[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 27 January 2020 - 02:54 PM, said:

Like everything else, people don’t use places and buy on line etc and then moan when it’s gone.

Nail on head.

I make a point of shopping in Town whenever possible (and I'll argue the toss with anyone who says supermarket snap comes anywhere near veg off the market of meat from the market hall!).

Use it or lose it.

[hewittfan]

Spire-Power, on 27 January 2020 - 05:02 PM, said:

Is the old courthouse on West Bars being demolished or converted ? its fenced off now

Listed building, being converted into apartments apparently.

[calvin plummers socks]

What was wrong with as a Courthouse?

[spireitetoo]

The Chesterfield Hotel is being demolished and the whole area regenerated, along with the outside of the railway station, the plans for it all look very impressive, trouble is they haven't planned the access very well for vehicles taxi's, people dropping or picking up, traffic will still mostly have to travel thru the town centre, as there is no access from the bypass, (built to ease traffic thru town centre) onto Brimington Rd.
Nothing like a bit of forward planning?

[Spire-Power]

calvin plummers socks, on 27 January 2020 - 06:19 PM, said:

What was wrong with as a Courthouse?

They built a new court 10 years ago

[calvin plummers socks]

Why was that- what was wrong with the one near the Town Hall?
Always thought it looked good.
Has it been empty for 10 years?!

Where is the new one?

This post has been edited by calvin plummers socks: 27 January 2020 - 07:34 PM

[Spire-Power]

hewittfan, on 27 January 2020 - 05:29 PM, said:

Listed building, being converted into apartments apparently.

If it's done properly they could be very upmarket modern apartments

calvin plummers socks, on 27 January 2020 - 07:34 PM, said:

Why was that- what was wrong with the one near the Town Hall?
Always thought it looked good.
Has it been empty for 10 years?!

Where is the new one?

From memory they wanted more courtrooms and the new one had twice as many. New one is close to the railway station

[Spire-Power]

Old one been empty for 10 years, outside it is a bit of a hang out for alcoholics, in day time at least

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spireitetoo, on 27 January 2020 - 06:54 PM, said:

The Chesterfield Hotel is being demolished and the whole area regenerated, along with the outside of the railway station, the plans for it all look very impressive, trouble is they haven't planned the access very well for vehicles taxi's, people dropping or picking up, traffic will still mostly have to travel thru the town centre, as there is no access from the bypass, (built to ease traffic thru town centre) onto Brimington Rd.
Nothing like a bit of forward planning?

they've planned all the new layout round the the train station on strength of HS2 being built (if it will come up this way ?)

[semi130497]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 27 January 2020 - 05:18 PM, said:

Nail on head.

I make a point of shopping in Town whenever possible (and I'll argue the toss with anyone who says supermarket snap comes anywhere near veg off the market of meat from the market hall!).

Use it or lose it.

This definitely applies to public libraries. They are a huge part of our culture, and a thing the UK should be proud of. Yet they are steadily being cut back .

Everyone thinks they are a great idea, but most hardly ever use them.

Its very sad

[Trigger]

spireitetoo, on 27 January 2020 - 06:54 PM, said:

The Chesterfield Hotel is being demolished and the whole area regenerated, along with the outside of the railway station, the plans for it all look very impressive, trouble is they haven't planned the access very well for vehicles taxi's, people dropping or picking up, traffic will still mostly have to travel thru the town centre, as there is no access from the bypass, (built to ease traffic thru town centre) onto Brimington Rd.
Nothing like a bit of forward planning?

I read they were gonna put a new road past the bridge Inn and builders merchant up to the train station coming out at the side of the insurance company building opposite chesterfield hotel

[Sammy Spireite]

Trigger, on 28 January 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

I read they were gonna put a new road past the bridge Inn and builders merchant up to the train station coming out at the side of the insurance company building opposite chesterfield hotel

This video shows that whole area as a pedestrianised with the Spire Insurance building slap bang in the middle:

https://www.chesterf...2-chesterfield/

Its hard to tell (about 2 mins in) where the access road begins but it seems to come from the direction of Hornsbridge.

[Trigger]

Sammy Spireite, on 29 January 2020 - 05:03 PM, said:

This video shows that whole area as a pedestrianised with the Spire Insurance building slap bang in the middle:

https://www.chesterf...2-chesterfield/

Its hard to tell (about 2 mins in) where the access road begins but it seems to come from the direction of Hornsbridge.

Looks to me as if they're doing away with the slip road to the bypass and replacing it with the access route to the station. Think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it's similar to the route pre bypass days

Edit: thinking about it, they're probably gonna put the slip road Futher down. Can't see traffic being diverted through town/spital.

This post has been edited by Trigger: 29 January 2020 - 06:07 PM

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Trigger, on 29 January 2020 - 05:58 PM, said:

Looks to me as if they're doing away with the slip road to the bypass and replacing it with the access route to the station. Think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it's similar to the route pre bypass days

Edit: thinking about it, they're probably gonna put the slip road Futher down. Can't see traffic being diverted through town/spital.

All these plans have been put in place to work round the HS2 plans that might or might not take place .

[60s 70s Spireite]

Sammy Spireite, on 29 January 2020 - 05:03 PM, said:

This video shows that whole area as a pedestrianised with the Spire Insurance building slap bang in the middle:

https://www.chesterf...2-chesterfield/

Its hard to tell (about 2 mins in) where the access road begins but it seems to come from the direction of Hornsbridge.

Looking at that, it looks to me as if the architects/council have mixed us up with somewhere like Leeds and have assumed we have the occupants spare for all those business and residential properties. If we do find the population, we ought to be in the Premier League never mind National League North.

[Wooden Spoon]

It said:

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All these plans have been put in place to work round the HS2 plans that might or might not take place .

It may go as far as Birmingham, and then be put on the back burner while stuff like northern rail is upgraded.

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DEATH, on 30 January 2020 - 02:21 PM, said:

It may go as far as Birmingham, and then be put on the back burner while stuff like northern rail is upgraded.

Or it may not happen like owt else in this country every big project can never be done on budget .Don't forget we've got 40 new hospitals to build what the Tory's promised pre election .

[calvin plummers socks]

It, on 30 January 2020 - 02:30 PM, said:

Or it may not happen like owt else in this country every big project can never be done on budget .Don't forget we've got 40 new hospitals to build what the Tory's promised pre election .

As of tomorrow the NHS has £350 million a week extra so that should cover it

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calvin plummers socks, on 30 January 2020 - 03:31 PM, said:

As of tomorrow the NHS has £350 million a week extra so that should cover it

Got to pay the EU a divorce settlement first .