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Following the disruption of services since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, an Extraordinary Meeting of the District Council will be held on Wednesday 12 August.
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We now have the resources to re-start bulky waste collections, which were paused during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Our Planning Committee will meet again virtually on 11 August - and the meeting will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm (watch below).
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The Government has announced that three Covid-19 business grant funds will close soon - so it's the last chance for Derbyshire Dales companies to apply for support.
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Calver ward member Councillor Helen Froggatt is Derbyshire Dales District Council’s new civic leader. 
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With garden waste collections now operating to schedule across the Derbyshire Dales during the continuing coronavirus pandemic, local residents are being reminded there will be a charge for the service from April next year. 
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Although leisure centres are allowed to open from 25 July, Freedom Leisure has announced the centres in Derbyshire Dales will remain closed for the time being.
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Food waste collections in the Derbyshire Dales will return to weekly from Monday 27 July. 
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Our monthly Bakewell Farmers' Market returns this Saturday (25 July) after being paused from the start of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Our delayed Annual Council Meeting will take place virtually on Wednesday 22 July - to be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Our first virtual Planning Meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm on Tuesday 21 July.
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£100,000 funding from Derbyshire Dales District Council has transformed a number of "non-traditional" homes at Matlock's Hurst Farm.
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Our sports development team have leapt at the opportunity for even more exercise than usual.
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The Electoral Registration Canvass regulations have changed this year - so please look out for an email from us prompting you to confirm your electoral register details are correct and to identify any potential new electors.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's full council meets on 15 July to complete business that was withdrawn or adjourned earlier this month.
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Join in with the 100 million visits to UK parks this #LoveParks Week (12 - 21 July) and tell the world why you love your park.
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Following the latest Government announcements a number of additional business sectors are able to reopen over the next few days. 
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The Derbyshire Dales Covid-19 Discretionary Grant Fund has been further extended to include more small businesses struggling to survive due to the Coronavirus pandemic.    
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As agreed, the reopening of Derbyshire Dales District Council’s public toilets has been reviewed after two full weeks of operation - and from this Friday (10 July) opening hours will be extended.
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Our outdoor fitness classes bounce back in Ashbourne this week on 8 July.
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We are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Bosnian Genocide during Srebrenica Memorial Week which began on 5 July, by joining other local authorities across the UK in publishing this statement of support on our website.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has received the Team of the Year prize at the prestigious 2020 Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) Awards.
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Eighteen years since we last controlled Council Housing, Derbyshire Dales District Council has voted unanimously to once again deliver its own homes on its own sites, buying empty homes and through private housing developments.
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Our Clean & Green team have been working hard to prepare the 32 play areas we operate across the district to reopen from 4 July on a trial basis.
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As more businesses prepare to reopen their doors to the public from this Saturday, 4 July, Derbyshire Dales District Council is ready to help where needed.
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The deadline for Derbyshire Dales businesses impacted by Covid-19 to apply for discretionary grant funding is 5pm on 7 July.
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It's a busy agenda for a full meeting of the District Council on Thursday, 2 July, to be broadcast live at 6pm on our YouTube channel.
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All of this week we've been flying the Armed Forces Flag at our Matlock Town Hall ahead of Armed Forces Day tomorrow (27 June).
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With massive regret Derbyshire Dales District Council has taken the decision to cancel this year's Matlock Bath Illuminations, the annual autumn event we have operated since 1984.
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The Derbyshire Dales Covid-19 Discretionary Grant Fund has been extended to include more small businesses – opening tomorrow (23 June) for a further two weeks.
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We make no apology for repeating our appeal to everyone visiting Derbyshire Dales beauty spots this weekend to please show *RESPECT*.
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On Wednesday night (17 June) Matlock Town Hall was illuminated to underline our commitment to equality and diversity.
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All of the political groups on Derbyshire Dales District Council have signed up to a joint statement calling on central government to ensure that the needs of local communities are fully considered as coronavirus lockdown eases.
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Travellers encamped in Bakewell have been served with an eviction Order, granted by a Court earlier today.
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The reopening of public toilets and our award-winning Bakewell stall market was discussed by the Council's Emergency Committee on 11 June.
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We were made aware last night (8 June) by one of our own Ashbourne councillors that approximately 150 locals had gathered by The Green Man & Black's Head sign in the town.
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Eligible smaller businesses in the Derbyshire Dales struggling to survive due to the coronavirus shutdown can apply for new discretionary grant funding from Monday 8 June.
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Following a spate of damaging recent fires, we're supporting the Peak District National Park's announcement that barbecues and open fires are not permitted anywhere in open countryside throughout the Peak District.
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WATCH | Our Emergency Committee at 6pm on Thursday 4 June will be streamed live on YouTube.
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We are appealing to visitors to show more respect after the Derbyshire Dales' main parks were left strewn with litter last weekend.
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We have today (1 June) served legal papers on Travellers currently camped in Bakewell.
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Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK – and it’s taking place from 1-7 June 2020.
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The bins situation today (3 August) is that all scheduled household waste and recycling collections are happening. Food is now being collected weekly again, but two smaller garden waste rounds are not happening. Our apologies.
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At close of business on Sunday 2 August we had applied £31.02-million in Government coronavirus business grant payments to 2,697 accounts.
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The 420-space Agricultural Business Centre (ABC) car park in Bakewell has been closed by Derbyshire Dales District Council to protect the site.
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We're appealing for residents' continued patience and understanding when garden waste collections restart from Monday 1 June.
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Our new Emergency Committee met for the first time on 21 May, agreeing to put in place measures that will enable garden waste collections to re-start in the district from 1 June.
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Derbyshire leaders have joined together to ask visitors to respect local communities this coming bank holiday weekend and to consider if they could come later in the year instead.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's 11 public toilets will remain closed until the authority can guarantee the safety of users and cleaning staff.
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Our phone lines will be closed from 5pm on Friday 22 May until 9am on Tuesday 26 May.
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The Government has announced ‘top-up’ discretionary grant funding targeting small businesses with fixed property-related costs that have fallen between gaps in the existing COVID-19 Business Support Grant schemes.
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Charges will be reintroduced in our pay and display car parks this weekend following the Government's decision to relax coronavirus travel restrictions.
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The Leader of Derbyshire Dales District Council is asking would-be visitors to think twice before making a trip to one of the most beautiful regions in England.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council held its first virtual meeting on Tuesday, 12 May.
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Friday 8 May marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day – the official end of the Second World War in Europe, and we want everyone to be able to commemorate this special day safely.
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We've amended the criteria for one of our key grants during the coronavirus crisis.
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As we prepare to clap again for the NHS and key workers tonight (Thursday 30 April), we've put up banners on land we own in all five Derbyshire Dales towns to say *thank you*.
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A minute’s silence at 11am today (28 April) will pay tribute to key workers who have died from Covid-19, as part of International Workers’ Memorial Day.
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Exercise videos targeting every age group and fitness level are being posted online daily by our sports development team.
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With enormous regret we have made the decision to cancel our Cow Shed Beer Festival - scheduled for 19 & 20 June - due to the coronavirus crisis.
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We're appealing to households across the Derbyshire Dales to think of others and to not light bonfires during the current coronavirus lockdown.
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Easter weekend arrangements
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Our message to anyone contemplating a visit to the Derbyshire Dales during the coronavirus lockdown is clear: Don't even go there!
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GOOD NEWS! From 15 April Serco, our waste collections & recycling partners, aim to resume normal collections of recyclable waste although garden waste collections will remain temporarily suspended.
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We added an Easter egg as a special gift to food boxes we delivered today to some of the people in most need here in the Derbyshire Dales due to the coronavirus crisis.
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A Derbyshire Dales manufacturing business played its part in today's opening of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital at London's ExCeL centre.
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We appreciate what you really want right now is for us to collect your recycling. We'll be announcing a coronavirus impact contingency plan soon - but in the meantime you can create more space in your recycling container by squashing and flattening materials.
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We're working hard and fast to deliver to local small businesses £35-million in coronavirus impact grants and rate relief announced by Government.
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At the end of another financial year Derbyshire Dales District Council is donating more than £3,000 in unspent grants from 2019/20 to two local food banks.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council recognises that in these unprecedented times many of our residents and businesses will need financial support.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has given notice that it intends to transfer land known as The Pinfold at Thatchers Lane, Tansley, to Tansley Parish Council.
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Your District Council has today removed business rates bills for local shops and leisure businesses affected by coronavirus measures.
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Councils across Derbyshire are appealing to property owners that might have habitable property available for individuals or households that find themselves with nowhere to live right now.
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Although our car parks remain open for the benefit of Derbyshire Dales residents who are working from home or making essential visits as set out by Government, we will from this evening put up clear signage asking motorists if they need to be there and to follow current Government coronavirus measures.
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Bin collections here in the Derbyshire Dales are being impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Derbyshire County Council's  Covid-19 Community Response Unit is  now live.
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We've informed stallholders that we have taken the decision to cancel tomorrow's Bakewell Stallmarket (Monday 23 March).
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To protect our bin crews and maintain waste collection services here in the Dales, please follow the guidance issued by Government if you are self-isolating or displaying symptoms of coronavirus:
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An Extraordinary Meeting of Derbyshire Dales District Council was called at short notice on Thursday 19 March during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Look out for the Spring 2020 edition of our Dales Matters publication dropping through your letterboxes with 2020/21 Council Tax bills - and view the digital version here.
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Derbyshire Dales residents' 2020/21 Council Tax bills are in the post - and in the *same envelope* look out for this year’s resident parking concession permit.
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Items up for debate at our Governance & Resources Committee meeting on Thursday 12 March included a request from Brailsford allotment holders for the council to compulsorily purchase land in the village.
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Bakewell Swimming Pool and Gym, operated by Freedom Leisure on behalf of your District Council, has undergone a range of exciting renovations over the winter period.
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The ‘Arc Adventure’ soft play at the Arc Leisure Matlock was a finalist in the Towards an Active Derbyshire awards.
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The District Council's share of your Council Tax in 2020/21 has been approved unanimously across all political and independent groups.
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The March meeting of our Planning Committee was broadcast live on our YouTube channel on Tuesday 3 March.
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Here are the latest updates on coronavirus - including our own service arrangements.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has adopted new planning guidelines which set out the expectation that developments should contribute towards local infrastructure needs.
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It was a busy half-term week on Matlock's Hurst Farm, where your District Council and partners organised two skip days to enable residents to clear backlogs of unwanted items.
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Your District Council is proud to be once again playing its part in this year's Royal Shrovetide Football.
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A Flood Warning issued on Monday evening (24 February) on the River Derwent at Darley Dale was removed just before 8am on Tuesday.
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A new Flood Warning issued at 9am on Monday for the River Wye at Ashford in the Water was removed later in the day.
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Flood Warnings were issued by the Environment Agency on the Rivers Wye and Derwent on Sunday 23 February.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council on 19th February 2020 resolved to 'make' the Darley Dale Neighbourhood Plan
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The February meeting of our Community & Environment Committee was broadcast live on our YouTube channel at 6pm on Wednesday 19 February.
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Our award-winning Bakewell stallmarket GOES AHEAD as scheduled this Monday (17 February).
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Fairtrade Fortnight 2020 runs from 24 February to 8 March, highlighting the need to look after the food we love and the people who grow it.
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Storm Dennis is forecast to bring very strong winds and heavy rain to the county again this weekend - so now is the time to prepare if your home or business is at risk from flooding.
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A successful apprenticeship programme has prompted your District Council to commit to seven new apprentices for summer 2020.
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Storm Ciara has forced the cancellation of our Monday stallmarket in Bakewell and there were Flood Warnings on some local waterways, with flooding likely, and road disruptions too.
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