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We are aware of a number of bin collections outstanding across the district, for which we apologise.
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Our latest Governnanbce & Resources Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on 20 January.
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An extraordinary meeting of the full council on Wednesday, 19 January, to discuss two major housing issues will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Derbyshire Dales is set to have new boundaries for its council wards.
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Our January Licensing & Appeals Sub-Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on 13 January.
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One of the region's leading political figures, Councillor Lewis Rose OBE, has died aged 74.
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Our January Planning Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on 11 January.
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Unfortunately Covid staff absences mean some delays and disruptions to waste and recycling collections are inevitable in the coming days.
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The organiser of free health walks that take place across the beautiful Derbyshire Dales every weekday is appealing for new leaders to step forward.
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The government has today (21 December) announced the introduction of a new grant scheme to support businesses that are experiencing difficulties because of the Omicron variant. Hospitality and leisure premises will benefit from targeted grant support.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is consulting on potential changes that could see up to four times the usual Council Tax charged on long term empty homes.
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Our phone lines are closed from 12 noon on Thursday 24 December, re-opening on Monday 4 January 2021
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Activity days for local children from disadvantaged families will take place at Derbyshire Dales leisure centres in Ashbourne, Matlock and Wirksworth early in 2022.
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Work is to begin early in the New Year to reopen the river bridge in our Matlock Hall Leys Park to Olde Englishe Road, closed recently due to a structural issue.
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On Thursday 23 december our Licensing & Appeals Sub-Committee will consider an application for a Premises Licence for the Femme Fest Music Festival to take place on land owned by Minninglow Grange, Pikehall.
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Local people can jog into January in two of Derbyshire Dales' beautiful larger parks, which are hosting family friendly events.
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There will be no change to usual waste and recycling collection days in the Derbyshire Dales over the Christmas and New Year period.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has won £907,500 grant funding to help raise the energy efficiency rating of local homes.
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Our December Planning Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on Tuesday 14 December.
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Our Civic Chairman Councillor Steve Wain and his support team raised £2,234 for the local Air Ambulance charity over the three days of Matlock's Victorian Christmas Market last weekend.
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BINS update - Tuesday 30th November
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The Environment Agency has issued Flood Warnings for the River Wye at Litton Mill, Ashford in the Water and Wye Bank and Milford at Bakewell.
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Did you visit our Matlock Bath Illuminations in 2021?
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If you're planning to attend the Matlock Victorian Christmas Market or are simply visiting our award-winning Hall Leys Park, please note that we've had to close off the river bridge to Olde Englishe Road due to a structural issue.
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Bakewell war hero Colonel Leslie Wright was honoured this week at an affordable housing development named after him.
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BINS update - Tuesday 30th November
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Your District Council is again backing Small Business Saturday - the national campaign to encourage people to support independent local shops.
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In anticipation of lockdown restrictions easing, your District Council is reintroducing free parking across the district for a month from 1st December.
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SERCO have issued this update about Monday's scheduled collections:
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Serco will restart separate weekly collections of food waste on Derbyshire Dales residents' scheduled collection day from this coming Monday, 29 November.
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Allotments - call for sites
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Our full council meeting in the Wheeldon Hall at the Matlock Highfields School Lumsdale site on Thursday 25 November will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Applauding the achievements one year into Derbyshire Dales District Council's biodiversity project one councillor told a meeting this week: "I want to say how fantastic this is. I love it. Absolutely love it. And I love this council for doing it. I think we're doing brilliantly."
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A legal assessment of a request to Derbyshire Dales District Council to consider compulsory purchase of land currently used by Starkholmes Allotments Association has found that the council has no authority to make a decision on the matter.
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The outcomes of the continuing project to regenerate Matlock's Hurst Farm estate have been described as "absolutely wonderful".
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District councillors have unanimously agreed to the terms of reference of an independent review of the Derbyshire Dales waste and recycling contract to establish Serco’s performance against the requirements of the contract.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is taking part in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) Compliance and Enforcement Competition, funded by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), with support from the Midlands Energy Hub.
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Our Governance & Resources Committee meeting on Thursday 18 November will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Our Community & Environment Committee meeting on Wednesday 17 November will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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BINS UPDATE - Friday 12 November
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Thanks to volunteers from Groundwork Nottingham and local Sustrans volunteers who have been out this week clearing grass from a section of the White Peak Loop at Rowsley sidings.
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We've published a Public Path Diversion Order regarding a public footpath at Mercaston.
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A new memorial arbour to much loved Derbyshire Dales councillor Joyce Pawley has been unveiled in Matlock Bath's picturesque Derwent Gardens.
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Partners are celebrating after winning a £250,000 government grant for the continuing redevelopment of Matlock's Hurst Farm Social Club.
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Great news. Serco and the GMB Union have reached agreement in their pay dispute, which means the end of industrial action.
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Industrial action called by the GMB Union in a pay dispute with Serco continues.
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Industrial action called by the GMB Union in a pay dispute with Serco continues.
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Disposal of public open space at Heathy Lea Recreation Ground, Tansley
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is reintroducing free parking across the district after 2pm for a month from 1st December.
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Serco continue to have catch-up crews operating daily, catching up with any missed domestic waste collections from this week and last week as a priority. Please leave out uncollected domestic waste containers.
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The return to work of union bins staff means that all scheduled domestic waste, recycling and garden waste rounds are operating today (Tuesday 19 October).
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Two Derbyshire Dales parks – Bakewell’s Bath Gardens and Matlock’s Hall Leys Park – have been named among the best green spaces in the UK.
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A reminder that GMB Union bins staff are striking again today, which means we have less than half the usual number of crews operating.
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Derbyshire Dales councillors have unanimously supported a series of actions that further the District Council’s progress towards its 2030 net zero carbon emissions target.
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Strike action called by the GMB Union today means that Serco's non-union crews are focusing on domestic waste collections. There will be no garden waste or recycling collections.
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At a full council meeting last night Derbyshire Dales councillors voted unanimously to initiate an independent review of the waste and recycling collection contract to establish Serco’s performance against the requirements of the contract using qualitative and quantitative methods.
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Industrial action called by the GMB Union is scheduled to escalate to strike days for Serco’s local union staff tomorrow (Friday) and this coming Monday, 18 October.
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It's great to see improvement work has started at Hurst Farm Social Club - the Farmers' View - as part of our Hurst Farm Regeneration Project.
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We continue to be aware of some delays in waste and recycling collections and advise residents that you should leave out any missed containers. Our contractor is working Saturdays to catch up and crews will get to you as soon they can.
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The October full meeting of the District Council will take place at Wirksworth Leisure Centre this Thursday at 6pm.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has partnered with PayByPhone, the global leader in mobile parking payments, to offer drivers the option of cashless parking in its 30 off-street car parks. The new service launched this week.
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Our October Planning Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on Tuesday 12 October.
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It's Customer Service Week and we're celebrating the great work of our Customer Services Team here at the District Council.
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Local people are being invited to have their say on proposals aimed at ensuring public spaces across the Derbyshire Dales remain clean, green and safe places to visit. 
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Derbyshire Dales residents are being warned not to lose their voice on decisions that affect them by making sure their electoral registration details are up to date.
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Our Governance & Resources Committee meeting on Thursday 30 September will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Members of the District Council's Community & Environment Committee will discuss two major items at a meeting next Wednesday, 22 September, which will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is undertaking a Resident Survey this month, asking for views on the services it delivers and how local people feel about the area.
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Four of the Derbyshire Dales' beautiful larger parks are to host family friendly 3k events soon.
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Plans to transform the site of an Ashbourne service station and associated buildings into 37 environmentally sustainable affordable homes have been approved by the District Council's Planning Committee.
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We are aware of some delays in waste and recycling collections and advise residents that you should please leave out any missed containers and our contractor will get to you as soon they can.
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The region’s top autumn event burst back into life at the weekend as crowds cheered the first viewing of this year’s Matlock Bath Illuminations.
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We've published a Public Path Diversion Order regarding a public footpath at Kniveton.
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A year after the coronavirus pandemic swept through Derbyshire, the economic impact is still being felt right across the county, with many businesses still counting the cost and people who lost their jobs still looking for work.
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We've dug into the archives to find a photo of our Ashbourne Recreation Ground with the bandstand there looking in better shape than it has in recent times.
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Our September Planning Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on Tuesday 14 September.
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The last remaining Covid business support grant closes for applications today (Friday 3 September).
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Want to know more about electric cars?
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New boundaries are being proposed for Derbyshire Dales District Council's wards.
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THANK YOU for your patience and understanding in recent weeks. You will be aware that our contractor has been impacted, like many others, by the national shortage of HGV drivers. The recent suspension of garden waste and food waste collections has enabled us to catch up with a huge backlog of missed collections.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is working with volunteers from EMH Care & Support who provide day opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autism. 
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Our phone lines will be closed from 5pm on Friday 28 May until 9am on Tuesday 1 June. Listed below you can find a bin collection timetable and how to report stray dogs and a homeless emergency issue. Matlock Town Hall remains closed to visitors.
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Worthy causes in the Matlock area are being invited to apply to Derbyshire Dales District Council for funds from the historic Ernest Bailey Charity. 
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is working towards its commitment to tackling climate change.
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After being cancelled last year due to the pandemic, Matlock Bath Illuminations return for an eight-week season every weekend from 11 September.
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Derbyshire Dales residents are being warned not to lose their voice on decisions that affect them by making sure their electoral registration details are up to date.
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A plan for 47 town centre apartments across the road from Matlock's Hall Leys Park received enthusiastic support from the District Council's Planning Committee on 10 August.
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A waiting list has been created after all 500 tickets were snapped up for the free screening of Mamma Mia! and the live music festival during Matlock's Welcome Back Weekend on 20 & 21 August.
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Our Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday 10 August will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm.
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Don't get caught out by the waste and recycling catch-up - which begins on Monday 2 August.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's new Civic Chairman has chosen the Air Ambulance Service as his nominated charity for the coming year.
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Serco have some catch-up crews operating tomorrow (Saturday) ahead of the major sweep-up of missed collections starting on Monday, so please leave out any containers
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To enable us to catch up on all missed waste and recycling collections to date - including excess recycling - councillors have agreed to suspend from this coming Monday (2 August) garden waste collections for a period of one month.
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Parking will be free after 2pm throughout the month of September in Derbyshire Dales District Council's car parks in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock, Matlock Bath and Wirksworth - to help stimulate town centres in the recovery from the Covid pandemic.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's upgrade of the Yokecliffe play area in Wirksworth is taking shape during Love Parks Week.
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Love Parks Week is a great time to check on the progress being made at Middleton by Wirksworth Recreation Ground - one of more than 30 parks across the Derbyshire Dales maintained by the District Council.
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The suspension from today of food waste collections as a temporary measure has freed up teams to enable all other scheduled rounds to take place today, including some catch-up and bin delivery crews.
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Keep Britain Tidy will be running their annual Love Parks campaign this summer. This year’s theme is a rallying cry; to Love, Respect, and Protect our parks throughout the summer of 2021 and beyond.
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