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Eddie Bisknell

England

Reporter at Derby Telegraph

Local Democracy Reporter for Derbyshire. Based @derbyshire_live in partnership with @D_Times, @bbcemt and many more. [email protected] 07500 881496

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  • 3 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Eddie Bisknell

    Plans to build homes next to a river in a flood-hit Derbyshire town are set to be rejected because there is a “significant” risk that flooding issues could be worsened. The project, from Benz Bavarian, would see the motoring firm demolish its vehicle dealership in Tamworth Street, Duffield, and replace it with two four-bed houses. Amber Valley Borough Council is set to decide on the application at a meeting on Monday, June 9, with planning officials recommending refusal.

  • 3 days ago | ashby.nub.news | Eddie Bisknell

    A pub in a quiet rural village a few miles from Ashby has been blocked from hosting a live band outdoors at a wedding reception due to noise concerns. At a South Derbyshire District Council licensing hearing today (June 3), councillors chose to approve a planned temporary event notice for a wedding reception at The Chequers Inn in High Street, Ticknall.

  • 4 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Eddie Bisknell

    Officials want plans for houses in a Derbyshire village rejected amid fears over the perceived impact they would have on the protected Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Plans from Wheeldon Brothers Ltd for nine houses in Plains Lane, Blackbrook – a mile west of Belper – are set to be rejected by Amber Valley Borough Council at a meeting on Monday, June 9. Borough council planners, heritage officers and the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership are all pushing for the scheme to be rejected.

  • 4 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Eddie Bisknell

    A Derbyshire council has been urged to take legal action against a developer for cutting down protected trees without permission to make way for an “exclusive” house in an affluent town. During a South Derbyshire District Council meeting last week (May 27), councillors unanimously rejected plans from Fontenay Ltd for changes to a three-bed house to the rear of 21 Market Place in Melbourne.

  • 6 days ago | msn.com | Eddie Bisknell

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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Eddie Bisknell
Eddie Bisknell @EddieBisk
10 May 25

A new Reform UK Derbyshire county councillor has claimed the authority is “six months from bankruptcy” and that the party has “inherited an empire of dirt He also says the council is a "business" which needs to be made "profitable" https://t.co/UjovucdOmG

Eddie Bisknell
Eddie Bisknell @EddieBisk
9 May 25

We will know the new Reform leader of Derbyshire County Council next Wednesday Although some Reform county councillors say otherwise... https://t.co/RJ1MDnwOy2

Eddie Bisknell
Eddie Bisknell @EddieBisk
2 May 25

Mine and @jontycooper1's full Derbyshire County Council election wrap-up here Reform UK have taken control of Derbyshire County Council in a turquoise tsunami to end eight years of Conservative control and leave other parties by the wayside https://t.co/ne7nPMZX6U