Why the Tory planning changes are a disaster for your community
Power is taken away from local areas. Planning Policy will be set by the government in Westminster. It will ignore the needs and wishes of local people.
10 Nov 2020
News Archive
LUNCHES FOR CHILDREN IN OCTOBER HALF TERM
The Mayor of Matlock, Councillor David Hughes, with the support of Matlock Town Council, has decided to use his Mayoral fund this year to help families in Matlock who are entitled to free school meals.
DH
26 Oct 2020
Ward boundary changes - have your say
One of the less welcome distractions that this government has thrust upon Local Authorities is the request by the Boundary Commission to revise District Ward boundaries.
PD
16 Oct 2020
Open mic remarks reveal true role of ‘Independent Person’
At the end of the Derbyshire Dales District Council Full Council Meeting of 8th October all of the councillors had 'left' the virtual meeting on Zoom. However a small number of officers of the Council were still talking between themselves.
PD
15 Oct 2020
Derbyshire Dales on Countryfile
Ashbourne gets a mention on BBC Countryfile - as UK air pollution hot-spot For the second time this year Ashbourne finds itself in the media. The first was In June when some of the town's residents decided that they needed to 'protect' a pub sign after a petition was launched calling for it it to be removed on the grounds that it was racially offensive.
PD
11 Oct 2020
Black’s Head Report – a Whitewash?
Report labelled 'independent' turns out to have only sought eye-witness statements from those under scrutiny in the report. At a long and heated meeting of Derbyshire Dales District Council, questions over the many apparent omissions and inconsistencies in the report were given the same response from the 'Independent Person' (Steve Dunning) - that it was not within the terms of reference of the enquiry.
PD
9 Oct 2020