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Soap Heartthrob to star in Panto at Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre

13th March 2017

Popular soap star and ‘Dancing on Ice’ champion Sam Attwater is set to glide onto the stage at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, this Christmas when he stars in The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan.

Bringing a touch of swagger and cutting a dashing figure Sam will play the role of the ultimate panto baddie, Captain Hook.

Sam has been a regular fixture on our screens since his first foray into soap land in 2009. After completing his professional training at the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Sam landed his first TV gig playing Ricky in the popular Chester based soap Hollyoaks. Following a stint on the hit show, Sam became a regular on Eastenders, stepping onto the infamous Albert Square as the effortlessly cool East End bad boy and ladies’ man Leon Small. A student, who often bunked off school in favour of the boxing ring, Leon quickly earned a reputation as one of the square’s biggest womanizers, becoming involved in some of the soap’s biggest storylines in the process.

From the dramas of the East End to Dancing on Ice, Sam took part in the sixth series of the smash-hit skating show. Over the ten week series Sam rung up top scores with the all-star judging panel and the viewing public alike, going on to spin, arabesque and butterfly jump his way into the final where he and his partner Brianne performed The Bolero in front of Jane Torvil and Christopher Dean and over nine million viewers at home. They were crowned the winners of the popular programme with this final passionate performance winning them the hearts –and votes – of the public.

Among his many theatrical credits are leading performances in End of the Rainbow, Dreamboats and Petticoats, The Rocky Horror Show and Jason and the Argonauts to name just a few. With time spent treading the boards, in addition to his film work and a guest appearance in the popular ITV drama Mr Selfridge Sam has never been out of the limelight since he took his first steps onto the Hollyoaks set.

Paul Holman, Pantomime producer, said:-

“I am thrilled to have such a talented and accomplished actor taking the lead in this year’s pantomime. His years of showbiz experience will bring flair to this fabulous festive production.”

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan opens on Saturday 2^nd December 2017 and plays till Tuesday 2^nd January 2018. Tickets are available to purchase from Monday 3^rd April from the box office (01246 345 222) and online.

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Hosein commits future to Derbyshire

13th March 2017

Wicketkeeper-batsman Harvey Hosein has signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at Derbyshire until the end of the 2019 season.

The Cricket Derbyshire Academy in partnership with the University of Derby graduate has featured in 18 first-class fixtures since making his debut in 2014, scoring 713 runs at an average of 32.

The 20-year-old enjoyed an impressive end to the 2016 season, hitting 423 runs in four Specsavers County Championship games, including a career-best 108, at an average of 105.

The gloveman has also appeared in three List A matches and five Twenty20 fixtures for Derbyshire.

Kim Barnett, Director of Cricket, said:-

“Harvey is yet another quality young player we have and we’re delighted to secure his future at the Club.

“He made some impressive contributions last year, when he was given the opportunity, and he will once again get plenty of chances to show what he can do this summer.

“Harvey is certainly one for the future, and working with Gary Wilson will help him improve his own game, but he’s also a player we can turn to this summer with both the bat and gloves.”

Hosein added:-

“I’m thrilled to sign a new deal at Derbyshire and commit my future to the Club.

“I’m pleased with how I finished the last couple of months of last season and now I want to push on and make major contributions to help Derbyshire win games of cricket this summer.”

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Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop Announced as a Finalist in the Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2017

10th March 2017

The Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop has been announced as a finalist for Farm Shop of the Year in the prestigious Farm Shop & Deli awards celebrating the best in class in the specialist independent retail sector.

Up for the national title of ‘farm shop of the year, large retailer finalist’, the Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop has been selected following evaluation, deliberation, secret visits and mystery shops by the judging panel of industry experts.

The category winners will be revealed at the Farm Shop & Deli Show, NEC, Birmingham at 3.15pm on Monday 24th April 2017 along with the coveted Farm Shop & Deli Retailer of the Year.

André Birkett, Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop Manager, said:-

“We are extremely proud to be selected as a finalist for the award. Having the hard work and commitment of the team recognised in such a way is very rewarding. I believe that the quality of our produce and our dedication to customer service have played a large part in this achievement.”

Chair of Judges Nigel Barden, Co Chair of Judges Elaine Lemm, Holly Shackleton, Editor of Speciality Food and Jamie Hall, Neal’s Yard Dairy are just some of the 2017 Farm Shop & Deli Awards judges who faced the difficult task of whittling down the category finalists this year.

Nigel Barden, Chair of Judges, said:-

“It’s a joyous journey visiting the awards’ finalists around the UK and, with the standards being so high, it’s the attention to detail that really makes the winners stand out. It’s also apparent when staff have been well trained and crucially enjoy their work. Inspired, informed and enthusiastic folk behind the counter make a shopping experience so much better. It’ll be a privilege to hand over the accolades at the Farm Shop & Deli Show on 24th April and to witness the look on the winners’ faces that clearly illustrates how all their teams’ hard work has paid off.”

Now in its fourth year, the awards celebrate the very best standards, levels of service, product innovation and community involvement in the sector.

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Strong strategic vision for the Midlands welcomed by D2N2

10th March 2017

A strong vision for the Midlands’ economic and transport future – laid out in two important strategy publications – has been welcomed by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.

Coming the day after the 2017 Budget the publication of the Midlands Engine Strategy and the Midlands Connect Strategy anticipate major investment, to generate regional growth, to benefit all communities.

Chancellor Philip Hammond was in Dudley, West Midlands, this week to launch the Midlands Engine Strategy, a copy of which can be found online here.

The Midlands Engine is a partnership of ten Local Enterprise Partnerships – including D2N2 (which promotes economic and jobs’ growth across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire) – local authorities, businesses, and education providers; aiming to create 300,000 jobs and add £34billion to the region’s economy by 2030.

The Midlands Engine Strategy aims to help the region address productivity barriers, enable businesses to create more jobs, and to export more goods and services.

It will do this by focusing on the five key objectives of:

Improving connectivity to raise productivity.
Strengthening skills to make the Midlands more attractive to businesses.
Supporting enterprise and innovation to foster a more dynamic regional economy.
Promoting the Midlands nationally and internationally, to maximise trade and investment in the region.
Enhancing quality of life to attract and retain skilled workers, and to foster the local tourist economy.

Practical steps in the Strategy to achieve these objectives include:

Plans to invest £392million across the Midlands through the Government’s Local Growth Fund.
£20million for a Midlands Skills Challenge fund, to help close the skills gap between the Midlands and the rest of the country.
A £250million Midlands Engine Investment Fund, which from this spring (2017) will provide financing to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow.
A Midlands Trade and Investment Programme, to help position the Midlands Engine on the global stage. This will include export events in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East; and the presentation of a Midlands Engine Investment Portfolio at MIPIM 2017 – the annual global property investment exhibition to be held in Cannes, France, next week – which will set out the most exciting investor opportunities in the Midlands region.

Philip Hammond MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said:-

“Underpinning the Midlands Engine Strategy, and crucial to its success, is close engagement with local partners – Local and Combined Authorities, universities, businesses and Local Enterprise Partnerships.”

He added:-

“Working together, we can achieve our ambitious vision for a Midlands’ economy that works for everyone.”

Improving transport connectivity across the region, and between it and the rest of the UK and the world, is essential to carrying forward the ambitions of the new Midlands Engine Strategy – a fact recognised in the Midlands Connect Strategy.

Midlands Connect is a partnership of 28 local authorities across the East and West Midlands, businesses, ten LEPs (again including D2N2), Network Rail, Highways England, HS2 Ltd and associate member the Department for Transport.

The Midlands Connect Strategy: Powering the Midlands Engine report also published this week is the result of 18 months of extensive consultation. It proposes an ambitious 25 year programme of investment in strategic road and rail improvements, to reduce congestion and improve journey times across the Midlands, to aid its economic growth. A full copy of the transport Strategy can be read online here.

Priorities spelled out in the Midlands Connect Strategy include:

A52 improvements between Derby and Nottingham, including to enable access to the future East Midlands HS2 Hub Station at Toton, and to improve the route to East Midlands Airport. These plans are to be delivered by the end of the 2020s, to improve east-west connectivity.

Measures to relieve traffic pressures affecting the central Midlands motorway network, including on the A42 and A5 roads.

A’ smarter’ approach, to make personal and commercial travel across the Midlands’ areas and between different modes of transport simpler. This would include smart and digital travel ‘tickets’ and applications, and trials for connected passenger and freight autonomous vehicles.

Commenting on the Midlands Connect Strategy today Peter Richardson, Chair of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, added:-

“With the commitment to complete HS2 and an interchange at the East Midlands Hub in Nottinghamshire, and potentially a high speed station and maintenance facility at Chesterfield by early 2033, an evidence-based and considered plan of action is needed to make the most of the opportunity which the HS2 network presents to communities and businesses throughout our area.

“Developing the projects set out in the Midlands Connect Strategy will stimulate the economy further, and give the vast talent pool across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire greater access to jobs and businesses throughout the Midlands, from east to west and north to south.

“We are in full support of flagship projects such as the Midland Main Line upgrade and electrification; and the development of the Newark Northern bypass. These could increase the speed of journeys across our region, giving businesses and their employees better access to the talent across the region; especially in the triangle of cities which is Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. The development plans for the A52, including a mass transit strategy and access to the HS2 Hub, will also have a major impact on our area. If we are to see the true potential of all our communities in the Midlands we need these recommendations to be acted on as soon as possible.”

Sir John Peace – who is Chair of both the Midlands Engine and Midlands Connect – said today:-

“We have come together across a wider geography than has been attempted before, to deliver a collective view of what the Midlands can achieve.

“We are confident in our physical, economic, commercial and cultural assets – and in our people – and our potential to contribute more to the success of UK plc.

“We believe that with the right investments in place the Midlands can raise its performance to match global cities like Singapore, Shanghai and New York. We can grow faster and generate more wealth, helping the government to create an economy that serves everyone well.”

Copies of the Midlands Engine Strategy can be found online here and the Midlands Connect Strategy: Powering the Midlands Engine report here.

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Fifth Annual Celebrate Chesterfield is a sell-out

9th March 2017

The fifth annual Celebrate Chesterfield event is set to see 300 business people, 50 more than at last year, attend The Winding Wheel on Wednesday 22 March.

Organised by Destination Chesterfield, in association with the University of Derby, Rupert Carr, Director of Birchall Properties, the company behind the £400m Peak Resort, will update the room on developments at the UK’s largest leisure resort.

In addition to Carr other keynote speakers taking to the stage at the sell-out event include, Huw Bowen, Chief Executive of Chesterfield Borough Council, Dr Peter Dewhurst from the University of Derby, and Traci Limb and Paul Dodgson from the latest company to invest in Markham Vale, Ferdinand Bilstein.

Dom Stevens, Destination Chesterfield manager commented: “Once again, the Celebrate Chesterfield event is fully subscribed, proving the town’s business community is actively involved with all that is happening in Chesterfield. With so many regionally and nationally high profile developments happening in Chesterfield, it really is the town investors are starting to look at. It is a very exciting time.”

This year Celebrate Chesterfield is sponsored by the University of Derby, Markham Vale and Central Technology.

To keep-up-to-date with the announcements as they happen at Celebrate Chesterfield 2017, follow Destination Chesterfield on Twitter (@DesChes) using #Celebrate17. For more information about Chesterfield’s developments visit: http://www.chesterfield.co.uk/developments/

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NGS Macmillan Cancer Unit taking shape

9th March 2017

The Chesterfield Royal Hospital and Macmillan Cancer Support has released a new video taking us inside the new NGS Macmillan Unit as it begins to take shape. The new video provides a sense of the geography of the building and the space the unit will allow.

The £9million development will bring all of the Trust’s cancer services together under one roof to revolutionise the way cancer care is delivered in the hospital. Work started in November 2015 and it’s expected that the building will open soon.

The structure is virtually complete and many of the rooms have been sectioned off as work continues on the building’s internal aspects. The video, which you can watch below, follows some of the Royal Hopsital staff from the Cavendish Suite, where chemotherapy treatments currently take place, around the new unit to get their views along with the project lead and some of those who have helped raise money for the Macmillan appeal.

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Chamber welcomes first proper Midlands Engine Strategy

9th March 2017

Reacting to the Midlands Engine Strategy announced this morning, Chris Hobson, Director of Policy at East Midlands Chamber, said:-

“We welcome this first proper strategy for what the Midlands Engine – a concept launched almost two years ago – will do. It would seem at first glance that Government has been listening to business across the region, and that’s very positive.

“The headings chosen by Government reflect the concerns raised by us on behalf of our members and other businesses in recent years and appear to support a consensus that the Midlands is the heart of the UK economy, and not merely by its position. They also reflect work that partners and the Chamber are already progressing and it is essential that, as this strategy is further developed, it adds to, as opposed to replicates, this activity.

“The East Midlands, in particular, is the home of many large international manufacturers such as Rolls-Royce, Bombardier, Toyota, JCB, Caterpillar and Walgreen Boots Alliance, each of which has established supply chains and an existing business support ecosystem that the Midlands Engine Strategy must support.”

The Government’s announcement today states:-

“Stretching from Shropshire to Lincolnshire, with the M1, M6, and most of our major railway lines running through it, the Midlands sits at the very heart of the UK economy.

“Building on our modern Industrial Strategy, the Midlands Engine Strategy sets out the actions we are taking to address productivity barriers across the Midlands, enabling businesses to create more jobs, export more goods and services, and grow their productivity.”

It adds:-

“The Midlands is essential to our national economic success. The region is responsible for over a fifth of the UK’s total manufacturing capability. The services sector in the Midlands accounts for over four million jobs and is worth around £158bn a year. This is a dynamic region: there are now 427,610 more people in employment in the Midlands than there were in 2010 and the size of the Midlands economy has increased by £32.9bn.”

Chris added:-

“It is vital now, as we are about to embark on negotiations for leaving the EU, that the Government’s words are translated into positive actions to drive growth across the Midlands and for our towns, cities and counties to work together to make sure potential global investors know and buy-in to the advantages offered by the Midlands region.

“Businesses in the East Midlands will play an integral part in ensuring the UK makes a success of the coming years, and the Chamber will continue to do all it can to ensure the voice of business continues to be heard and heeded at Westminster.”

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Work underway on £5.5m Chesterfield housing development

9th March 2017

Rockliffe Homes Ltd has begun work on a £5.5m development that will result in 37 new homes being built in Brimington, Chesterfield.

Ringwood Meadows, which consists of a mix of two, three and four bedroom homes, has progressed thanks to financial backing from the Homes & Communities Agency by way of the new, recently announced £3 billion House Building Fund.

It is already attracting interest from buyers; with local estate agent Wilkins Vardy appointed to oversee sales.

Contractor Atkinson Construction Group is now on site building the houses, with the first phase of the scheme scheduled for completion in 2017. Available to purchase through the Government’s Help to Buy scheme, the site will address the ‘very pressing’ need for more housing in and around Chesterfield.

Anuj Joshi, Managing Director at Rockliffe Homes’ said:-

“Ringwood Meadows is ideally located close to local amenities including everything the Hollingwood Hub has to offer, whilst also bordering beautiful, open countryside.

“Furthermore, this scheme is on track to provide families and young professionals with access to well appointed, quality homes that are designed to address the shortage of properties here in Chesterfield.

“We are also delighted to be able to offer the Help to Buy scheme to purchasers which is a fantastic initiative dedicated to helping people who are looking to make their way onto the first rung of the property ladder to fulfil their ambitions.”

The company, has secured additional funding from the Homes and Communities Agency which will allow it to acquire and develop new sites in the region with a focus on bringing high quality homes to areas experiencing a housing shortage.

Craig Johns, Senior Transaction Manager at the Homes and Communities Agency, said:-

“Providing a loan to Rockliffe Homes, will not only create 37 new homes in Brimington, but will also support Rockliffe Homes in its continued expansion. It is fantastic that our investment will not only increase the number of homes available for local people but will also create skilled jobs on brownfield land.”

Dan Elliott, Managing Director of Chesterfield based estate agents Wilkins Vardy, said:-

“We have been met with superb levels of interest for this development. Phase 1 was released in September 2016, and all plots were reserved soon after. We already have names and numbers of people wanting to reserve on phase 2, which will be released in the summer.

“We know that there is real demand for quality, family housing in and around Chesterfield, and so it is not surprising that so many people are responding quickly to what promises to be a very practical yet picturesque development.”

John Burrows, Chesterfield Borough Council leader, on a site visit recently said:-

”It’s an exciting quality development and very welcome in Brimington. It is particularly pleasing the homes are being bought mainly by local first time buyers.”

Councillor Tricia Gilby, who is County Councillor and Leader elect in Chesterfield, added:-

”The work is proceeding at a pace and the first phase is due for occupancy in the early Autumn. This is the first development of this quality and size in our village for a long time. We want to be able to welcome the new homeowners as soon as they are settled in their new homes.”

Councillor Terry Gilby, the Deputy Leader and planning cabinet member for the Borough, who was also on site said:-

“To see the unused Day Care centre site coming back to life in such a way is testament to how we support Brown field sites for housing development. The homes are in such demand because the buying price is assisted by the Help to Buy scheme, when complete it will be a welcome addition to the hosing available in the borough”.

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New framework to help young people in Derbyshire engage in more active and healthy lives is unveiled

9th March 2017

A renewed push to help young people in Derbyshire engage in more active and healthy lives has been outlined with the launch of Young Active Healthy – A Physical Activity and Sport Framework for Young People 2017 – 2021.

Physical activity levels for young people are alarmingly low across England, with the vast majority failing to meet minimum daily guidelines, and lifetime physical activity levels declining from the age of nine.

This new framework, launched by Derbyshire Sport, looks to address these challenges in Derbyshire, and aims to engage everyone from birth to 25, with a core focus on building positive attitudes to physical activity and sport in those aged five to 18.

The framework’s 27 outcomes will also aim to ensure young people remain active and address participation inequalities for girls, lower socio economic groups and disabled young people.

At an event to launch the framework, invited guests heard from Dean Wallace, Director of Public Health, Derbyshire County Council; Andy Knowles, Head Teacher, Tupton Hall School; Mark Tournier, Development Manager, Youth Sport Trust; Hayley Lever, Director, Derbyshire Sport; and Craig Homer, Sport Development Manager, Derbyshire Sport.

This was followed by discussions on how to help young people in Derbyshire engage in active and healthy lives both within places of learning and outside of the school day.

Hayley Lever, Director of Derbyshire Sport, said:-

“Think about individuals you know – what is it that you can do to get them active. There are massive challenges that get in the way, but I feel that if we tackle the outcomes in this framework it will make it more likely that young people will find a lifelong love of physical activity.”

Dean Wallace, Director of Public Health at Derbyshire County Council, also challenged those in the room to engage with a wider cross section of professionals and work with those in the NHS, housing, planning and other sectors to achieve the outcomes in the plan.

He also said the emphasis should be on encouraging young people to live active lives, rather than doing 60 minutes of physical activity per day and then being sedentary for the rest of the day.

He said:-

“We want people to sit less and do more. Physical activity is important throughout life. If we can get it right at the start it is much easier later in life and the positive impact on the NHS would be massive.”

Young Active Healthy is split into five delivery themes: Active Schools and Early Years Providers, Active Sixth Forms, Further and Higher Education, Active Families and Communities, Active Travel, and Active Workforce. Put simply, young people need to be supported to be active at school, at home, and in the community, choose active travel such as walking and cycling wherever possible, and be guided by peers, parents, carers, volunteers and the professional workforce.

According to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) guidelines, once able to walk children under five should be physically active every day for at least 180 minutes, spread throughout the day. All five to 17 year olds should engage in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes and up to several hours every day, and for 18 to 25 year olds this figure is at least 150 minutes per week, in bouts of ten minutes or more.

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Regeneration of Basin Square moves closer

8th March 2017

Regeneration of a key Chesterfield site has moved a step closer as works are completed to prepare the ground conditions at the former Trebor factory site, ahead of the Basin Square phase of the Chesterfield Waterside development.

Chesterfield Borough Council is a partner in the project, which is listed by Regeneration and Renewal magazine as the 47^th largest regeneration project in the UK.

The project is led by Chesterfield-based Bolsterstone Group plc, with Arnold Laver Group as stakeholders in the project.

Ground works to prepare the Basin Square site have been carried out by Chesterfield-based company NT Killingley Ltd.

As part of the groundworks contract, an acoustic noise bund has also been built alongside the A61 on the former Arnold Laver site, which will pave the way for approximately 300 family homes to be built in the Park area of the Waterside development.

The first phase of residential housing on Brimington Road, comprising 19 new homes was developed for Great Places Housing Association, are now complete and fully occupied.

The site enabling works were carried out thanks to a £2.7 million grant from the Sheffield City Region Infrastructure Fund.

Councillor John Burrows, Chesterfield Borough Council’s leader, said:-

“Chesterfield Waterside is key to transforming the borough’s economy.

“The next phase, which will create more than 300 new jobs, is happening now thanks to our place at the Sheffield City Region table and our ability to negotiate grant funding allowing the developers to bring this work forward.”

Peter Swallow, Director of the Bolsterstone Group plc, said:-

“I am delighted that the works to restore and prepare this area of the site are now complete after many months of planning and four months of site works.

“All the old buildings, related foundations, drainage, etc have been removed, leaving clear development platforms.

“Completion of this work, coupled with the recent grant of planning permission for the heights and massing of the proposed buildings, means that we are now in a position to move forward and complete negotiations with investors and occupiers for the delivery of the first phase of Basin Square at Chesterfield Waterside. It is a very exciting time.”

Sir Nigel Knowles, Chair of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, said:-

“Sheffield City Region is proud to support the regeneration of Chesterfield Waterside as we work together to build a truly competitive centre of business excellence.

“Sheffield City Region Investment Fund is our major capital programme which enables local leaders to work together to leverage private and public sector investment more effectively.

“Chesterfield Waterside, which will create hundreds of jobs and boost the economy, is an excellent example of our very robust approach to prioritising and selecting the highest standard of programmes.

“We are confident that every pound invested in Chesterfield Waterside will maximise economic growth, boost business and create more and better jobs.”

When complete, the Chesterfield Waterside development will include:

1,500 modern houses and apartments
New employment opportunities in Grade A office accommodation situated directly adjacent to Chesterfield’s railway station
An 84-bed hotel
Multi-storey car park with approximately 440 spaces
Shops, cafés and bars around the new canal basin and public square
A network of open spaces and a park along a rejuvenated Chesterfield Canal and River Rother.

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3G artificial pitches feasibility study for former sports centre site

7th March 2017

A detailed feasibility study will be carried out with a view to installing 3G artificial sports pitches on the site of the former Queen’s Park Sports Centre.

At a meeting of Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet today, Tuesday 7 March, councillors agreed that the study should look in greater detail at options for having 3G artificial sports pitches on the Boythorpe Road site that are suitable for use by different sports. These could include football, rugby, hockey and athletics.

The study will be developed with the input of key stakeholders, including potential contractors, operators of similar facilities, local sports clubs and the Friends of Queen’s Park.

Councillor Amanda Serjeant, Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet member for town centres and visitor economy, said:

“From the options considered in the public consultation 3G artificial sports pitches appears the best way to meet our desire to have a use on the former Queen’s Park Sports Centre site that provides value for money for our residents, fits in with the heritage nature of the grade II* listed Queen’s Park and is financially viable.

The next stage to make this a reality is to produce a detailed feasibility study and business case that examines the different ways this could be delivered, the cost of doing it and the return on investment it would provide. Any income generated would be invested back in providing frontline council services.”

A consultation held with residents in September and October last year found that 69 per cent of the 583 people who responded agreed with this plan for the site.

At their February meeting, councillors also received a petition led by Chesterfield residents Adrian and Donna Todd that the council should build and run an ice rink on the site.

Councillors passed a motion that although the council is not able to afford to build and operate an ice rink, it would support any private operators who may plan to build one in the borough in the future.

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