World Heritage Status Put At Risk As Belper Lane Building Approved
Belper’s World Heritage Status has been endangered by the decision of the Secretary of State, Robert Jenrick, to allow building
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Belper Lane
A New Hope For Closed Belper Pub
The Bull’s Head pub, on Belper Lane end, has now been purchased by Town Councillor and Slenderella owner Gary Spendlove with
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Council Flip-Flop On Belper Lane Planning Application
A dramatic last-minute repeal was granted to the Belper Lane development as Amber Valley Borough Council referred the controversial application
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Developer Wheeldons Should Be “Ashamed” Say Campaigners
Campaigners have said that Wheeldons should be ashamed of their proposals to build on the Green fields of Belper –
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Opinion: “Now More So Than Ever Before We Need To Say Enough Is Enough”
I feel privileged to write on two subjects very close to my heart. Firstly my home Town of Belper and
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Application For 118 Houses On Belper Lane Rejected
Over a hundred local residents gathered outside the Amber Valley Borough Council building in Ripley on Monday 18th September
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Opinion: Belper Lane Development Shows ‘dysfunctional Borough Council’ Risk World Heritage Site
Belper is on the edge – we have a dysfunctional Borough Council that has put our World heritage Status in
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Guest Column: Cllr Ben Bellamy
Last Saturday was a special day for the people of Belper, and indeed the whole of the Derwent Valley. But
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Protests As Proposed Local Plan Goes To Public
Amber Valley Borough Council has voted in favour of the new draft Local Plan going to public consultation. At the
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Battle Lines Drawn For Greenfields Future
Amber Valley Borough Council have outlined proposals for a new Local Plan which includes Bullsmoor and Belper Lane sites as
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Developers Lay Siege To Belper’s Green Fields
Hot on the heels of the withdrawn Bessalone plan and the fight to oppose plans for housing and a factory
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