The Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership have commissioned Agilysis and Traject (two consultancies specialising in road safety research and delivery) to undertake a full review of the structure, strategy and delivery of road safety in Derbyshire. Part of the research is to understand the community perspective, and to this end are asking councillors (and others) to complete a survey before 31st... Read More »

Continuing Covid related staff absences means our crews will be focusing on household waste collections as a priority at the moment.

Household waste rounds will continue as normal, but for the foreseeable future food waste collections will only take place alongside the household waste rounds.

Garden waste collections are suspended, together with food waste collections that would usually take place alongside... Read More »

Following the recent road closure Luke Lane has now been re-opened.

Please note that Serco's crews will be working tomorrow (Saturday) to catch up with some of the collections missed in recent times due to Covid impacts. Please note that the catch up won't include missed garden waste.

So the message to residents is: Please leave out your containers.

Here's a reminder of the update from earlier today.

Fingers crossed we miss the heavy snow forecast for some parts tomorrow!... Read More »

BINS UPDATE | As previously reported, Covid impacts means no garden rounds are running today - our apologies.

Food waste won't be collected if it's residents' garden week - but it will be collected on general household waste rounds.

For anyone wanting to recycle Christmas trees we will still collect them once garden waste collections return.

On top of resource issues, our crews are also battling snow... Read More »

Information for local groups, societies, clubs, parish and town councils

Welcome to the latest issue of Community News. We've written this for local groups, clubs and parish and town councils, to keep them up-to-date with news from the council. Our aim is to send this newsletter out every fortnight.

If you've any queries please email us at news@derbyshire.gov.uk

Stay at home

Once again we find ourselves... Read More »

During the latest lockdown Ashbourne Community Transport will continue to provide the following essential door-to-door services and our office will be open 0800-1700h daily.

Work, Healthcare and Shopping

Derbyshire Connect local service for villages between Wirksworth and Ashbourne

Moorlands Connect local service for Staffordshire Moorlands residents linking villages with Leek, Ashbourne and Buxton

And... Read More »

Latest news from Derbyshire Dales

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Council Tax scam

Our revenues team have been receiving calls from Council Tax payers in the Ashbourne area about a phone call from a man claiming to be from Derbyshire Dales District Council - advising them that they are to receive a Council Tax refund.

This is a *SCAM* - the call isn't from... Read More »

Littering is not a small problem. It is believed that 62% of people in England drop litter, although only 28% of people admit to it. A shocking 99% of streets in town centres have cigarette litter. It seems that it has gradually become more acceptable for people to drop litter, with over 30 million tonnes of litter collected from the streets in England each year – enough to fill Wembley Stadium... Read More »

WHEN: 15th February 2021 to 19th February 2021 WHERE: Hollington Lane Ednaston at Rose Bank Cottage and 100 metres south from junction with Derby Lane. REASON: To facilitate New Gas Connection. ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Hollington Lane, Derby Lane, Painters Lane, Common Side, Main Road, Ashbourne Road, Long Lane, Main Street, Ednaston and vice versa. Access will be maintained, whenever reasonably possible,... Read More »