Tomorrow (Thursday 4th May 2017) sees the county council elections, and for the first time in my lifetime, there’s will not be a Wilcox standing for election, with our current county councillor Dave Wilcox standing down. To replace Dave, in our neck of the wood or the Etherow electoral division as it is know for […]
Derbyshire County Council working with Derby City Council are preparing a joint minerals local plan for Derbyshire, outside of the Peak Park. Whilst the local plan sets out what sites across the area will be used for housing and other uses, the minerals plan essential does the same thing except for where and when new […]
Gamesley’s Lucky Recycling Golden Ticket Winners : Over the summer, the Recycle for Gamesley campaign has seen team members Emma and Liam visit over 1,000 homes in the area to spread the word and encourage locals to recycle more of their household waste via their brown bins and green boxes. As part of the campaign […]
Have your say on proposed changes to recycling centres : Derbyshire County Council is consulting on making some changes at the nine household waste recycling centres or tip’s as some may call them, the nearest of which is on Melandra Road, just off the A57 at Brookfield. The consultation focuses on the following three proposals […]
New Glossop Library Plans : Derbyshire County Council are currently running a consultation so residents can see the plans and architects’ drawings for the new / relocated Glossop Library. The proposal is to move the library from its current location to a new build within / connected to the nearby Glossop Adult Education Centre. You […]
Glossopdale Community College – New Build : Despite the grim tidings regarding local services from reading this weeks local papers, with thanks to the continued efforts of our local county councillors, works on replacing the existing buildings that make up Glossopdale Community College continue, with this afternoon seeing an exhibition of the proposed design for […]
From Saturday 1 August the Derbyshire County Council are revising the B_line travel scheme for children and young people, and as can sometimes be the case with any changes it’s mainly good news but with some bad news. This change affects who is entitled to a B_line pass and what fare you will pay on […]
Gamesley Councillor Anthony Mckeown is urging local residents to respond to the Derbyshire County Council consultation on local bus services. The County Council is currently seeking views on how and why locals use buses, to help shape the future of council-funded bus services, which as a result of having to make cuts of £157m by […]
Gamesley Councillors Anthony McKeown and Dave Wilcox were cock a hoop this week with the confirmation that the newly elected County Council cabinet had slotted the proposed Gamesley Railway station into its list of priority options for investment for the period 2015 -19. New structures now in place mean that to access transport funding, regions […]
From the 1st April this year, ‘public health’ will return to local government, as it once was in years gone, and to some extent at least in Victorian time the very reason for local government to exist in the first place, with those early works to stop the spread of diseases such as cholera by […]