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The count for local elections here in the Derbyshire Dales takes place on Friday 7 May at Wirksworth Leisure Centre. We published the results as they came in below. 
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We have now paid 10,000 business grants since November, totalling £33.9-million. Of these, Restart Grants comprise £11.47-million (1,503 grants). 
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If any Derbyshire Dales elector applied to us for a postal vote but didn't received their pack in advance of today's local elections, please contact us immediately via our elections helpline 01629 761335.
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We're organising the local elections here in the Derbyshire Dales on 6 May.
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Derbyshire Dales households have started to receive their annual free roll of 52 caddy liners - and deliveries will continue for the rest of April and throughout May.
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Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, if you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family members (including non-EEA citizens) should check if you need to apply to the UK Government’s EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to protect your rights and to continue living in the UK.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has clarified some of the information on an instruction sheet that accompanies postal vote forms issued for the local elections on 6 May.
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As coronavirus lockdown rules ease we have Covid Marshals on duty every weekend to support local businesses and visitors in Derbyshire Dales hotspots.
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Your District Council has expressed concern that its ability to hold remote meetings of the council and its committees ends soon.
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Postal vote forms for the local elections on 6 May are landing at homes across the Derbyshire Dales today (23 April) and over the weekend for anyone who applied before 1 April.
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It’s our job as the local licensing authority to ensure food and drink premises, including pubs, that are operating outdoors are doing so with Covid secure measures in place.
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After being restricted to essential stalls only during the latest lockdown our Bakewell Stall market is back on its usual two sites in Granby Road and the Market Place today.
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A meeting of our Full Council on Thursday 22 April will be broadcast live on YouTube.
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We've published a Public Path Diversion Order regarding the restricted byway long part of old lane, Wirksworth
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is working with local people to address an alarming decline in wildflowers on local road verges and open spaces. 
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The beautiful Derbyshire Dales is all set to be in the pink of condition this spring.
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A busy meeting of our Planning Committee on 20 April will be broadcast live on YouTube.
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A meeting of the District Council's Community & Environment Committee on Wednesday 7 April will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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We mourn with the nation Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured here on a Royal visit to Matlock with the Queen in July 2014.
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Latest bin update
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Local leisure centres operated by Freedom Leisure in partnership with your District Council will reopen their doors on 12 April in the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Local people are encouraged to get involved in a special free Easter Explorer Event in Ashbourne Recreation Ground on Wednesday 14 April from 1-3pm.
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A meeting of the District Council's Community & Environment Committee on Wednesday 7 April will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Your District Council has announced our intention to run Matlock Bath Illuminations on a limited basis in September and October this year, while constantly reviewing the ongoing coronavirus situation in the coming months.
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Easter weekend arrangements
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When our new garden waste collection scheme starts next week please note that subscribers’ usual collection day will not change initially.
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The toilets at Monsal Head Car Park reopened on Saturday.
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Throughout the last year Derbyshire Dales District Council has administered grant schemes to help businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Council support and funding - including your District Council's own Local Projects Fund - is helping children create a community garden in Darley Dale's Church Road.
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As part of an ongoing improvement programme targeting paths and roadways on land maintained by the District Council, we've upgraded and resurfaced paths in the Broadwalk (Tippin) Recreation Ground in Darley Dale.
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A special meeting of our Community & Environment Committee on Thursday 25 March has been called to note reports from the Examiner on Neighbourhood Plans for Ashbourne and Brailsford.
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To stand a chance of being part of the new garden waste scheme from the start please subscribe now.
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On 18 March we're launching a new Cloud-based telephone platform - so please bear with us as the new system beds in as there could be some disruption during the switchover.
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Your District Council has invested £250,000 grant funding into an innovative project to upgrade historic almshouses in Matlock.
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Our revenues team have been receiving calls from Council Tax payers in the Wirksworth area about phone calls and emails claiming to advise of a Council Tax refund.
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There's an interesting report at our full council meeting this Thursday (18 March) advising Members about proposals being advocated by Peaks and Dales Rail to re-open the railway line from Matlock to Manchester.
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In the Council Tax envelope that will be posted to all households across the Derbyshire Dales from Monday (15 March) you'll find your resident parking concession permit for the coming year.
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Food recycling returns to its usual weekly collection frequency from this coming Monday following disruptions caused by Covid impacts and bad weather during the first part of the year.
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Please note that there's a key reason that latest figures show Derbyshire Dales has the Covid-19 highest infection in England.
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Our Governance & Resources Committee meeting on Thursday 11 march will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm.
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A reminder that garden waste collections, paused due to Covid impacts on collection crews, will restart on your scheduled day from 15 March onwards.
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Your District Council has secured a £734,006 government grant through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) to replace and upgrade ageing plant and equipment at Ashbourne Leisure Centre.
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Derbyshire Dales residents will pay an extra 2.33% for the District Council’s share of their Council Tax in the coming year.
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Our monthly Planning Committee on 9 March will be broadcast live on YouTube from 6pm.
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The District Council's Annual Budget Meeting on Thursday 4 March will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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It is with deep regret that we announce the death of a much loved Derbyshire Dales councillor, Joyce Pawley, who represented Masson ward, including the parishes of Bonsall, Cromford and Matlock Bath.
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Shrovetide Walk to get much-needed upgrade
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Derbyshire Dales residents and businesses are invited to have your say on the District Council's 2021/22 spending proposals and council tax.
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Parish and town councils, neighbouring authorities, developers and landowners are being urged to have their say on a new Climate Change Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).
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Punters were discovered hiding in a kitchen as police raided a Derbyshire Dales pub operating illegally during the Covid lockdown.
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A shout-out for our brilliant southern area Clean & Green Team, who have been working particularly hard to make Ashbourne look even more amazing in recent times.
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Our Community & Environment Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube on 10 February from 6pm.
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Our latest Planning Committee meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube at 6pm on Tuesday 9 February.
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Our councillors voted unanimously at a meeting on Thursday night (4 February) to relax eligibility criteria for the discretionary Test & Trace support payments scheme.
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Households across the Derbyshire Dales will be asked to take part in Census 2021 this spring.
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At an extraordinary meeting of the Council on Thursday 4 February will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
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We've joined Government buildings across the nation in flying the Union Flag at half mast at our Matlock Town Hall HQ as a mark of respect and appreciation for Captain Sir Tom Moore - a beacon of hope who lifted us when we needed it most, inspiring people all over the world.
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Statement from Derbyshire Dales District Council Leader Councillor Garry Purdy:
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New boundaries are being proposed for council wards here in the Derbyshire Dales.
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Letters from Derbyshire Dales District Council will be landing at around 1,000 local businesses today (1 February) urging them to apply for support grants available during COVID-19 restrictions.
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Over the past two weeks our Environmental Health team have visited supermarkets and larger stores in the Derbyshire Dales to ensure they are Covid Secure.
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A full meeting of the District Council on Thursday 21 January, unanimously approved a Motion welcoming the re-arranged COP26 Climate Change Conference which is to take place in Glasgow at the beginning of November.
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The Amber weather warning across the whole of the county means communities across the Derbyshire Dales need to be on flood alert over the coming days.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's neighbourhoods staff will be knocking on doors in flood affected areas this Friday to check on the welfare of local people.
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A full meeting of the District Council this Thursday, to be broadcast live on our YouTube channel, will include a Motion welcoming the re-arranged COP26 Climate Change Conference which is to take place in Glasgow at the beginning of November.
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The directors of public health in Derby and Derbyshire have issued a plea to the public to follow regulations as the NHS deals with busiest period so far during the pandemic.
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The District Council's Governance & Resources Committee on 14 January will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
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House-to-house & street collections policy consultation
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Contractors move onto site on 12 January to start work on the £830,000 Pavilion in the Park project in Ashbourne Recreation Ground.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council have praised NHS Derby and Derbyshire's "commitment and dedication" in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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Applications to this meeting include a plan to install solar panels on a south facing roof slope in Matlock's Hurds Hollow and the retention of a vintage crane advertisement and signage on a storage building in Derby Road, Doveridge.
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Government explains on its website what a Covid support bubble is.
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Going into this lockdown weekend please remember it's against the law to meet socially with family or friends unless they are part of your household or support bubble.
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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.
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Last week's ice and snow in some areas of the Dales mean our bin crews are still catching up with some collections - our apologies.
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The Prime Minister has tonight (4 January) announced a new national lockdown.
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We'll recycle your real Christmas tree on your green/recycling day between Monday 4 January and Friday 29 January.
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31 DECEMBER UPDATE | Ice and snow in some parts of the Dales are creating an issue for our bin collection teams.
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Central government has moved all of Derbyshire - including the Derbyshire Dales - into Covid Tier 4 from one minute past midnight on Thursday 31 December.
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Here's what the Government's new Covid Christmas restrictions mean if you live in a Tier 1, 2 or 3 area (Derbyshire Dales remains in Tier 3).
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has received Government funding to recruit marshals, aimed at helping support people in local town centres to continue to adhere to the Covid-19 rules.
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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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The whole of Derbyshire, including the Dales, has been put in the highest Covid Tier level (3) by the Government from 2 December.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has launched a series of initiatives to help vulnerable families in the district over the Christmas period. 
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In the beautiful valley, just north of Matlock, work has begun on 57 new affordable homes.
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Derbyshire Dales residents have been reminded that the Christmas and New Year bank holidays mean some bin collection days change over the festive fortnight.
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The project to refurbish Matlock's Hurst Farm Social Club has taken another step forward thanks to support from Chevin Homes.
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It’s Small Business Saturday UK on 5 December – and your District Council is again backing the national campaign to encourage people to support independent local shops.
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Our December Planning Committee next Tuesday, 8 December, will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
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The whole of Derbyshire, including the Dales, has been put in the highest Covid Tier level (3) by the Government from 2 December.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has given the green light to move ahead with the next stage of work to enable development of a new cinema in Matlock in its under-utilised market hall, firing the starting gun in the Council’s fightback against the economic impact of Covid-19.
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Our four Derbyshire Dales leisures centres in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock and Wirksworth will reopen on 2 December.
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A busy full meeting of the District Council on Thursday 26 November will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is inviting local people to comment on its draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). 
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Your District Council's Sports Development Team is a finalist in this year's prestigious APSE Service Awards.
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Notice is hereby given that Derbyshire Dales District Council proposes, in accordance with s.123 Local Government Act 1972, to dispose of approximately 2,400m2 of land at Hall Leys Park, Matlock, DE4 3AR, together with ancillary rights over neighbouring land. The proposed disposal is by way of lease granted to Matlock Boats and Trains Ltd.
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