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BBC News
31-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
Council to extend 'no mow' regime to more High Peak areas
A council in Derbyshire says it is extending its "no mow" regime to additional Peak Borough Council said it had increased the amount of designated areas of grass that would be cut once a year to allow meadow grasses, wildflowers and other native species "to flourish".The authority said the areas would be left unmown from March before being cut in the autumn, where the grass would be collected and Jean Todd, part of the council's climate change and environment executive, said: "By adopting this reduced mowing strategy we aim to create richer and more diverse habitats which we know are good for the environment and our local wildlife." Working with the High Peak Biodiversity Network, the council said it would record species and monitor the changes in biodiversity due to reduced amount of authority said the designated sites would act as a trial with a view to expand the regime to more sites in the coming pitches and formal lawns will continue to be maintained throughout the year, the council designated sites are Ashwood Park, Granby Road, Temple Fields, Gadley Lane, and Serpentine Walks in Buxton, Manor Park, Bankswood Park and Glossop Cemetery in Glossop and areas in the Memorial Park in Whaley Greenhalgh, the council's deputy leader, said: "In line with our Parks Strategy, this is an important step in ensuring we're managing our parks and open spaces sustainably and that they are supporting our nature recovery ambitions."
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Moorland fire breaks out in Peak District
Fire crews are tackling a moorland fire in Derbyshire's Peak District National from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire are at the scene of a fire at Froggatt Edge, north of Baslow, which was reported at about 15:30 BST on fire is being tackled using a water carrier from Buxton and specialist moorland equipment stationed in brigade said it had received a "high volume" of calls. It asked people to avoid the area and residents nearby to keep windows and doors closed "if affected by the smoke plume". With dry spring weather continuing, fire crews in the High Peak have been called to about 20 fires in the national park so far this included a major incident in Goyt Valley, which shut roads and took days to bring under Peak Borough Council is currently proposing to introduce an order for public areas of the Peak District within its borders, banning barbecues and campfires and giving powers to police and council officers "to reduce the risk of wildfires".
BBC News
14-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Bid to ban Peak District barbecues and campfires
Barbecues and campfires could be banned in part of the Peak District in a bid to stop wildfires breaking crews in the High Peak, Derbyshire, have been called to about 20 fires in the national park so far this year, including a major incident in Goyt Valley which shut roads and took days to bring under Peak Borough Council is proposing to introduce an order for public areas of the Peak District within its borders, giving powers to police and council officers "to reduce the risk of wildfires".It would ban lighting fires, barbecues, fireworks and sky lanterns, and carrying items which officers think will be used to do so. The council is running a survey on the Public Space Protection Order proposal until 26 May. Councillor for community safety Godfrey Claff said "careless and thoughtless behaviour" in the Peak District carries a huge added: "The fires in Los Angeles earlier this year were a stark demonstration of the enormous risk to life and property that wildfires cause."We've had a reminder of the very local threat to our communities just recently with the large fire in the Goyt Valley."We want to do what we can to reduce the risk of human activity causing wildfires which is why we're proposing this ban."
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Buxton residents to have their say on £100m revamp
People in Buxton are being invited to have their say on a £100m regeneration plan that involves replacing a shopping centre with new shops, bars, restaurants and housing. High Peak Borough Council bought The Springs in 2022 after receiving £6.6m of government funding and has now appointed property company Capital and Centric to lead the project. The company's co-founder Tim Heatley has described Buxton as a "sleeping giant" said he hoped the Revitalising Buxton project would boost tourism and encourage more young adults to stay living in the town. He told the BBC the venues for the consultation sessions would be in bars and restaurants to make them more appealing to residents. "The opportunity is massive of where it [Buxton] could be," he said. "It feels unnecessarily sleepy right now, but it is a bit of a sleeping giant in terms of how thriving it could be as a place to live, work, shop and hang out." His company has been involved in converting a series of former industrial sites in the north-west of England into modern accommodation which he hopes will appeal to young adults in Buxton. "One of the things we have noticed is that by the time people get to their early 20s in Buxton they tend to leave to move elsewhere," he said. "That takes talented people who have high earning ability out of the centre of Buxton and that's not great for long-term growth, so we want to help try and reverse this." Roy Jones, who owns a cafe called Dandelion Coffee on Grove Parade close to the shopping centre, is optimistic about the plans. "I think it will be fantastic. It has a 1980s feel to it, the high street. There are a lot of empty units," he said. "I think repurposing that whole area with a more contemporary understanding of the economy post-Covid is a great idea." Patrick Clearly, owner of household shop, the Village Saver on Spring Gardens in Buxton said he hoped the development would attract more clothes shops. "As a business in Buxton, anything that makes it more attractive to visitors is good for us," he said. Times and locations for the consultation events will be announced in due course. Follow BBC Derby on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Plans revealed for £100m town centre revamp Capital and Centric
BBC News
28-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
'TikTok craze behind beauty spot parking issues'
An MP says a "TikTok craze" is behind the "increasingly untenable" state of parking at beauty spots in the Peak Pearce, who represents High Peak in Derbyshire, says social media users have been flocking to the area to see the sunrise and sunset at Mam in the national park have recently been blighted by bad parking, including on 11 January, when "around 200 cars" prevented gritting from taking has now written to Peak District authorities calling for "immediate and decisive action", less than a week after councillors in Hope Valley called for an "urgent plan of action" to tackle parking in the area. In the letter addressed to the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire County Council, Derbyshire Police and High Peak Borough Council, Pearce said the situation was "unacceptable".He said: "Residents are rightly alarmed that current parking restrictions are failing to deter motorists from parking irresponsibly."The consequences of this unchecked behaviour are severe - our roads are increasingly unsafe".Pearce told the BBC he lives in Hope Valley, where parking has "got out of hand" and is "causing chaos".He said: "I understand a lot of the issues we're having at the moment is because there's a TikTok craze for going and seeing sunrise, sunset on Mam Tor and that's caused the peak in the parking issues we've got at the moment."But that has at least given us the heads up that we've got to be prepared for the summer." Pearce says he believes solutions such as barriers on verges, higher fines, improved road signage and more seasonal public car parking sites can be put in place before the peak tourism season this summer.A Derbyshire County Council meeting on Wednesday heard that boulders could be placed on either side of the road near Mam Tor to try and curb the spike in illegal Edge has seen the most parking fines in the most recent complete year at almost 2,000, above Edale and Castleton, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).A council highways manager told the meeting that a key issue on Mam Tor was a "lack of education" around road restrictions, such as clearways and double-yellow lines. A spokesperson for Peak District National Park Authority said it would be meeting with other local authorities in March to discuss "realistic, appropriate and workable ideas" to address the said: "The priority of the National Park Management Plan is to create an 'area management' style approach, but also back this with a clear evidence-base of accurate and timely data."It is the authority's intention to pilot this approach in the areas currently affected by increased visitor footfall, such as around Castleton."Derbyshire Police said officers were conducting frequent patrols in problem areas, adding that parking dangerously was "not an option". A force spokesperson said: "Most people do manage to park safely, but we have seen dangerous and irresponsible parking from some people in recent weeks, bringing roads to a standstill and hindering emergency services."Nowhere safe to park? Drive on, there are hundreds of options of places to start a walk."Councillor Charlotte Cupit, Derbyshire County Council's cabinet member for highways assets and transport, said not all of the parking problems were under the authority's control or she said the council was "doing all we can to deal with the issues we are responsible for", adding it had been working with police and other authorities on a "multi-agency basis to try to resolve the issues, and we will continue to do this".Cupit said the authority does not own any land or car parks in the national park, but was "working to proactively support sustainable travel, rather than concreting over the Peak District".
