Borrowash

A Derbyshire GP surgery wants to expand into a neighbouring house to cater for a “significant” influx in new patients from approved housing developments.

The names of all the candidates standing in the Derbyshire County Council local election on Thursday 1st May 2025 have been announced.

“Shame, shame, shame” Derbyshire Ccouncil leaders were told, in a nod to TV show Game of Thrones, over plans to earmark dozens of acres of Green Belt land for 1,000 houses.

The candidates for the Derbyshire County Council elections on Thursday, May 1st have been announced.

Opening hours at Derbyshire libraries across the borough and county are changing from the end of this month and customers are being encouraged to check the new times before visiting their local branch.

Campaigners opposing development on an area of public open space in Borrowash which is subject to a planning application have been distributing leaflets to local residents referencing that it is 'highly contaminated.'

New proposals have been released, for homes on an area of public green open space that has been used for decades in Borrowash.

The site of a former community hall which was put up for sale and subsequently sold has been cleared and sealed after it became blighted by fly-tippers and break-ins.

A borough councillor has taken to social media to update Borrowash residents on the future of land known locally as 'Harrington Green'.

Derbyshire Police have used the arrival of the Tour of Britain road race in the county to remind both motorists and cyclists of the rules of the road.

Independent councillors representing Ockbrook and Borrowash have taken to their social media page in a call for residents to give a collective 'NO' message to National Grid proposals for pylons through the two villages.

A parish council in the borough is leading a petition to gather signatures to support a proposal to counter National Grid plans to run a new pylon route through the borough.

Ockbrook & Borrowash Parish Councillor Greg Maskalick has crossed the political floor from being "one lone Independent" to join Labour at Erewash Borough Council.

Both MPs elected to seats covering the Erewash borough in the July 4th General Election have, along with a number of other Derbyshire MPs, co-signed a letter to the County Council Leader to protest and appeal against plans to close care homes and day centres.