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Hurst House Chesterfield Schools Foundation Response
The Charity Commission have delivered their final response to the complaints by the Civic Society onthe administration of the Chesterfield Schools Foundation, and the upkeep and future of the main asset, Hurst House. This will be covered in the August Newsletter, but we are also publishing the full response here and making it available for…
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Chesterfield Market Place Consultation
Chesterfield Civic Society has responded to the request for public consultation on the remodelling of the market, and the response can be read below. Download the document here
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Chesterfield Hotel
The Civic Society has recently responded to Planning Application CHE/21/464/OUT, and the full text can be read below. The document can be downloaded here
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Presentations to Groups
Our Chairman Philip Riden has recently given a very successful Zoom presentation on the Civic Society to Chesterfield Rotary Club, and the text of the presentation is posted here for general interest. We are happy to give similar talks to any groups who would like to know more about the Civic Society and its work,…
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Chesterfield cycle superhighway issues: April 2021 update
Chesterfield and District Civic Society remain concerned about various aspects of Derbyshire County Council’s proposed cycle superhighway in Chesterfield. This post includes a download of the text of recent emails sent to and from our chairman, Philip Riden, to Derbyshire County Councillor Simon Spencer (Deputy Leader, Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport & Infrastructure) over the…
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Public consultation issues: proposed cycle superhighway between Chatsworth Road and the Royal Hospital
The Civic Society remains concerned about certain aspects of Derbyshire County Council’s proposals for a cycle superhighway between Chatsworth Road and the Chesterfield Royal Hospital. These concerns include publicity given to the scheme, where there is anecdotal evidence that not all householders affected had been sent a notice by the council. On 26 March 2021…
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Civic Society seeks answers about old NEDDC offices
Chesterfield and District Civic Society is seeking information about the future of the former North East Derbyshire District Council offices on Saltergate. We have written to the believed owners of the site and currently vacant buildings – Bournemouth based McCarthy & Stone Ltd. – to find out what they now propose to do. To read…
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Proposed Chesterfield Cycle Super Highway – media statement
The Civic Society has responded to the comments by Derbyshire County Council, quoted in the Derbyshire Times of 15 April 2021, concerning the western end of the proposed cycle superhighway. Read the full statement by clicking on the download button below
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Response to Derbyshire County Council’s proposed extension of the Hipper Valley Trail
The download below is the Chesterfield and District Civic Society’s response to Derbyshire County Council’s plans for an east-west walking and cycling route for Chesterfield – an extension and re-work of the so-called Hipper Valley Trail. Costed at just over £1.6 million the route will go from the A619 junction with Holymoor Road, along Chatsworth…
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CHESTERFIELD TRAIN STATION MASTERPLAN
Plans to transform the area between the town centre and Chesterfield train station were out for public consultation, closing on 8 March 2021. Amongst a number of other local organisations the civic society has submitted its views on the scheme, which has been put together by Chesterfield Borough Council, working with AECOM and Whittam Cox…
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