Business park expansion to bring hundreds of new jobs
5,000 help to shape budget
NEARLY 5,000 people have responded to a survey aimed at helping Derbyshire County Council shape its budget for next year.
The authority launched the consultation to ask which services matter most to people as part of its annual budget consultation. An online survey has been running since the beginning of last month until Sunday, December 16.
Residents are asked to indicate what they think should be the council’s top three and bottom three priorities from a provided list. There is also a section where they can tell the council if there are other priorities not listed, that the council should spend on.
The authority’s leader, Barry Lewis, said: “We’ve had an excellent response so far to this year’s consultation.” HUNDREDS of new jobs look set to be created at a business park near Ashbourne after plans for a major extension were given the go-ahead.
South Derbyshire District Council has approved the scheme, which will involve adding almost 500,000 sq ft of space at Dove Valley Park, off the A50 at Foston.
The extension, set over 58 acres, represents the second phase of the business park, which was first established in the late 1990s on a parcel of land that was once part of the RAF Church Broughton airfield.
Today, Dove Valley is home to businesses including JCB Power Systems, Futaba International, Kuehne and Nagel and Muller.
Now, further big names could be set to move in creating new jobs.
The extension will see three new units built, which would be no smaller than 161,458 sq ft each.
These three units would be for general industrial, storage and distribution use.
The original planning documents were submitted to the district council by Stride Treglown Town Planning, on behalf of the applicant Dove Valley Park Ltd.
They said: “The provision of such units will provide a large number of jobs within the area which will aid an improved local economy.
“This application has considered, in the context of an outline planning application, the potential impacts the development will have and has provided, where appropriate, details of mitigation to ensure development is acceptable.”
Granting permission, district council planners said: “In dealing with the application, and following on from preapplication advice, the council has positively sought to determine the application in a timely fashion.
“In order to promote the delivery of sustainable development in the district, where practicable, feasible and necessary, and irrespective of the outcome of the application, officers have made proactive attempts to find solutions to identified issues or to improve the quality of the development through negotiation with applicants and/or their nominated representatives.”