Unstone Parish Council

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

Location - The Fred Hopkinson Memorial Hall, Crow Lane, Unstone, S18 4AL

28/04/2026

Please find details of the proposed road closure for A61 Unstone - Dronfield Bypass, Chesterfield.

20/04/2026

10/04/2026

Dronfield Town Council is responsible for the management of the Cemetery to ensure a safe environment for those visiting or working in the cemetery. Therefore, the council is in the process of carrying out comprehensive safety inspections on all headstones... Read More »

01/04/2026

Counted over 30 dog poos on Unstone Green today. It’s disgraceful. Please pick up after your dog!! If you notice anyone not picking up their mess, please let us know with as many details as possible, so they can be dealt with accordingly 😡😡

31/03/2026

NEDDC Local Plan Consultation
Emerging New Local Plan - Consultation Underway
NEDDC are preparing a new Local Plan to replace the current plan that was adopted in November 2021. The current Local Plan (2014 - 2034) will continue to be the development plan for the area and will be used in the determination of planning applications until a new Local Plan is adopted by the Council.
Consultation on the “Strategic Approach to the Location of Development and a Refined Schedule of Sites”
The District Council is consulting on this latest material as part of the Issues & Options stage of preparing the Local Plan under Regulation 18 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
The Consultation will run for 7 weeks between Thursday 12 March 2026 and Thursday 30 April 2026.

NEDDC have prepared some guidance to help you make comments online which can be viewed on our website.
This is supported by the following Evidence Base documents which can be viewed by clicking here (opens in a new window)
Sustainability Appraisal (SA)
Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA)
Updated Settlement Role & Function Study
Settlement Hierarchy Topic Paper
Land Availability Assessment
Consultation Statement
You can also view the main consultation document, along with the SA and HRA in person at the NEDDC council office and libraries throughout the district during usual opening hours.
NEDDC are also holding a series of in-person drop-in sessions across the district, where you can come along and view the consultation material in person and talk to council officers.
The dates, times and venues of these sessions are set out below:
Eckington Business Centre, Gosber St, Eckington, Sheffield S21 4DA. Saturday 21st March 10:00am-1:00pm
North East Derbyshire District Council, 2013 Mill Lane, Chesterfield S42 6NG Meeting Room 1. Monday 23rd March 1:00pm-4:00pm
Stonebroom Community Centre, Quarry Lane, Stonebroom, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 6LJ. Tuesday 24th March 4:00pm-7:00pm
St Barnabas Centre, Pilsley Rd, Danesmoor, Clay Cross, Chesterfield S45 9BU. Wednesday 25th March 3:00pm- 6:00pm
North Wingfield Community Resource Centre, 67 Whiteleas Ave, North Wingfield, Chesterfield S42 5PW, Thursday 26th March 4:00pm-7:00pm
Dronfield Peel Centre, (Edward Lucas Hall) High St, Dronfield S18 1PY. Saturday 28th March 10:00am-1:00pm
Eckington Business Centre, Gosber St, Eckington, Sheffield S21 4DA. Monday 13th April 4:00pm-7:00pm
Killamarsh Parish Suite, Stanley St, Killamarsh, Sheffield S21 1EL. Tuesday 14th April 4:00pm-7:00pm
North East Derbyshire District Council, 2013 Mill Lane, Chesterfield S42 6NG Meeting Room 1. Wednesday 15th April 4:00pm-7:00pm
Dronfield Civic Hall, Civic Centre, Dronfield S18 1PD. Thursday 16th April 4:00pm-7:00pm
St Barnabas Centre, Pilsley Rd, Danesmoor, Clay Cross, Chesterfield S45 9BU. Saturday 18th April 10:00am-1:00pm
Please note: the consultation material available at these events will be the same material that is available online and at deposit venues.
This is your opportunity to have your say. Please provide comments through our online system wherever possible. If you are unable to make your comments in this way please contact the Council on 01246 231111 to request a form to be emailed or posted out to you.
However you choose to make your comments, please ensure they are submitted to us by Thursday 30 April 2026.
Please Note: NEDDC will publish all comments received along with our responses through the on-line consultation system and Consultation Statements where appropriate. Copies of all comments received will be made available for the public to view and cannot be treated as confidential. Personal data will however be processed and held in accordance with the General Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Data Protection Act 2018. The Council assumes that by making comments to planning policy documents, you opt-in to receiving further updates from the Council about future planning policy documents. If you no longer wish to receive updates, you can opt-out of receiving these by contacting the Council’s Planning Policy and Environment Team. The Council will keep Local Plan comments and personal data on record in line with the retention schedule. Please view the Council’s Planning Privacy Statement for further information.
Previous Consultation
We commenced public engagement in 2025, undertaking some early work in the community (drop in events and an online survey) in May 2025, followed by a more structured & formal public consultation on Issues and Options for the Local Plan between 19th June 2025 and 14th August 2025. A series of Focus Groups were also held during November 2025 to consider some of the issues raised during consultation in more depth. You can view the online 2025 Issues and Options Document here , but it is no longer possible to make comments.
The Consultation Statement provides an overview of the previous stages of consultation, including the methods used and feedback received to date.
Focus Groups
NEDDC will be running focus groups as necessary throughout the preparation stages of the Local Plan to seek views on specific planning policy matters. If you would like to sign up for a focus group, please contact the Local Plan Team on 01246 231111 or email [email protected]

16/03/2026

North East Derbyshire District Council - Local Plan consultation 12 March to 30 April 2026.

NEDDC are encouraging comments to be submitted online through our consultation portal wherever possible: www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk/localplan

45168 – Land West of Unstone Green

This site may be able to support approximately 212 dwellings, based on prevailing neighbouring densities. Mitigation measures have not been applied to this site capacity yet and may result in an altered total.
The site is located within the Green Belt and will be assessed through a new Green Belt Review to identify the extent to which the site meets Green Belt purposes a, b & d (related to checking unrestricted sprawl, preventing neighbouring towns merging and preserving the setting and special character of historic towns). The review will identify whether the site is Grey Belt and will inform decisions over whether, or not, Green Belt boundaries should be amended to account for development needs – as required by the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
For information, the 2016/17 Green Belt Review showed that this site (which covers almost the entirety of both GB land parcels UNG/GB/005 and UNG/GB/004) performed strongly against Green Belt purposes a & b and weakly against purpose d. Please note: the new Green Belt Review will follow the detailed methodology set out in recent National Planning Practice Guidance, which differs to the approach taken in the 2016/17 review, in terms of assessment criteria and what can be considered to be a town). For this reason, the land parcel results may differ.
Development on the site may have a moderate landscape impact. Although overlooked by residential areas to the east the land is visually well contained in the wider landscape.
Archaeological assessment classifies the site as having archaeological/ historic environment issues, but might be suitable for allocation with appropriate site specific policy.
Desktop ecology advice finds a medium/high impact level of development upon biodiversity. A site visit will need to take place in the spring to further determine ecology impacts.
Highway access may need to be confirmed further.
The site is located within coal authority development high risk area.
If this site were to be taken forward as an allocation, mitigation measures for the above constraints will need to be considered and any Local Plan policy text should include the requirement to address and mitigate the constraints listed above.

16/03/2026

North East Derbyshire District Council - Local Plan consultation from 12 March to 30 April 2026.

NEDDC are encouraging comments to be submitted online through our consultation portal wherever possible: www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk/localplan

45161 – Land at Rear of the Horse and Jockey, Unstone Green

This site may be able to support approximately 50 dwellings, based on prevailing neighbouring densities. Mitigation measures have not been applied to this site capacity yet and may result in an altered total.
The site is located within the Green Belt and will be assessed through a new Green Belt Review to identify the extent to which the site meets Green Belt purposes a, b & d (related to checking unrestricted sprawl, preventing neighbouring towns merging and preserving the setting and special character of historic towns). The review will identify whether the site is Grey Belt and will inform decisions over whether, or not, Green Belt boundaries should be amended to account for development needs – as required by the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
For information, the 2016/17 Green Belt Review showed that this site (which lies across GB land parcels UNG/GB/009 and UNG/GB/008) performed strongly against Green Belt purposes a & b and weakly against purpose d. Please note: the new Green Belt Review will follow the detailed methodology set out in recent National Planning Practice Guidance, which differs to the approach taken in the 2016/17 review, in terms of assessment criteria and what can be considered to be a town). For this reason, the land parcel results may differ.
Development on the site may have a moderate landscape impact, due to the River Drone running through the site, and being visible in the local scene.
Desktop ecology advice finds a high impact level of development upon biodiversity. 14% of the site includes priority habitats. The site borders a Local Wildlife site in the south. A site visit will need to take place in the spring to further determine ecology impacts.
Approximately 32% of the site is covered by flood risk zones 2 and 3. There is also some risk of surface water flooding on the site.
A Public Right of Way crosses the site.
The site is located within coal authority development high risk area.
If this site were to be taken forward as an allocation, mitigation measures for the above constraints will need to be considered and any Local Plan policy text should include the requirement to address and mitigate the constraints listed above.