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Reports of suspicious activity lead to Sandiacre ‘stash house’ being taken down

Borough Police officers have taken action in response to reports of ongoing suspicious activity at a property in Sandiacre. Response teams were sent to Longmoor Road on Saturday 6th June 2026. On entry, officers found a large quantity of cannabis along with other items consistent with drug supply. In the immediate aftermath, a statement said that the investigation was ongoing. Thanks were offered to everyone who contacted Police regarding the address but asked that anyone with any information regarding the […]

7 June 2026 6

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

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Borough Wide

Erewash flats flood risk

A developer which had scrapped flat plans in a Derbyshire town’s highest risk flood zone has got the scheme back on the table and it is now set for approval. In early March, McCarthy Stone had scrapped its plans to build a four-storey block of 53 retirement flats off Station Road, Sandiacre, next to Lidl and the Erewash Canal. This, the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed, was due to the land having its flood risk reassessed by the Environment Agency, […]

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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 […]

28 April 2026 154

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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 15

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Developer scraps plans for Erewash apartment block over high-level flood risk

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service A developer has scrapped plans to build a four-storey apartment block in a Derbyshire town after the site’s flood risk was increased to the highest level. McCarthy Stone’s plans for a four-storey block of retirement apartments for the over 55s were submitted last October for land off Station Road, Sandiacre, next to Lidl and the Erewash Canal. At the time, paperwork with the planning application, filed to Erewash Borough Council, showed the […]

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Reports of suspicious activity lead to Sandiacre ‘stash house’ being taken down

Erewash flats flood risk

A52 housing plans for Risley/Sandiacre

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

Developer scraps plans for Erewash apartment block over high-level flood risk

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