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Community praised for coming together to clear fallen tree in Risley

Officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have thanked those who took part in a collective effort to clear a major road of a fallen tree. The incident affected Derby Road though Risley, but the matter was soon dealt with after members of the local community, a restaurant and a local landscaping company came together to get the road cleared.  According to social media, the fallen tree was a 'conker' or horse chestnut tree. A statement from the […]

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The planned site of 160 homes in Breadsall Hilltop. Image from Google.

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Plans for 160 homes have been filed for Green Belt land between a Derby suburb and a nearby village

Plans for 160 homes have been filed for Green Belt land between a Derby suburb and a nearby village. Derby-based firm Wheeldon Brothers has applied to build 160 homes off Hungerhill Close in Breadsall Hilltop, on grassland between the Derby suburb and neighbouring Breadsall. If granted permission by Erewash Borough Council, the project, which leads through an existing large newbuild estate, would include 72 properties (45 per cent) classed as affordable housing. The Breadsall Hilltop plot is a further attempt […]

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The proposed site of 150 homes in Bostocks Lane, Risley. Image from Google.

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Borough Council set to spend £1.5m on 7,000-home master-plan

A Derbyshire council is due to spend more than £1.5 million replacing a “deeply flawed” 7,000-home masterplan. In January, the Labour-run Erewash Borough Council opted to scrap its future housing plan, mandated to meet Government targets, after an ultimatum from an inspector. This had followed seven years of work through two political administrations, a blocked attempt at scrapping it, the addition of thousands more homes and months of limbo. The council must legally have or be working towards a housing […]

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The proposed site of 150 homes in Bostocks Lane, Risley. Image from Google.

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A52 housing plans for Risley/Sandiacre

Scores of homes could soon be built alongside the M1 and A52 on the outskirts of a Derbyshire town, in the protected Green Belt. The plans, from Wheeldon Brothers, NM & DA Thorpe and NA Cotton, would involve 150 houses being built off Bostocks Lane, in Risley, next to the M1 and A52 junction for Sandiacre. If approved by Erewash Borough Council, the scheme would include 68 affordable homes – totalling 45 percent of housing on the planned estate. A […]

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