Great Grid Upgrade

3 Results / Page 1 of 1

The proposed 37-mile Chesterfield to Willington Powerline. Image from National Grid.

Borough Wide

Powerline and pipeline developers to pay County Council to hire experts to combat controversial schemes]

Developers behind a planned 37-mile electric powerline and a 121-mile underground CO2 pipeline are to pay a Derbyshire council to hire experts to combat the controversial schemes. The Peak Cluster Pipeline stretching from quarrying and cement firms in Derbyshire Peak District to Liverpool, and the National Grid’s Chesterfield to Willington powerline, are the county’s two current National Strategic Infrastructure Projects that are set  to be decided by the Government. Derbyshire County Council’s Reform UK administration has already set its stall […]

today7 July 2026 11

Campaigners against pylons in Morley

Borough Wide

Community turns out for ‘Day of Action’ against planned pylon installation

A campaign leader has hailed a great community turnout on a National Day of Action', with the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, having been sent photographs of a local event. A group of residents and campaigners from Morley participated in a so-called 'Pylon Protest' on Saturday 18th April, prior to the local elections on a day in which numerous groups and communities across the UK participated in a ‘Day of Action for Nature, Parks and Green Spaces’. The event aimed to […]

today20 April 2026 64

Image by Couleur from Pixabay

Borough Wide

County Council reconsiders plans aimed at protecting rural district from pylon roll-out scheme

By Jon Cooper - Local Democracy Reporting Service This story was updated with new information on 2nd April 2026. Derbyshire County Council is reviewing plans which were originally aimed at preserving a rural part of the county as an area of outstanding beauty ahead of a proposed and feared National Grid pylon roll-out and mounting development pressures. The Reform UK-controlled authority says it is looking into the former Conservative administration's plans to secure National Landscape accreditation for the Amber Valley […]

today25 March 2026 78

103.5 & 96.8 FM

LOVE MUSIC

LOVE EREWASH

Office: 0115 888 0968
Studio: 0115 930 3450

Erewash Sound, The Media Centre, 37 Vernon Street, Ilkeston, DE7 8PD

© Copyright 2026 Erewash Sound CIC. All Rights Reserved. Company Number 6658171.