Derbyshire Times news bulletin 1st November

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin. Motorists are facing possible new measures

00:05 to reduce pollution on a major road in Derbyshire which could be managed with legislation and

00:10 enforcement to help improve air quality. High Peak Borough Council has already declared

00:15 road areas at Tintwhistle, Noye, Hadfield and Dinting Vale at Glossop as air quality

00:19 management areas due to elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide from vehicles. It is now

00:25 resolved that an area around Fairfield Road in Buxton will also become an air quality

00:30 management area and will be subject to an action plan setting out how the council will

00:33 work towards improving air quality in the area. Transport action plan measures could

00:38 include the use of legislation and enforcement to control air pollution, changing road layouts

00:44 as well as forming traffic plans to encourage alternative transport like cycling and the

00:49 use of public transport. Other options include encouraging wider behavioural changes towards

00:54 travel choices, increasing awareness of threats to air quality and introducing more air quality

00:59 monitoring. Householders are up in arms over plans to

01:04 build 180 new homes in part of a north Derbyshire village that is prone to flooding. An application

01:10 for planning permission for bungalows and two storeys houses on Spindle Drive and east

01:14 of Deerlands Road, Wingerwith has been submitted by Ripon Homes and North East Derbyshire District

01:18 Council. The authority granted outline planning consent for the development on open farmland

01:23 in 2018. However, several of the many comments submitted to the council about the development

01:29 highlight flooding concerns as well as potential problems from the extra pressure on roads,

01:34 schools and local infrastructure. The council's decision on the application for full planning

01:39 permission is still pending.