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Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin. Motorists are facing possible new measures
00:05 to reduce pollution on a major road in Derbyshire which could be managed with legislation and
00:10 enforcement to help improve air quality. High Peak Borough Council has already declared
00:15 road areas at Tintwhistle, Noye, Hadfield and Dinting Vale at Glossop as air quality
00:19 management areas due to elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide from vehicles. It is now
00:25 resolved that an area around Fairfield Road in Buxton will also become an air quality
00:30 management area and will be subject to an action plan setting out how the council will
00:33 work towards improving air quality in the area. Transport action plan measures could
00:38 include the use of legislation and enforcement to control air pollution, changing road layouts
00:44 as well as forming traffic plans to encourage alternative transport like cycling and the
00:49 use of public transport. Other options include encouraging wider behavioural changes towards
00:54 travel choices, increasing awareness of threats to air quality and introducing more air quality
00:59 monitoring. Householders are up in arms over plans to
01:04 build 180 new homes in part of a north Derbyshire village that is prone to flooding. An application
01:10 for planning permission for bungalows and two storeys houses on Spindle Drive and east
01:14 of Deerlands Road, Wingerwith has been submitted by Ripon Homes and North East Derbyshire District
01:18 Council. The authority granted outline planning consent for the development on open farmland
01:23 in 2018. However, several of the many comments submitted to the council about the development
01:29 highlight flooding concerns as well as potential problems from the extra pressure on roads,
01:34 schools and local infrastructure. The council's decision on the application for full planning
01:39 permission is still pending.