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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 22

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 103

Derby

Derby Theatre expansion plan

The multi-million-pound expansion of Derby Theatre has been given the go-ahead by planning chiefs. It means a new studio theatre will be built in a newly constructed three-storey building – providing an extension at the back of the city centre building. The new building will also comprise a rehearsal room for use as a teaching, performance and events space, as well as additional dressing rooms, office space and stage door. This will be in addition to the theatre’s main auditorium […]

14 August 2026 29

Derby

Derby businesses worried over The Strand changes

Businesses on a historic Derby street fear they could face problems down the road should major plans to pedestrianise it proceed. New Derby City Council documents show a long-term plan is in the pipeline to make The Strand a pedestrian-only street. The aim of the proposal is to make the city centre more attractive, visitor-friendly and bring in more footfall to the Victorian street. The plans are part of a wider strategy to improve public realm spaces at key sites […]

11 August 2026 22

Derby

Plans to pedestrianise historic Derby street as part of big city centre changes

A well-known and historic Derby street could be pedestrianised. A new report shows a long-term project by Derby City Council could be in the making to turn The Strand into a pedestrian-only road. One of the aims behind the proposal is to improve footfall on the Victorian street, with the Derby Museum and Art Gallery at its corner and night-time venues nearby. The 75-page report states that the area surrounding the Strand “holds many cultural destinations but a lack of […]

31 July 2026 51

The current building at 50-52 Bath Street, Ilkeston. Image from Google.

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Ilkeston flat plans

A building housing two Derbyshire high street shops could gain a fourth floor in a new planned flat conversion. The three-storey property at 50 and 52 Bath Street in Ilkeston is currently home to a Ladbrokes gambling shop and the Chamunda News Food & Wine off licence. Bath Street, the town’s high street, is dominated by traditional three-storey properties, with shops on the ground floor and vacant space, storage and flats above. There has been a long-standing issue in Ilkeston […]

9 June 2026 26

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 25

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 30

Plans

Derby Assembly Rooms demolition reaction

Derelict canal side pub under new demolition plans

Derby Theatre expansion plan

Derby businesses worried over The Strand changes

Plans to pedestrianise historic Derby street as part of big city centre changes

Ilkeston flat plans

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

Traffic fears at ‘terrible’ roundabout

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