Modern homes could replace old council offices

DEVELOPERS SAY THIS WOULD BE A WELL-CONSIDERED AND SUSTAINABLE SCHEME FOR NEW HOUSING IN AREA

- By EDDIE BISKNELL Local democracy reporter

SEVERAL former Derbyshire council offices could be demolished to make way for more than 70 apartments.

Lancashire firm Sterling Property Limited has submitted plans to demolish a large number of properties on the former Derbyshire County Council Chatsworth Hall office complex off Wellington Street and Chesterfield Road in Matlock.

Those buildings would be replaced with a large, modern three-and-four-storey complex containing 73 apartments with Derbyshire Dales District Council to make a decision in the next few months.

In February, Lancashire firm Sterling Property Limited submitted plans to convert a number of the more historic buildings on the same site, facing Chesterfield Road, into 38 apartments.

Those plans were approved by the district council officers in April.

In total, this second scheme takes the site to a proposed total of 111 apartments.