Message sent by Bethany Fletcher (Police, Staff, Derbyshire) Police and trading standards officers in Derbyshire and Derby City are urging residents to be alert and to think twice before employing doorstep callers or traders. The advice comes as police are seeing an increase in rogue trader incidents, and the nicer weather may provide an opportunity Read more…
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Crimestoppers launch a rural crime awareness campaign
Message sent by Tim Parkin (Police, Community Information Officer, Derbyshire) Crimestoppers have launched a rural crime awareness campaign. This initiative highlights the impact of these types of crime, such as theft of machinery, vehicles, oil, metal and livestock, as well as burglary, illegal waste dumping and wildlife crime. It also promotes the use of Read more…
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- Voices From The Peak presents new video: Snow! 30th December 2021A seasonal new video titled Snow! featuring a montage of rarely seen photographs of past winters in Derbyshire’s Peak District has been launched online today (30 December, 2021).
- Restoring the UK’s carbon sinks: new study spells good news for peatlands 16th December 2021A recent study has demonstrated a new way of restoring peatlands. A major store of carbon, restoring damaged peatlands represents a significant part of the UK’s plans to reduce the nation’s carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. The recommended target set by the Committee on Climate Change is to restore at least 180,000 hectares of […]
- Statement on an enforcement notice against works at Thornbridge Hall & Gardens 13th December 2021An appeal has now been lodged by the landowner against the enforcement notice.
- Peak District National Park Authority chief executive to step down and take on role at Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 6th December 2021Sarah Fowler, chief executive at the Peak District National Park Authority is to leave her role at the Authority after seven years to take up a position as chief executive at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, the UK's leading wetland conservation charity.
- Statement: Appeal decision, 'Midhope Track' 17th November 2021The Peak District National Park Authority has welcomed a decision by the Planning Inspectorate to uphold an enforcement notice against a geotextile track installed on Midhope Moor, approximately 18km north-west of Sheffield and 3.5km south of Langsett.
- New litter picking kits help visitors to look after the Peak District National Park 15th September 2021Litter picking kits can now be borrowed from two Peak District visitor centres. The kits - containing a picking guide, bags, a hi-vis jacket and a litter picker - are currently available from Castleton and Bakewell visitor centres on a free day-hire basis.
- Statement on proposals for reinstatement of an active railway line on the route of the Monsal Trail 23rd July 2021The National Park Authority is aware that organisations including Manchester & East Midlands Rail Action Partnership (MEMRAP) have developed proposals, and are campaigning for the reinstatement of an active railway line on the route now known as the Monsal Trail.
- Hope Valley Explorer seasonal bus returns to Peak District for 2021 20th July 2021Following a successful pilot season in 2019, the service was paused during the Covid-19 restrictions of 2020 but will now operate from 24 July to 30 October this year.
- Statement on an enforcement notice against works at Thornbridge Hall & Gardens undertaken without planning permission 5th July 2021The enforcement case concerns the erection of a substantial wooden building (currently in use as a café) and construction of a tarmac-surfaced car park and associated driveway. These matters do not relate to Thornbridge Hall itself, which is unaffected by this enforcement notice.
- Tree safety work starts Monday 28 June on Tissington Trail 24th June 2021Contractors for the Peak District National Park Authority will be carrying out ash dieback tree safety work on the Tissington Trail from Monday 28 June, for four weeks.