Derbyshire Dales District Council Travellers Site Survey

Derbyshire Dales District Council Consultation to start on possible temporary Traveller sites

23 July 2024

An eight-week public consultation on possible temporary Traveller sites at six Derbyshire Dales locations has started.

The consultation comprises of the following survey: www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/Traveller-sites-survey and a series of public meetings to be held in the vicinity of the six possible sites.

The survey has been launched on their website, with the dates of the public meetings to follow.

Agreed temporary sites are necessary until a permanent Traveller site is identified in the Derbyshire Dales. The strategy is that a selection of temporary sites – if any win Council approval after the consultation process – share the responsibility for limited periods of accommodating a Traveller family who have been encamped in a section of Matlock Bath Station car park for the past three years. This family is one of two to whom the Council owes a legal homelessness duty.

The proposed temporary sites are:

Car Park, Old Station Close, Rowsley
Land to south-east of Hopton Works, Middleton Road, Wirksworth
Arc Leisure Car Parks, Morledge, Matlock
Station Yard Car Park, Dale Road, Matlock Bath
Car Park, Derwent Way, Matlock
Land to north-west of Cemetery, New Road, Middleton

Hard copies of the survey can also be collected from the Town Hall, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth DE4 4EU

Stoney Wood

Stoney Wood is Wirksworth’s Millennium woodland planted in the area recovered from Stonecroft Quarry. The land on which the wood is planted was donated by Tarmac Ltd to Wirksworth Town Council. The original planting was started by Tarmac but later sections were planted by local adults and children in a project …

Hiring the Hall

We have two buildings with rooms to hire on an hourly basis, and the newly renovated Fanny Shaw’s Community Building (FSCB) which is operated on a key loan system.

Town Hall:- The Main Hall is large, suitable for a variety of uses – dance, exercise, large meeting space, wedding reception, family parties, musical events, etc, whilst other rooms – the Club Room, Ante Room, Council Chamber, are suited to smaller classes/groups. All rooms are available for hire during the day & evening during week days & weekends.

Memorial Hall:- the Hall & Kitchen are available to hire for meetings, parties, fayres, events and classes/groups, during the day & evening during week days and weekends.

Fanny Shaw’s:- Community building key available free of charge for use by groups such as: parents, schools, nurseries, scouts & not-for-profit groups holding events on the park.

Council Meetings

Environment & Town Affairs
(Usually held on the first Monday of the month)
Finance, Buildings & Personnel
(Usually held on the second Monday of the month)
Town Council Meeting
(Usually held on the third Monday of the month)