Have Your Say on Further Plans for Future of Amber Valley
Residents, businesses and community groups are encouraged to have their say on ambitious long-term plans that will help shape a
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Planning
Belper Neighbourhood Plan Public Consultation Now Open
The Belper Neighbourhood Plan (2019-2035) is now open to public consultation and will be available at Belper Library and the
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Belper’s Victory: Bullsmoor
It is more than two years since Peveril Homes Ltd and Vaillant Group Ltd submitted a planning application for 150
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Final Plans For Crich Housing To Be Decided
Final plans for 58 homes near a former Rolls-Royce radioactive waste dump in a Derbyshire village are set to be
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Date Change For Crich Parish Neighbourhood Plan Referendum
The Neighbourhood Planning Referendum for the Crich Parish Neighbourhood Plan has been re-arranged for the 6 September 2018. The original
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An Ode To Bullsmoor: The Bullsmoor Song Project
On midsummer evening I took a walk over Bullsmoor and it struck me again, as I looked down on the
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King’s Head Set To Open As Application Approved
A Duffield pub will be reopened next month after gaining council approval – and a homegrown landlord will take the
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Objections To Duffield Pub Plans
Plans to reopen a Duffield pub and sell alcohol until at least 1am every day of the week have met
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Draft Neighbourhood Plan Available For Belper Residents
The draft Neighbourhood Plan and the supporting reports are now complete and are available on the new Belper Town Council
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School Extension At St John’s Primary Set For Approval
A four-classroom school extension at a Belper primary is set to get the go ahead and will create space for
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Opinion: “Don’t Let Bullsmoor Disappear”
In the last few days Bullsmoor has disappeared into the fog. The same days that the public enquiry has been
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Deputy Labour Leader Pledges To Protect Derwent Valley Mills
On Saturday 24th March Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party visited a number of towns in Amber Valley
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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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Public Inquiry Set To Examine Bullsmoor Plan
The Secretary of State For Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid has announced that he is to call in
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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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Protestors In Belper March To Save World Heritage Status
Over a hundred protestors marched through Belper town centre to campaign against the approval of developments which could potentially threaten
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Chance To Comment On Updated Local Plan
Belper residents now have their opportunity to comment on the details of the updated Local Plan for Amber Valley. The
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Opinion: “A Cloud Over Our Green Fields”
Today I would like to make clear my total support for Protect Belper’s campaign to protect our green fields and
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Residents Fight To Save The DVMWHS!
Amber Valley Borough Council released a report on Friday 8th September recommending approval for 118 houses to be built on
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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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Deadline To Object To Fracking In Derbyshire Approaches
August 10 will be the deadline for all objections to the first Derbyshire exploratory well for fracking. The contentious environmental issue,
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Belper Residents Wanted For Next Phase of Neighbourhood Plan
A new Neighbourhood Plan For Belper ‘Working Group’ is to meet on the 20th of June at 7.30 pm, St
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Plans Approved For Former Thorntons Factory Site
Planning has been approved for a new care home, café and library to be built on the former Thorntons factory
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Donations Sought For WW1 ‘Sacrifice’ Memorial
With planning for the Sacrifice memorial now approved by the Amber Valley Borough Council, Belper In Wartime are now urgently
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Guest Column: Cllr Ben Bellamy
It makes a real change to see a major planning application in Belper that does not fill me with dread.
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Guest Column: Winter Gardening Advice
It’s the end of January, 5 weeks past Christmas and the shortest day. Looking out of my window at the
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Residents Fight To Save World Heritage Status
Between 150 and 200 concerned residents attended a public meeting on Wednesday (19th October 2016) at Strutts Community Centre to
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Residents Unhappy At Bullsmoor Consultation Level
Following the submission of a Planning Application to extend the Valliant factory and car parking and to build 150 homes
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Bullsmoor Building Plan Back On the Agenda
Belper boiler company, Vaillant, along with housebuilders, Peveril Homes have submitted plans for 150 homes, 6,000 sq ft of industrial
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Bullsmoor Back on Agenda After Public Suggests Building Sites
As part of preparing the new Local Plan (a legal requirement and a replacement for a failed plan) Amber Valley
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Bessalone Plans Withdrawn
The Planning Application submitted by JC Balls to build 201 houses on Green Belt land at Bessalone Hill, off Crich
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Proposal to Build on Green Belt Land Unites Labour and Conservatives.
A planning application has been submitted to Amber Valley Borough Council to build 201 houses on Green Belt land between
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Interest Growing In Neighbourhood Plan
There was lots of interest in the Neighbourhood Plan from the public attending the very successful “Belper Goes Green” festival
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Wetherspoons Saga Drags On
The determination of the Wetherspoons Planning Application for 8 Strutt Street has been put back to April 22nd. Consideration of
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Last week Nplan4B hosted a talk, by Barry Joyce MBE and Adrian Farmer from the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership, to
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Full Steam Ahead for Local Plan
Despite having to withdraw its Core Strategy in December 2015, Amber Valley Borough Council has stated it remains fully committed
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Belper Wetherspoons back on track?
The long talked about plans for Wetherspoons to open a pub in Belper may be back on track. It was
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Neighbourhood Plan For Belper Moves Forward
Chairman of the Neighbourhood plan Steering Group, Roger Shelley reports “We’re now entering on an exciting period of activity for
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Neighbourhood Plan for Belper
The new Neighbourhood Plan for Belper website has gone live: containing more information about the direction of the NP4B. There
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