On Tuesday, Derbyshire Dales District Council opted to reject its own application for a temporary two-year plot on the Old ...

Councillors have rejected their own authority’s planned Traveller site in a Peak District village following scores of ...

Derbyshire taxpayers have had to pay more than £91,000 to developers due to “unreasonable” decisions from councillors over ...

A Derbyshire council is set to bring in a double tax for owners of second homes despite comparisons to playing “whack-a-mole with rich people”. Derbyshire Dales District Council is set to ...

Proposals to establish a temporary Traveller site in a village car park – against the wishes of vocal residents – are to be ...

Leaders of eight district and borough councils want to discuss the proposals with a minister. The Derbyshire Dales MP admitted his opposition to the new homes was "a bit ironic". The district ...

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People with second homes in part of Derbyshire will have to pay twice as much council tax from April 2025. Derbyshire Dales District councillors have said they voted for this to help first-time ...

Liberal Democrat Steve Flitter (centre), leader of Derbyshire Dales District Council, said the current arrangement was working fine. George Torr. BBC News, Derby. Published. 16 January 2025.

A Derbyshire council handed out just three fly-tipping fines last year. Derbyshire Dales District Council approved an increase to its fly-tipping fines – for low-level offences – from £200 to £500 at ...

Derbyshire Dales District Council. 15 May 2025. Traveller site at railway station car park approved. The site can only be used by a specific family for whom the council has a legal obligation.