Outline Planning Permission Application
Great News! Following our application for Outline Planning Permission we have arranged Public Consultation Meetings as follows (all at 7:30pm):-
Tuesday 9th March British Legion Club, Chellaston Road, Allenton
Wednesday 10th March St Osmund's Church Hall, Wilmorton
Wednesday 17th March St Mary's Church Hall, Draycott
Thursday 18th March Longmoor School, Sandiacre
Tuesday 23rd March St Hugh's Church Hall, Borrowash/Spondon
Tuesday 30th March Scout Hut, Blind Lane, Breaston
Wednesday 31st March Shelton Lock Community Centre, Shelton Lock/Chellaston
The Application will shortly be uploaded onto Derby City Council's Website for consultation so please come along and see us at a meeting, to discuss what we are doing.
The Linear Park - transitional thinking
A 12 mile linear green corridor awaiting development
A former heritage canal, Derby and Sandiacre, connects the Erewash and Trent and Mersey canals, and offers a fantastic green corridor for enhancement and full reinstatement.
The corridor is enjoyed by a host of users, with an exciting opportunity to link the Derby riverside to navigable waterways. Since the beginning of 2008, the Trust Development Group, supported by a Derbyshire City Partnership grant, have been actively involved in securing outline planning permission for the horizontal alignment of the entire canal corridor, whilst endeavouring to open various stretches of the waterway.
We are encouraged by the progress of our application, finalising modifications to the environmental impact and flood risk assessments, aspects requested by the three authorities at the beginning of the year, to ensure the planning application can be registered and undergo the full sixteen week consultation process, and hopefully lead to a planning decision by March/April, 2010. To obtain planning approval from three authorities, remains a challenging and complex undertaking, taking us all through a roller coaster of highs and lows, but disregarding the various setbacks we are confident with the support of all the participating bodies that the outline planning application for reinstating the canal corridor will be registered by November, 2009, and be considered for planning approval by the end of the year
Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust, July 2009.
To view the route go to Stakeholder Pages and open green map 'canal ring'.
Preliminary Stages of Construction
The Derby Riverside to Erewash Towpath Heritage Trail
A seven and half mile linear park, providing a cycleway and footway on the towpath, linking the Erewash canal junction at Sandiacre to the river Derwent crossing and onto the City riverside. The creation of a green multi user trail for Erewash and the City will improve lifestyles of an under-utilised green canal garden. The proposed towpath heritage trail will connect the silk mills of Derby riverside with the the original lock keeper's cottage on the Erewash Canal. The Trust have estimated that for a capital cost of circa £700k to £1.1 million, subject to pavement specification, a sustainable pavement with landscaping can be built over a twenty week period, thereby establishing the route. The corridor provides an amenity for cyclists, walkers, joggers, naturalists and pedestrian to enjoy a unique and dedicated green way in and out of the City.
The Trust and Society have established partnerships and collaborative interest from a host of key intermediaries such as the Spondon Community Association, Derby Cityscape, Cycle Derby, Derby City Partnership and Erewash Partnership, all of whom will benefit considerably from this towpath heritage trail.
Our current project steering group comprises of - BWB, Gleeds, Sutrans, Centre of Pavement Excellence, Tarmac and Dew Construction, all dedicating significant resources and financial contributions to ensuring that the best possible design and value can be derived, thereby attracting funding.
16th December, 2009 - News has broken that the '6Cs' fund for the East Midlands has accepted our application as an 'expression of interest' - Gleeds will be dealing with this on a pro bono basis.
Other Stages of Construction
Leading to Navigational Waterway
T
he Trust's mission is to restore the canal to full navigation. This is best achieved by sectional canal side developments on the Spondon mile or canal junctions at the Trent and Mersey and Erewash canals. Unfortunately the current economic down turn has restricted investment on such capital intensive builds, therefore we have been forced to put on hold our Spondon and Draycott developments until at least mid 2010. The beautification & enhancement of the existing canal corridor, cultivation of the canal gardens existing flora, fauna, trees and wildlife, along with the placement of a new towpath, remains a real prospect with least cost or risk. Consequently, the Trust's project development group seek help from Erewash and City authorities to fund this first stage of construction.