I took a walk over Bullsmoor and it struck me again, as I looked down on the
Read MoreOn Thursday August 2 DerwentWISE will be celebrating at Darley Parks with a superhero picnic. The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are
Read MoreIn July’s Night Sky, there is a Total Lunar Eclipse on the 27th of July. Venus shines brightly in the
Read MoreOn Monday 2nd July Belper was visited by judges for East Midlands in Bloom, the regional stage of the Royal
Read MoreThe Trent Rivers Trust’s award winning rain gardens featured on national television last week when the BBC’s Gardeners World visited
Read MoreThe June Transition Belper Café will be held at No 28 Community Hall, Market Place, Belper on Sunday 23rd June
Read MoreSt Peter’s Church in Belper will formally open its new Community Garden on the 23rd of June. The Church had
Read MoreIn June’s night sky Venus is prominent in the west and Jupiter in the south. Saturn also rises in the
Read MoreThis weekend saw the annual eco festival Belper Goes Green increase in size from previous years, both in terms of
Read MoreI didn’t see any nuthatches last year so was delighted to see one early in March looking for insects on
Read MoreTransition Belper’s Belper Goes Green has announced the full line-up for its 6th eco-festival, which takes place on Friday 1st
Read MoreThe May Transition Belper Café will be held at No 28 Community Hall, Market Place, Belper on Sunday 20th May
Read MoreIn May’s Night Sky: Venus is the “evening star” in the west. Jupiter is the bright object in the southeast.
Read MoreTransition Belper’s café will be on Saturday 28th of April at No 28 Community Hall, 28 Market Place, Belper from 10.00am
Read MoreOrganisers of the 2018 Belper Goes Green Eco festival are leading the way to tackle single use plastic. The festival,
Read MoreNature-friendly farmers, planners, local authorities, wildlife experts and people who care about nature are being urged to seize a unique
Read MoreYour essential guide to managing the slug population and keeping sane in your garden this spring, by Jo Dyer I
Read MoreIn the last few days Bullsmoor has disappeared into the fog. The same days that the public enquiry has been
Read MoreIn the April Night Sky: Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are all visible but are low in the sky. Venus becomes
Read MoreOn Saturday, April 28, at 10am the Town Council will be joining the rest of the country in the rescheduled
Read MoreOver the past few months Transition Belper and local volunteers have been measuring air pollution at key points in the
Read MoreA talk about Belper’s Crich Chase Meadows and Wye and Upper Derwent Group AGM will be held on Monday April
Read MoreThe March Transition Belper Café will be held at No 28 Community Hall, Market Place, Belper on Saturday 24th March
Read MoreLocal Democracy Reporter: Eddie Bisknell As part of a bid to find space for nearly 10,000 homes around Alfreton, Belper,
Read MoreA dramatic last-minute repeal was granted to the Belper Lane development as Amber Valley Borough Council referred the controversial application
Read MoreDerby City Councillors have called on the Derbyshire Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuel after increasing pressure from local
Read MoreDerbyshire Wildlife Trust is celebrating a grant of £3726.22 awarded by the Co-op Local Communities Fund as well as an
Read MoreIn the night sky over Belper, Venus appears low in the twilight sky this month, pairing with Mercury on the
Read MoreJanuary and February are often the coldest months of the year and although snowdrops are flowering another cold spell is
Read MoreBelper Beats Plastic is a Facebook page which was set up recently with a view to encouraging Belper residents to
Read MoreHere are five songs to provide a soundtrack for a Plastic Free February. Plastic Jesus: Tia Blake Plastic is often
Read MoreOn Saturday 24 February at 10 am Transition Belper will be holding its monthly Green Exchange. The theme for February’s
Read MoreOn Wednesday 21 February at 18.45 Derby Quad will be holding a special screening of the Film “A plastic ocean.”
Read MoreDerbyshire County Council have a list of 12 myth-busting facts on recycling. It offers suggestions, advice and information on what
Read MoreEvery year Derbyshire County Council invite residents to give feedback about their local household waste recycling centre. Residents can fill
Read MoreThe brightest object in the night sky this month (apart from the Moon) is the star, Sirius. Jupiter and Mars
Read MorePlastic pollution is becoming one of the biggest man-made threats of the modern world, and at the rate the issue
Read MoreCampaigners have said that Wheeldons should be ashamed of their proposals to build on the Green fields of Belper –
Read MoreFew people would have imagined the dramatic, devastating impact that the BBC’s wildlife documentary Blue Planet 2 would have on
Read MoreThe Schools Library Service has an exhibition of beautiful objects made from recycled materials which are currently on display in
Read MoreThe Secretary of State For Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid has announced that he is to call in
Read MoreWe all know the dismay we feel when presented with a gift we know will never be used but that
Read MoreThe Christmas decorations are all packed away and it’s that time of year when many people start to think of
Read MoreThe Amber Valley Green Party has laid down a Bags for Life Challenge. They say that when it comes to
Read More27 – 29 January 2018 is Big Garden Birdwatch weekend. The RSPB are asking the public to help in the
Read MoreNo bright planets in the evening sky this month, but we can enjoy views of Jupiter and Mars if we
Read MoreAmber Valley Borough Council has responded to concern over “smoke nuisance” caused by the growing use of wood-burning stoves and
Read MoreHighland cattle have returned to the wildflower meadow in Belper Parks to help with the conservation of the site over
Read MoreThere are no bright planets on view in the night sky over December. The highlight of the month will be
Read MoreOver a hundred protestors marched through Belper town centre to campaign against the approval of developments which could potentially threaten
Read MoreThis autumn (late August – mid November) I have seen young collared doves, terns riding the thermals, a large black/brown
Read MoreHaving spent much of his childhood in the mountains of the Basque country, his mother a florist and a great
Read MoreIf you want to see a planet in November you are going to have to get up early. Night time
Read MoreDerbyshire Wildlife Trust is opening a new charity shop at 6 King Street on 15th November. The Wildlife Trust says the
Read MoreBelper residents now have their opportunity to comment on the details of the updated Local Plan for Amber Valley. The
Read MoreTransition Belper teamed up with St. Peter’s Church on Friday October 27 to hold a second screening of the inspirational
Read MoreThe sixth Belper Goes Green eco-festival returns on Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd of June 2018 at the Rugby Club,
Read MoreTransition Belper’s Green Exchange returns to No 28 on the Market Place this Saturday (28th October) from 10.00 am to
Read MoreThe Sun turned orange and pink today (Monday 16th of October) casting a strange light over Belper and the rest
Read MoreOctober brings a thin crescent Moon, the Orionid meteor shower, and Venus is the morning star in the east. The
Read MoreOn Friday, September 30, visitors to the Festival Gardens on Crich Lane reported that flower beds had been vandalised. A
Read MoreDerbyshire County Council have launched a campaign designed to bust common myths about recycling. Do you get confused about whether
Read MoreThe award winning humanitarian documentary Demain (Tommorrow) is to be shown again at St Peters Church, Chesterfield Road, Belper on
Read MoreBelper has again been awarded ‘gold’ in the Large Town Category of East Midlands in Bloom and also won the
Read MoreTransition Belper’s Green Exchange at No 28, Market Place, Belper on Saturday 23rd September from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Read MoreAmber Valley Borough Council are giving residents and businesses the chance to have their say on the way the Council’s
Read MoreThis September we may have missed the Harvest Moon- or have we? In the early morning, Mercury, Mars and Venus
Read MoreSlap on your crampons and explore Amber Valley as the Autumn Footprints Festival returns from Sat 9th – 24th September
Read MorePauline Latham, MP for the Mid-Derbyshire, held a meeting on Thursday 31 August with Belper residents to discuss ideas for
Read MoreBirds are perhaps our closest meeting with the wild and may be the reason why the RSPB (Royal Society for
Read MoreIf you are concerned about traffic pollution in Belper and the DE56 postcode area, now is your chance to take
Read MoreBelper Parks, Belper River Gardens and Belper Cemetery are amongst the eight parks and green spaces in the Amber Valley
Read MoreThe night sky in August brings us the Summer Triangle, the annual Perseid meteor shower and a last chance to
Read MoreRHS quest to find cleanest, greenest and most beautiful places in the UK. From Aberdeen in Scotland down to St
Read MoreA new project is under way to create a wildflower meadow at Belper Lane End. The aim of the project
Read MoreAugust 10 will be the deadline for all objections to the first Derbyshire exploratory well for fracking. The contentious environmental issue,
Read MoreThis weekend’s Well Dressings at the River Gardens provided a wonderful outdoor gallery of creative endeavour as people ambled down
Read MoreJuly’s night sky brings more chances to observe the planets Jupiter and Saturn. For early risers Venus continues to shine
Read MoreA couple of years ago, I started to reduce the amount of plastic I buy and use. I was particularly
Read MorePlans for the Memorial Gardens have had to be changed after much of the new vegetable garden was damaged. With
Read MoreI have now led the Belper Goes Green teams through 5 years of planning, doing, tweaking, reviewing and making every
Read MoreNational Clean Air Day will take place on the 15th of June, with events taking place around Derbyshire to encourage
Read MoreWe have now reached the summer months and, in these months, the night sky is never really dark. However, warmer
Read MoreThe fifth Belper Goes Green Eco festival, organised by Transition Belper, saw thousands of visitors attending the event at Belper
Read MoreSeven years ago Cameron and Clegg formed their coalition and set in train the ideologically driven ‘austerity’ programme. At the
Read MoreNotice has been given about the winding up of the steering group of the Belper Neighbourhood Plan. Replacing it will
Read MoreThere is a vast array of things to do, to get stuck into, learn, create and have fun at Belper
Read MoreTrump. Brexit. Cyber warfare. Automated Jobs. The world is in crisis. It’s a troubling time, and not just for environmentalists
Read MoreThis year Transition Belper, who are the organisers of Belper Goes Green, hope to replace the mountain of plastic glasses
Read MoreThe short poem was written while I was listening to Radio 4’s six and a half hour broadcast of birdsong
Read MoreBelper Goes Green organisers have declared their 5th annual festival an Election-free Zone – a haven from the campaigning, rosettes,
Read MoreIn May’s night sky Jupiter is resplendent. Saturn’s ring system is easily seen through a small telescope. Venus shines in
Read MoreAn updated version of the Belper Cycle Quality tube map has been produced incorporating feedback and showing how cycle provision
Read MoreI first started Amber Valley Against Fracking (AVAF) back in September 2015, after hearing on a local radio morning show that
Read MoreSo it’s all very well to criticise fracking, but what are the alternatives? If we are to progress to a
Read MoreVisitors to No28 are being asked to bring their bikes in for maintenance advice. The newly rebranded ‘Go Green Café’
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