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Christ Church Methodist Church in Derby Road, Long Eaton. Image from Google.

Erewash church gets a new lease of life

An historic Derbyshire church is eyeing a new future to preserve the “shabby but sacred” building and bring more people inside. The 150-year-old Christ Church Methodist Church in Derby Road, Long Eaton, a prominent building on the town’s main thoroughfare, is set for a new lease of life. Christ Church, home to the official Long Eaton town clock, is looking to divide the existing worship space into separate community facilities, alongside the sale of the neighbouring Sunday school. This will […]

18 June 2026 29

The planned retirement apartment complex off Station Road, Sandiacre. Image from Corstorphine & Wright.

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Borough Wide

Dozens of flats approved on “eyesore” derelict Erewash site, vacant for more than 15 years

Dozens of flats have been approved on an “eyesore” derelict site which has been vacant for more than 15 years – but none will be “affordable”. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting this month (Wednesday, June 10th), councillors approved plans for a four-storey block of 53 retirement apartments on vacant land next to Lidl and the Erewash Canal in Station Road, Sandiacre. The plans, from McCarthy Stone, had previously been withdrawn by the developer due to flood risk issues, after […]

15 June 2026 108 2

Long Eaton

Borough councillors reject pitch for derelict former drug deal “magnet” and squat to become bedsit

Plans to turn a derelict former “magnet” for drug deals and squatters into an eight-person bedsit have been rejected by councillors. The two-storey end-of-terrace home in Oxford Street, Long Eaton, sits directly next to the former Galaxy Row Cinema site, which is undergoing regeneration. On Wednesday, June 10th, its councillors unanimously rejected plans to bring a problem property back into use as an eight-person HMO (house in multiple occupation). A “passionate” speech was delivered to the meeting by a representative […]

11 June 2026 32

2026-2027 Erewash Mayor, Cllr Greg Maskalick (Credit: EBC)

Borough Wide

New Mayor will be a key figure in Erewash: a chance to meet Cllr Greg…

Councillor Greg Maskalick has been announced as the new Mayor of Erewash after spending the past year as Deputy to Councillor Harry Atkinson. The chains were handed over at the council’s annual meeting at Long Eaton Town Hall on Thursday 21 May. Councillor Maskalick said: “It is an honour to be elected as Mayor of Erewash. I intend to make the most of this year and take the opportunity to talk to residents and engage closely with our communities. I […]

22 May 2026 74

Sawley

Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”

A sixth-generation Derbyshire farming family faces the prospect of having to sell dozens of cattle amid the fallout over a new “nature haven” in the area. The Grammer family – the last farming family in the area – have farmed 93 acres of agricultural land around Sawley, alongside the River Trent, including their current herd of 280 cattle, for 100 years, through six generations. However, Erewash Borough Council (EBC) recently ended the six-generation tenancy of four acres of land off […]

30 April 2026 76

EBC

Erewash church gets a new lease of life

Dozens of flats approved on “eyesore” derelict Erewash site, vacant for more than 15 years

Borough councillors reject pitch for derelict former drug deal “magnet” and squat to become bedsit

New Mayor will be a key figure in Erewash: a chance to meet Cllr Greg…

Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”

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