RECENT PLANS

RECENT PLANS

Ł250M SUPERHOSPITAL
Discussions about the possibility of having just one hospital in Derby began in 1995.

Ł150M SCHOOLS PLAN
Up to Ł150m could be invested in rebuilding and refurbishing all of Derby's secondary schools over the next few years.

Ł83M GATEWAY TO CITY CENTRE
Six years after the scheme to replace Derby Bus Station was announced, developers have unveiled a new Ł83m site plan.

Ł80M COLLEGE PLAN
A new city centre college is the favourite contender to occupy a seven-acre slice of Derby's redeveloped bus station site.

Ł44M FOR FIVE NEW SCHOOLS
The council is consulting on three options for the new site which are Alvaston Park; open space at Crewton allotments; and land next to the recently opened link-road to Pride Park.

Ł33M FOR STREET LIGHTING
A programme to repair and replace Derby's 26,000 street lights over five years could be carried out by a private company after the city council admitted that the service had suffered from a lack of investment.

Ł14M APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT
The first major development in an ambitious scheme to transform Derby city centre is finally set to be built.

Ł14M SIXTH FORM
Derby College has unveiled plans for a fourth site which could be up and running in two years.

Ł10M SKY VAULT
Planners have put a Ł10m price tag on the Sky Vault landmark but have yet to decide where it should be located.

Ł8M DREAM
A new area of bars and boutiques looks set to be created in Derby city centre in an Ł8m project.

Ł7M FACELIFT FOR SQUARE
A Multi-million-pound redevelopment of Duckworth Square has been given the go-ahead - again!

Ł7M REGENERATION PLAN
The regeneration of the Becket Well area of Derby city centre is edging ever closer as a Ł7m plan to replace Duckworth Square with a leisure complex is set for approval.

Ł5.6M PARK RESTORATION
Derby City Council's Planning Committee approved six planning applications which will allow improvements to start on the Arboretum.

Ł5M CITY LIVING DEVELOPMENT
Blueroom Properties Ltd wants to demolish 66 small rented flats and bedsits called Greenwood Court in Phoenix Street, and replace them with 74 bigger, more modern apartments with parking spaces.

Ł4M FACELIFT FOR OSMASTON AREA
Residents in an area of Derby are being offered the chance of a Ł4m facelift for their homes.

Ł3.5M APARTMENT PLAN FOR WEST END
New life is being breathed into a once "run-down" area of Derby with work starting on a Ł3.5m luxury apartments scheme.

Ł3M APARTMENT AND OFFICE BLOCK
Derby City Council's planning committee gave the go-ahead to the development in Queen Street, Derby.

Ł2M PLAN FOR FIVE LAMPS
Two Ł2m schemes to improve traffic congestion and cut down on bottlenecks at one of Derby's controversial junctions have been drawn up.

Ł1.8M PEDESTRIAN LINK
A pedestrian link from Derby railway station to Pride Park has been set up in a partnership between Derby City Council, Railtrack and Midland Mainline.

Ł790,000 REFURBISHMENT SCHEME
Ashbourne Road and Friar Gate are to undergo refurbishment.

Ł600,000 FOR NORMANTON
Creating a cleaner Normanton and looking at ways of cutting unemployment are just two projects that are set to be launched in the area as part of a Ł600,000 scheme.

Ł150,000 FOR LOCAL PROJECTS
Residents living in the Mackworth Estate, Austin Estate and Breadsall Hilltop and North Chaddesden areas of the city completed a questionnaire with their views on how to spend the money.

Ł120,000 TO IMPROVE HOMES
The money is being spent because Dairyhouse Road is classed as needing environmental improvement works.

Ł64,500 CONSERVATION GRANT
Derby City Council’s Cabinet approved a Ł64,500 Townscape Heritage Initiative grant for the repair of part of a disused Derby church.

Ł11,500 CLOCK FACELIFT
Derby City Council is to have the clock in the Prince Charles Avenue shopping parade entirely refurbished and to set its hands in motion again.