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With less than five weeks to go until the voter registration deadline for local elections on 4 May, anyone wanting to vote must make sure they are election ready.

Spring is here and its time to start waking up the garden after the winter. It’s the perfect opportunity to get the whole family involved with planting and sprucing the garden up ready for those summer evenings.

We have provided a snapshot of just some of our key achievements, as we reflect on the difference we have made by working together for our residents and businesses during the last four years. 

A woman from Clay Cross and a man from Lincoln have both been prosecuted after they were witnessed littering by the North East Derbyshire District Council Environmental Health Enforcement team in Clay Cross.

Further information and appeal documents can be found on our plan apps webpage.

Communities in North East Derbyshire District are set to benefit from improvements to local parks and play areas, community venues and increased provision of social and financial inclusion support.

North East Derbyshire District Council and the Clay Cross Town Board have made exciting progress with the redevelopment of Clay Cross town centre with the release of new 3D visuals! Read about it & view the new visuals them now on the Clay Cross Town Deal website.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero today confirmed that North East Derbyshire District Council, in partnership with their housing partner Rykneld Homes Ltd, has been successful in securing £8.2m of funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.

Thousands of pounds a year are being saved after green energy work at Dronfield Sports Centre nears completion, using £1.33m funding received to de-carbonise the North East Derbyshire District Council owned centre.

North East Derbyshire District Council extends its offer of commitment to Armed Forces Veterans by supporting the Chesterfield Community FC Trust initiative ‘Buddy Buddy’.

Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has announced plans to develop a new policing base to serve the communities of Clay Cross.

A multi-million pound scheme to make hundreds of council homes in North East Derbyshire warmer and easier to heat has won two prestigious awards and been named runner-up in a third category.

Chair's events 2023 - raising money and awareness for the Armed Forces charity SSAFA.

Work has begun on site at Sharley Park Leisure Centre as residents begin to see changes as the £24m transformation into North East Derbyshire District Council’s new Clay Cross Active leisure hub gets underway. Read more about this story on our Clay Cross Town Deal website!

The Local Development Scheme was approved by Cabinet on 2 March 2023 and came into effect on 6 March 2023. 

Visit our Local Development Scheme Webpage to find out more.

Green bin collections will be up-and-running across North East Derbyshire from this month.

North East Derbyshire is getting a whole lot greener, thanks to a tree planting scheme to mark her late Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

North East Derbyshire District Council is delighted to once again be supporting the Great British Spring Clean, which takes place this year from 17 March – 2 April.

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On 14th February 2023 a North East Derbyshire District Council Environmental Health Enforcement Officer was on patrol in Dronfield when they witnessed a driver and passenger both discard cigarette litter from a parked vehicle.