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Derby

Derby’s Market Place takes a step closer to redevelopment

Plans to redevelop Derby’s Market Place have been approved, taking the site a step closer to its complete transformation. Derby City Council’s Planning Control Committee approved an outline planning application on Thursday evening, submitted by the Council’s strategic development partner Ion Developments. The committee’s approval of the plans is a major milestone in the project, allowing the Council to now submit an application to discharge the planning conditions attached to the demolition of the former Assembly Rooms. The Council will […]

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Plans to transform the Market Place and Duckworth Square have received a £5m boost. Image by Derby City Council.

Derby

£3m boost for Derby Market Place transformation

Plans to regenerate Derby’s Market Place and knock down the Assembly Rooms are set to be given a £3 million boost – just weeks before a crucial meeting which could decide the project’s fate takes place. The long empty and former entertainment venue could be replaced with a new four-star hotel, office space and Derby MADE – a multi-use community building with exhibition space, a library and a rooftop bar.  The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMMCA) is set to hand […]

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Plans to transform the Market Place and Duckworth Square have received a £5m boost. Image by Derby City Council.

Derby

Derby City Council Leader reacts to delay on Market Place redevelopment

Derby City Council’s leader has hit out after councillors delayed a decision on major plans to regenerate the city’s Market Place. The council’s planning committee voted in favour of delaying a final decision on outline plans to replace Derby’s Assembly Rooms, which has stood empty for more than a decade. The city council wants to transform the city centre Market Place by building a mixed-use building, Grade A office space, a four-star hotel with new public open space around it, […]

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Derby City Council leader Nadine Peatfield (Lab). Image by LDRS.

Derby

Leader sets out her Derby Market Place vision

By Nigel Slater - Local Democracy Reporting Service A proposed new city centre rooftop bar and restaurant will put Derby “on the map”, the city’s leader has said. Councillor Nadine Peatfield, leader of Derby City Council, set out her vision for the future of Derby’s Market Place after a “momentous” developer contract deal was agreed. Labour leaders of the city say the formal appointment of Vinci UK Developments and Ion Developments as strategic development partners allows the authority to “crack on” with […]

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The Assembly Rooms in Derby. Image by LDRS.

News

New Assembly Rooms demolition time frame

By Nigel Slater - Local Democracy Reporting Service The leader of Derby City Council has said a “momentous” decision has been made over the Market Place regeneration. But a new timeframe shows the expected demolition of the Assembly Rooms still could be at least six months away or even longer. Derby City Council leaders approved to formally appoint developer partners to “crack on” with major plans to transform the city centre with the £100m development. The plans are to massively […]

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