Jon Cooper

A councillor has accused High Peak Borough Council of excessively using a restriction to consider certain voting matters behind closed doors which he claims has prevented information from being fully publicised.

A parish councillor is urging concerned residents to take part in a developer's public consultation regarding a controversial housing scheme for up to 1,000 homes on greenfield land near a Derbyshire village.

“We have to listen to everybody” Residents are being urged to take part in a developer's public consultation over a controversial housing scheme for up to 1,000 homes on greenfield land near a Derbyshire village.

A campaigner who is fighting to save a threatened former play area said over 120 residents have raised concerns about plans to sell the ‘much-loved’ village space.

A brave father and daughter have successfully completed a ‘scary’ humanitarian aid mission with a friend into war-torn Ukraine delivering a much-needed 4×4 pick-up truck and supplies.

High Peak Borough Council’s leader has accused opposition councillors of attacking the authority’s process rather than providing ‘robust scrutiny’ after a dispute over certain voting decisions being made in private.

Opposition NE Derbyshire District Conservative councillors have criticised new planning laws as an ‘erosion of democracy’ over fears they will disempower councillors and communities during housing and development scheme decisions.

Businesses have welcomed a one-million-pound council boost for an historic Chesterfield town shopping quarter which dates back to the 12th century.

“My heart breaks to see this beautiful display of mature trees being torn up to make way for a concrete jungle.”

Campaigners claim East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward’s new bus service announcements still leave some Chesterfield and Staveley villages struggling, after she addressed an operator’s cuts to services.