PRESS RELEASE by Destination Chesterfield 2nd November 2023 A planning application for more than 100 houses, along with more than 40 apartments at Chesterfield Waterside has been approved. Following the submission of a detailed planning application in summer 2022, Woodall Homes has secured permission for a residential development and two commercial units as part…
Read More11th June 2023 Fund Britain’s Waterways warns against the Government’s latest Canal & River Trust funding offer After months of waiting for DEFRA to announce its decision on future grant funding for the Canal & River Trust (CRT), and less than a fortnight after the launch of Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW), the Secretary of State…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE 26th April 2023 The restoration of the Chesterfield Canal will shortly take a great leap forward. This has been made possible by a huge donation of clay from Suon Ltd.
Read MoreUpdate, 9th March 2023 The planning application is now on the Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning partal, click here to see it and type in the reference CHE/23/00135/FUL. The images below are all taken from these documents. They were prepared by Jefferson Sheard Architects. 2nd March 2023 PRESS RELEASE from Derbyshire County Council Plans for…
Read MoreThis article is by Martin Ludgate of Canal Boat magazine. Click here to see it on the Canal Boat website. How do you spend over £5m piling up clay to reopen a half-mile length of canal? It turns out there’s rather more involved in the next phase of the Chesterfield Canal’s restoration, as…
Read More19th January 2023 PRESS RELEASE from Bassetlaw District Council Worksop is set to benefit from £20 million of investment, after the Government awarded Bassetlaw District Council an £18 million Levelling Up fund grant to transform the town centre. The Council and partners will contribute an additional £2 million in funding to support the Levelling Up…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE by Retford Bowling Green 24th September 2022 The Captains of Retford Bowling Green, Carol Norman and Chris Bromley, decided to support the Chesterfield Canal Trust as their chosen charity this year, to aid its important work in restoring this historic canal. The sum of £300 has been raised from various events throughout the…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE 24th March 2022 The Chesterfield Canal Trust is delighted to have been awarded £5.3m from the Staveley Town Deal.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE 10th March 2022 Python is a narrowboat that belongs to the Chesterfield Canal Trust. It does maintenance work along the Chesterfield Canal, crewed by volunteers. This volunteering has proved so beneficial that it is also part of the new Green Prescribing Programme from South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE 20th December 2021 The Chesterfield Canal Trust is delighted to announce that it has received a grant from the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System as part of its Green Prescribing programme.
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