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The 'panicked' deer on land between Spondon and Spondon Wood, and concerned residents talking about the issue. By LDR Eddie Bisknell.

Government refuses to intervene over controversially approved plans for houses in Derby’s protected Green Belt

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service The Government has refused to intervene over controversially approved plans for houses in Derby’s protected Green Belt. In a case which residents and councillors feared would be a “dangerous precedent”, developers submitted and had plans approved for a Green Belt housing site which a Derbyshire council had tentatively earmarked, but not adopted, as part of a future homes plan. That draft housing plan, for 7,000 homes by 2040, drawn up by Erewash […]

1 April 2026 15

Sandiacre

Plans for 100 homes submitted for land between the M1 and Sandiacre

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service Plans for 100 homes on land between the M1 and a Derbyshire town have emerged – just months after a housing blueprint including the plot was scrapped. Peveril Homes has filed plans for 100 houses off Larch Drive, Sandiacre, between the town and the M1, including a footpath across the Green Belt fields which leads to a motorway footbridge. The developer has argued that the Green Belt plot, protected from inappropriate development […]

31 March 2026 6

News

Stalled housing and employment sites to be unlocked with new £165 million road fund

Thousands of new homes and jobs are set to be unlocked as the Government launches a new £165 million fund to remove the barriers holding back housing and key growth developments across England. The new Growth and Housing Accelerator Fund will target sites where progress has stalled due to funding constraints, delivering the transport improvements and links needed to get building started. Launching in the coming weeks, it supports the Government's plan to raise living standards and deliver 1.5 million […]

30 March 2026 35

Derby

Traffic fears at ‘terrible’ roundabout

By Nigel Slater - Local Democracy Reporting Service Heavy traffic at a “terrible” Derby roundabout could worsen if 200 new homes are built near it, it is feared. Concerns over plans to build new homes off Acorn Way were discussed at a public meeting in Spondon. Keepmoat Homes wants outline planning permission from Derby City Council to build on land located between Spondon and Chaddesden. The national developer says it wants to create an “attractive, vibrant and stimulating environment” and its […]

25 March 2026 15

New homes

Government refuses to intervene over controversially approved plans for houses in Derby’s protected Green Belt

Plans for 100 homes submitted for land between the M1 and Sandiacre

Stalled housing and employment sites to be unlocked with new £165 million road fund

Traffic fears at ‘terrible’ roundabout

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