Derbyshire Times news bulletin 18th January

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:04 Plans for 75 homes on a hillside above a flood-hit Derbyshire town have received their final go-ahead,

00:10 despite concerns over drainage and sewer capacity.

00:14 At a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting, Councillors approved the plans for 75 homes

00:19 off Chesterfield Road and Quarry Lane in Matlock.

00:22 They approved the Reserve Matters application, tying up the final details of the overall

00:27 outline scheme approved in December 2022, despite clear indications that they wanted

00:32 to reject the scheme due to flooding concerns.

00:36 Councillors felt that flooding, drainage and sewer issues had not been resolved and were

00:40 too significant in an area which is frequently impacted by floodwaters.

00:45 However, Council officers, and a legal note on behalf of the developers, outlined clearly

00:50 that drainage, sewer and flooding could not be considered as part of the decision-making

00:54 process for this Reserve Matters application.

01:00 Whilst Derbyshire residents have been shivering during the recent cold snap, the newest inhabitants

01:04 of Peak Wildlife Park have been right in their element.

01:07 Polar bears Hoak and her cubs Nanook and Norrie, along with Arctic foxes, were playing in their

01:12 new enclosure, 53 Degrees North Polar Bear Reserve, as you can see from this great photo

01:17 taken by Rod Kirkpatrick of RKP Photography.

01:20 If you want to see the polar bears and foxes for yourself, Peak Wildlife Park is running

01:24 half-price entry on all tickets until the end of January.