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Derbyshire Dales: 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.
Derbyshire Dales District 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.
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
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Derbyshire Dales for 2026–27: £251.37 of a £2,444.70 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 2 closed (1 closure, 1 academy converter)
- Abbotsholme School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 22 June 2026
- Sudbury Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 28 February 2026
- Sudbury Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 March 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£1.8 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.8 million |
| Cultural and related services | £3.2 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.7 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.3 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £2.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £15.7 million |
Derbyshire Dales in numbers
- Total population
- 71,757 people
- Median age
- 53 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £32,486
- Gross median weekly pay
- £631
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 17.6%
- Claimant Count
- 1.9%
- Average house price
- £355,387
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 7.3 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 9.9 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 63.3%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 179.8 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 3,980 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
34 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats, Labour and Greens.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 12, Conservative and Unionist 9, Labour Party 6, Green Party (E&W) 4, Independent / Other 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 34 councillors, by ward
- Peter Dobbs (Liberal Democrats) — Ashbourne North
- Stuart Lees (Conservative and Unionist) — Ashbourne North
- Anthony Bates (Conservative and Unionist) — Ashbourne South
- Nick Wilton (Liberal Democrats) — Ashbourne South
- Robert Archer (Liberal Democrats) — Ashbourne South
- Bob Butcher (Labour Party) — Bakewell
- Gareth Gee (Independent / Other) — Bakewell
- Matt Buckler (Green Party (E&W)) — Bonsall & Winster
- Andy Nash (Labour Party) — Bradwell
- Geoff Bond (Conservative and Unionist) — Brailsford
- Helen Froggatt (Conservative and Unionist) — Calver & Longstone
- Susan Hobson (Conservative and Unionist) — Chatsworth
- Nick Whitehead (Green Party (E&W)) — Cromford & Matlock Bath
- David Burton (Liberal Democrats) — Darley Dale
- Marilyn Franks (Liberal Democrats) — Darley Dale
- Roger Shelley (Liberal Democrats) — Darley Dale
- Nigel Edwards-Walker (Independent / Other) — Dovedale, Parwich & Brassington
- John Bointon (Conservative and Unionist) — Doveridge & Sudbury
- David Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Hartington & Taddington
- Peter O'Brien (Independent / Other) — Hathersage
- Simon Ripton (Labour Party) — Hathersage
- Dermot Murphy (Conservative and Unionist) — Hulland
- David Hughes (Liberal Democrats) — Matlock East & Tansley
- Joanne Linthwaite (Liberal Democrats) — Matlock East & Tansley
- Steve Flitter (Liberal Democrats) — Matlock East & Tansley
- Martin Burfoot (Liberal Democrats) — Matlock West
- Steve Wain (Liberal Democrats) — Matlock West
- Sue Burfoot (Liberal Democrats) — Matlock West
- Sue Bull (Conservative and Unionist) — Norbury
- Neil Buttle (Green Party (E&W)) — Tideswell
- Dawn Greatorex (Labour Party) — Wirksworth
- Lucy Peacock (Labour Party) — Wirksworth
- Peter Slack (Labour Party) — Wirksworth
- Laura Mellstrom (Green Party (E&W)) — Youlgrave