Chesterfield and District Civic Society

The Civic Society remains concerned about certain aspects of Derbyshire County Council’s proposals for a cycle superhighway between Chatsworth Road and the Chesterfield Royal Hospital. These concerns include publicity given to the scheme, where there is anecdotal evidence that not all householders affected had been sent a notice by the council. On 26 March 2021…

Chesterfield and District Civic Society is seeking information about the future of the former North East Derbyshire District Council offices on Saltergate. We have written to the believed owners of the site and currently vacant buildings – Bournemouth based McCarthy & Stone Ltd. – to find out what they now propose to do. To read…

The Civic Society has responded to the comments by Derbyshire County Council, quoted in the Derbyshire Times of 15 April 2021, concerning the western end of the proposed cycle superhighway. Read the full statement by clicking on the download button below

The download below is the Chesterfield and District Civic Society’s response to Derbyshire County Council’s plans for an east-west walking and cycling route for Chesterfield – an extension and re-work of the so-called Hipper Valley Trail. Costed at just over £1.6 million the route will go from the A619 junction with Holymoor Road, along Chatsworth…

The latest lock down has had a considerable impact on the centre of Chesterfield in both accessibility and appearance. This prompted a consultation amongst members of the Civic Society which resulted in the following communication to Bridget Gould the DCC member responsible for the policy in Chesterfield, and it is published below for information. This…

Despite the coronavirus the work of the society continues, and our chairman has recently been involved in advising the owner of a local property on the contesting of a planning application affecting a listed building. Members can read more in their newsletter, and a magazine article on the issue can be seen below. It can…

It will take a long time before ‘normality’ is resumed, and it’s unlikely we are going to see any public meetings before the end of the first quarter of 2021. However, the Committee met this month at the St Thomas’s Centre, and plans to continue doing so while the current rules on social interaction remain…

Introduction This note is being mounted on the Civic Society website to provide some historical background to the planning application, currently under consideration by Chesterfield Borough Council, by the owners of Manor Farm House, 118 The Green, Hasland, Chesterfield, to re-roof the property. The Civic Society would prefer to see traditional Derbyshire stone flags used…

A talk by Rachel Walker, Project Manager, Don Catchment Rivers Trust at 2.30pm in the Suite at St Thomas’ Centre Chatsworth Road Don Catchment Rivers Trust are an independent charitable trust, aiming to improve rivers in the catchment. They are currently working on a project in and around Chesterfield, which includes volunteering to help clean…