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Amber Valley: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Amber Valley Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of DBY. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Derbyshire County Council.
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Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
Amber Valley's adopted Local Plan provides for at least 7,656 new homes between 2024 and 2040, against a housing requirement of 6,944.
“The plan makes provision for a minimum of 7,656 additional homes in sustainable locations between 2024 and 2040. This meets a housing requirement of 6,944 homes”
Local plans on the national planning register Updated automatically
- Amber Valley Borough Local Plan 2022-2040 — examination, plan period 2022–2040
- Emerging new local plan
Transport
Amber Valley's Cabinet decided on 8 April 2026 not to increase car parking charges.
“Plans to review charges were included in the Council’s Cabinet Forward Plan, but following consideration by Cabinet on 8 April, a decision was made not to increase car parking charges.”
Council tax
Band D set by Amber Valley for 2026–27: £203.77 of a £2,407.69 total bill in the area.
Amber Valley Borough Council approved a 2.99% rise in its council tax for 2026-27 (Band D £203.77, excluding parish precepts).
“That an increase in Council Tax of 2.99% per annum on a Band D property be approved;”
Environment
Amber Valley Borough Council has committed to becoming a carbon neutral council by 2030.
“While local authorities are not legally required to set a carbon target, Amber Valley Borough Council declared a Climate Emergency in July 2019 and has committed to becoming a carbon neutral council by 2030.”
Education
Education (schools) is not a district council function; in this area schools are run by Derbyshire County Council. Where we looked
Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
- Corfield CofE Infant School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
- Corfield CofE Infant School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)
- Heage Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 28 February 2026
- Ripley Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
- Heage Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 March 2026
- Ripley Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £436,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.5 million |
| Cultural and related services | £5.7 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.5 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.8 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £3.2 million |
| Other services | £2.6 million |
| Total service expenditure | £22.7 million |
Life in Amber Valley: the official facts
- People living here
- 131,894 people
- Typical age
- 45 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £24,016
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £622
- Children growing up in poverty
- 23.4%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.6%
- Average price of a home
- £232,141
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 6.2 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 5.1 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 89.2%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 75.1 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,830 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by East Midlands combined authority, with its elected mayor.
42 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 20, Conservative and Unionist 8, Green Party (E&W) 5, Reform UK 3, Your Party 2, Advance UK 2, Liberal Democrats 1, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 42 councillors, by ward
- Gail Dolman (Labour Party) — Alfreton
- Keith Wood (Labour Party) — Alfreton
- Steve Marshall-Clarke (Labour Party) — Alfreton
- David Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Alport & South West Parishes
- Jane Orton (Conservative and Unionist) — Alport & South West Parishes
- Fay Atkinson (Your Party) — Belper East
- John Porter (Labour Party) — Belper East
- Tracey Hill (Labour Party) — Belper East
- Ben Bellamy (Your Party) — Belper North
- Emma Monkman (Labour Party) — Belper North
- Gez Kinsella (Green Party (E&W)) — Belper South
- Jamie Walls (Green Party (E&W)) — Belper South
- Chris Emmas-Williams (Labour Party) — Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar
- Dave Chambers (Reform UK) — Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar
- Eileen Hamilton (Labour Party) — Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar
- Kate Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Crich & South Wingfield
- Tony Harper (Conservative and Unionist) — Crich & South Wingfield
- Alison McDermott (Green Party (E&W)) — Duffield & Quarndon
- Eva Long (Green Party (E&W)) — Duffield & Quarndon
- Amina Burslem (Labour Party) — Heage & Ambergate
- Paul Lobley (Labour Party) — Heage & Ambergate
- Janet Ward (Labour Party) — Heanor East
- Trevor Holmes (Independent / Other) — Heanor East
- Matthew Jones (Labour Party) — Heanor West & Loscoe
- Nicholas Beswick (Labour Party) — Heanor West & Loscoe
- Steven Bower (Advance UK) — Heanor West & Loscoe
- Kieron Cox (Labour Party) — Ironville & Riddings
- Philip Rose (Advance UK) — Ironville & Riddings
- Julie Whitmore (Conservative and Unionist) — Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley
- Matt Murray (Conservative and Unionist) — Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley
- Trevor Ainsworth (Conservative and Unionist) — Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley
- David Williams (Labour Party) — Ripley
- Matthew Allwood (Labour Party) — Ripley
- Tony Holmes (Labour Party) — Ripley
- Lyndsay Cox (Labour Party) — Ripley & Marehay
- Mick Wilson (Labour Party) — Ripley & Marehay
- Amanda Paget (Reform UK) — Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse
- Lian Pizzey (Green Party (E&W)) — Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse
- Elaine Sherman (Labour Party) — Somercotes
- James Kerry (Reform UK) — Somercotes
- Jonty Powis (Conservative and Unionist) — Swanwick
- Steve Hayes (Conservative and Unionist) — Swanwick