Belper Civic Forum

The preparation by Amber Valley Borough Council of the Development Brief for the Meadows Edge area in Belper has been delayed. As a consequence, the Belper Civic Forum has postponed its next members’ meeting (oringinally planned for 16th June 2008) until further notice.

After a few months of consultation, discussion and general honing, Belper Civic Forum is proud to make available an alternative development brief for The Meadows Edge in downloadable form. Download it, read it and let the Forum know what you think…

Download the file using this link (the file is aproximately 7.7MB in size).

This file is in PDF format. You will need a viewer for the file that you can download and install for free:

• The Adobe Acrobat Reader can be Found Here (Aproximately 22.4MB in size).
• The “Foxit Reader” (for Windows) is a smaller and faster alternative that can be downloaded from here (Aproximately 2.1MB in size).

After a period of consultation around Belper and very hard work by the Meadows Edge Sub-Group a detailed “Alternative Development Brief” was presented to forum members on 28th September.

The meeting gave members a chance to get a feel for the proposals. The aim to put forward a viable and sustainable alternative to other suggestions for the Meadows Edge site made so far - mostly by Tesco who are aiming to build a store (with associated roads and facilities) on the old Thorntons site off Derwent Street. There was plenty of enthusiasm for the brief presented by the sub-group, quite a few questions and a lively discussion.

The proposals being put forward by the forum will be made fully public at the Forum’s next open meeting on Monday 29th October at the Masonic Hall on Campbell Street in Belper from 7.30pm. There will be plenty of chances to comment on this issue that is crucial to the development of Belper.

Meanwhile, if you have any further question, queries or feedback - it’s worth looking at the “Belper At The Crossroads” leaflet for more information.