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The Market Hall in Derby city centre. Image by LDRS.

Derby’s £35m Market Hall running at forecast £338k loss

Derby’s renovated Market Hall looks set to make a loss of £338,000, new documents have revealed. The Derby City Council-owned venue, which reopened in 2025 after a major £35 million restoration project, is according to a financial report forecast to be in the red next year due to “a shortfall of trader income”. The £338,000 shortfall was detailed in the Labour-led council’s Quarter One financial report for this municipal year (2026/27) and has sparked concern from some opposition officials on […]

7 August 2026 5

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Leader says Derby City Council abolishment will ‘raise many questions’

The announced abolishment of Derby City Council will “raise many questions” – its leader has said. But Councillor Nadine Peatfield said splitting the county into two new merged authorities was the “best “option moving forward." In the biggest council shake-up for decades, the Labour Government has announced Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council and the eight surrounding districts and borough councils will all be scrapped. The split will see Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales and North East Derbyshire councils abolished and, with […]

17 July 2026 18

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Derby City Council under review due to ‘levels of low satisfaction’

An urgent review of Derby City Council is to take place amid serious concerns that residents have “levels of low satisfaction” with the authority. Opposition councillors backed a motion which sought immediate action from the Labour-led council to improve frontline services on people’s doorsteps. It comes after recent fall outs over grass cutting and missed bin collections which were deemed “not good enough” and “unacceptable”. Council leaders have said staffing issues have been behind delays in grass cutting across the […]

16 July 2026 15

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Fears cars being ‘kept away’ from Derby City Centre

Cars are reportedly “being kept away” from Derby city centre through a series of traffic measures, with one taxi driver fearing footfall is being badly affected in the area. Mario Colella will be retiring from the wheel next year after being a taxi driver in Derby for around 43 years. The cabbie has called on Derby City Council bosses to make changes to the city centre – because he believes it is “too restricted” for motor vehicles. He fears the […]

30 June 2026 16

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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, […]

15 May 2026 46

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£9m building plan shelved by Derby City Council

Plans to build a vital facility in Derby to help resolve ‘significant challenges’ have been shelved after it was discovered it would cost at least £9m. A new building was planned to provide “fit-for-purpose” space for the city’s museums’ collection, library resources and expensive Derby Live equipment for entertainment events. The authority is facing ‘significant challenges’ to store equipment and highways vehicles. It established a ‘Storage Project team’ to tackle the problem and explore future options. But a new Derby […]

11 May 2026 18

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City Leader gives Market Hall review update

The leader of Derby City Council says she is focusing on “building the Market Hall’s current momentum” amid an ongoing review of its operation since a major revamp took place. Councillor Nadine Peatfield provided an update after officers confirmed the historic city centre building was under a review following criticism since its grand reopening almost a year ago. The Labour leader revealed in her update the Market Hall was now getting, on average, a weekly footfall of 15,000 people. The […]

16 April 2026 15

The Assembly Rooms in Derby. Image by LDRS.

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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 28

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Derby’s £35m Market Hall running at forecast £338k loss

Leader says Derby City Council abolishment will ‘raise many questions’

Derby City Council under review due to ‘levels of low satisfaction’

Fears cars being ‘kept away’ from Derby City Centre

Derby City Council Leader reacts to delay on Market Place redevelopment

£9m building plan shelved by Derby City Council

City Leader gives Market Hall review update

New Assembly Rooms demolition time frame

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