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Carolyn Jennings - Parish Clerk

Tel: 01773 853928

E-mail - clerk@crich-pc.gov.uk

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Amber Valley Borough Council - Returning Officer

At Crich Parish Council Meeting of 4th February 2019, the Council passed a Resolution of "No confidence vote in Amber Valley Borough Council as Local Planning Authority".

Crich Parish Council requests the Secretary of State to investigate the failings of the Borough Council with a view to putting alternative arrangements in place.

Letter to Secretary of State attached.

At the Parish Council meeting on 7 January 2019 Parish Councillors expressed deep concerns and total opposition to the decision of the Amber Valley Borough Council Planning Board that has resolved to be mindful to grant planning permission for residential development at Woodside. The Parish Council is bitterly disappointed with Amber Valley Councillors who look set to approve a scheme that is contrary... Read More »

The Parish Council has authorised the removal of the excess spoil that has been dumped on the lower part of the Burial Ground, so that the area can be levelled off, seeded and then consecrated.

The removal of the spoil will start on Saturday 26th January and continue through the early part of the following week.

Apologies for any short-term inconvenience this may cause, but the work is necessary to create... Read More »

The Woodside Development Proposals were deferred to the Planning Board Meeting on 17th December 2018. A further letter has been sent to Amber Valley Borough Council, which can be viewed below. The Chair of the Parish Council will make a presentation at the Amber Valley Borough Council Planning Board Meeting to further emphasise the objections raised.

The Parish Council has acquired three defibrillators for installation in the Parish. It has decided one will be located in Fritchley, one in Whatstandwell and one in Crich.

Council is currently working on specific locations and is taking advice from East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) regarding their installation and use.

There is already one defibrillator located at the Fire Station and another at... Read More »

At the meeting held on 5th November 2018 Crich Parish Council Resolved to send a further letter of objection to Amber Valley Borough Council regarding the current Woodside development proposals. The letter can be viewed below. The Chair of the Parish Council will make a presentation at the Amber Valley Borough Council Planning Board Meeting on 12th November 2018 to further emphasise the objections... Read More »

As part of the national commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War, Crich Parish Council will be lighting the beacon next to the Stand at 7pm on Sunday the 11th November 2018. The bells of St Mary's Church, Crich, will be ringing out for peace at 7.05pm.

The Parish Council is delighted to advise that Cllr Paul Yorke won the first ever Derbyshire Association of Local Councils (DALC) Award for Councillor of the Year 2018!

Wendy Amis,CEO of DALC, said there had been a good number of nominations, and "bringing together three villages within Parish to raise £140,000 to re-open The PLACE – a meeting and play area for all residents – was... Read More »

There was almost unanimous support for the Crich Parish Neighbourhood Plan in the referendum held on 6 September 2018 with a massive 1,094 people going to the polls to vote YES. There were only 29 No voters across the entire Parish. The Neighbourhood Plan will now be used in decision making on planning applications.

The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group that led the production of the Plan on behalf... Read More »