Cllr Alex Dale

The Leader and Deputy Leader of the Conservative main opposition Group at North East Derbyshire District Council have written to the new Labour Council Leader to urge him to join them in condemning Sir Keir Starmer’s recent comments about building on the green belt.

North East Derbyshire District Council’s Conservative Group has reaffirmed its commitment to opposing any fracking applications which may come forward locally in the area.

Local MPs and Council leaders have responded to the announcement that both North East Derbyshire and Chesterfield are to be placed in the high tier (tier 2) of the covid alert system from midnight on Friday night / Saturday morning. 

Leaders and MPs across North East Derbyshire are uniting to urge local residents to be as vigilant as possible as coronavirus cases, and the number of people hospitalised at the Royal, continue to rise in the District.  

Local MP Lee Rowley and Dronfield’s County Councillors Alex Dale and Angelique Foster have welcomed the news that Derbyshire County Council has doubled the stretch of the bypass they are intending to resurface in the next couple of weeks in a bid to reduce noise levels.

Dronfield’s MP and two County Councillors have strongly welcomed Derbyshire County Council’s decision to resurface the bypass to tackle noise issues which was announced yesterday.