COUNTYWIDE NEWS the town by securing rents 30 per cent higher than those previously recorded. Coun Tricia Gilby, Leader of Chesterfield Borough Council and cabinet member for economic growth, said: “Our local economy is growing and the investments we have made in modern, attractive office space has helped bring new businesses into the town and created new jobs for our residents.” The success of One Waterside Place follows hot on the heels of Waterside Quarter, the residential neighbourhood at Chesterfield Waterside. Developed by Avant Homes, many of the 173 one, two, three and four-bedroom properties sold off-plan.
New council homes… One Waterside Place is full! LESS than 12 months after completion, Chesterfield’s flagship office block, One Waterside Place, has 100 per cent occupancy. Four businesses – BHP Chartered Accountants, Varley, Rosewood Wealth Management and Wesco Anixter International Inc – have each taken space in the seven-storey building at Chesterfield Waterside, which was funded by Chesterfield Borough Council. The ground floor retail space in the building is also under offer. The newest tenant, Wesco Anixter, has taken three floors in the building. One Waterside Place represents phase one of Chesterfield Waterside’s commercial neighbourhood, Basin Square. The developer of the £340million Chesterfield Waterside scheme, Bolsterstone Group PLC, has now turned its attention to the delivery of the hotel, residential and multi-storey car park elements surrounding the office block. Peter Swallow, Managing Director of Bolsterstone Group PLC, said: “One Waterside Place has been a huge success for both Bolsterstone and Chesterfield Borough Council; it has been instrumental in setting new headline rents for office space in the town. “We are now progressing well with our plans to bring forward the next stages of Basin Square. There has been significant interest shown and we envisage being able to take some elements to the next stage in early 2024.” Boasting 35,000 sq ft of space, One Waterside Place is a Grade A office, situated next to the town’s train station, and has attracted regional, national and international investors. The One Waterside Place development is helping revive Chesterfield’s fortunes post Covid. It has also had a demonstrable effect on increasing headline rents for 56 Reflections January 2024
Electric vehicle charging points will also be installed on all of the properties. Coun Jean Innes, Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet member for housing, said: “These new properties will provide a welcome addition to our housing stock and let to people on our housing register. “The number of people on that register has risen in the last year as more people look for affordable housing options as a result of the rising cost of living, and we’re working hard to meet this demand by increasing the number of affordable and accessible homes that are available for families, so we’re really pleased that works are now underway. “We are fully committed to helping achieve our goal of becoming a carbon neutral borough by 2050 and are working hard to make sure that our homes are as energy efficient as possible and these new homes will help us to achieve this. The measures will also help reduce fuel bills for our tenants.”
Staggering number of species in Derbyshire
Above: Back row, left to right, Dan Huxley (site manager, Fortem) Russ Gale (project manager, Fortem), Tom Nicholson (commercial manager, Fortem) and James Taylor (senior operations manager, Fortem); front row, left to right, Coun Tricia Gilby (leader of the Borough Council) and Coun Jean Innes.
CHESTERFIELD Borough Council is having built 22 new council properties, located at various sites across Staveley and Middlecroft. Construction is now underway after local councillors joined representatives from Fortem Solutions Limited, the main contractor, to break ground on one of the sites and kick-start the project. The project will see the addition of two, three-bed bungalows on Ringwood Avenue and two, two-bed bungalows at Court Place; four, two-bed bungalows on Wensley Way; two, two-bedroom houses on Paisley Close; nine, three-bedroom houses on Westwood; and three, threebedroom houses at Aston Court. These new homes are set to benefit from renewable energy sources. Each property will be fitted with an air source heat pump for the heating and hot water, while solar panels will be installed on the roof, with battery storage, to generate electricity.
A RECORD number of species have been spotted in the county, the Derbyshire Biological Records Centre (DRBC) reports. Hosted by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, DRBC works closely with local natural history groups and individuals to collate and combine data on species, with around 25,000 records received each year. A staggering 2,416,982 species are now recorded in the county. The data is accessible to scientists, researchers and both local and national decision-makers to support their conservation efforts.
County ‘worst place for potholes’ DERBYSHIRE is the worst place in the country for potholes, according to RAC figures released recently. They reveal the county has the highest number of potholes at 90,596. The AA reported that potholes account for 460,000 callouts in the first nine months of 2023, which was a fifth more than 2022. Derbyshire County Council is said to be making ‘big investments’ to bolster the conditions of roads. The council states that it fixed 100,000 potholes in 2022, and last year had fixed 82,000 by mid-November.
Food Festival host again HARDWICK Hall will once again host the Great British Food Festival next year. It will take place from May 31-June 2. You can get more information, or book tickets, at greatbritishfoodfestival.com To advertise call 01246 550488