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

Derby Assembly Rooms demolition reaction

Derby City Council’s leader has insisted residents will see “tangible progress” of the Assembly Rooms demolition in the New Year – but fears remain that a big hole could be left there for many years. The demolition of the long-empty city centre building was given the all-clear at a planning meeting on Thursday night (September 3rd). A majority of councillors voted to discharge a condition in place, paving the way for bulldozing to begin. It followed an announcement from the […]

4 September 2026 23

Derby

Derby Assembly Rooms demolition decision

The demolition of Derby’s empty Assembly Rooms has been given the all-clear – with work expected to start next year. Planning Control Committee members of Derby City Council met on Thursday (September 3rd) to take part in the crucial vote that would see whether the city centre venue’s demolition could be finalised and if work to tear it down could now start. Following the meeting, the city council announced demolition can take place in early 2027. The green light to […]

3 September 2026 21

Derby

Partnership agreement marks another milestone for Derby Market Place redevelopment

The transformation of Derby’s Market Place has taken another step forward, with the signing of a Master Development Agreement between the Council and ION Property Developments Limited. Now in contract as the Council’s Strategic Development Partner, ION will work alongside the Council to deliver its plans to regenerate several sites across the city centre, including the Market Place. Outline plans for the Market Place, which were drawn up using feedback from two public consultations and approved by the Council’s Planning Committee in July, include Derby MADE. Sitting on the site of the former […]

26 August 2026 15

Cotmanhay

Derelict canal side pub under new demolition plans

New plans to demolish a derelict Derbyshire pub have been filed more than a year after the owner was ordered to secure the problem site or bulldoze it. The former Bridge Inn pub in Bridge Street, Cotmanhay, which sits alongside the canal and close to Bennerley Viaduct, has been an eyesore and anti-social behaviour hotspot for years instead of a tranquil watering hole. Last March, Erewash Borough Council ordered the owner, Bridge Inn Cotmanhay Developments Ltd, to secure the site […]

17 August 2026 105

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 […]

17 July 2026 18

Derby

Key decision due on next chapter for Derby Assembly Rooms

Plans for the redevelopment of Derby’s former Assembly Rooms – seen as a key element of the city centre’s regeneration – are set to be decided on by councillors. On the evening of Wednesday 16th July 2026, Derby City Council’s planning control committee was due to decide on proposals to redevelop the derelict building after delaying a final decision in May over design concerns. The site is seen as a pivotal part of the overall regeneration of the Market Place, […]

15 July 2026 21

Long Eaton

Flats approved for site of former Labour club

An historic former social club in a Derbyshire town will be demolished and replaced with a three-storey block of flats, despite privacy concerns from a neighbouring family. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting this month (Wednesday, June 10th), councillors approved plans to demolish the former Embassy labour club in Lawrence Street, Long Eaton, to make way for 19 one-bed flats. The scheme, from Prudent Land and Buildings, saw strong opposition from a neighbouring family who said the planned three-storey complex […]

15 June 2026 151

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 […]

8 April 2026 37

Demolition

Derby Assembly Rooms demolition reaction

Derby Assembly Rooms demolition decision

Partnership agreement marks another milestone for Derby Market Place redevelopment

Derelict canal side pub under new demolition plans

Derby’s Market Place takes a step closer to redevelopment

Key decision due on next chapter for Derby Assembly Rooms

Flats approved for site of former Labour club

New Assembly Rooms demolition time frame

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