RECENT PLANS

SUBWAY TO CLOSE
The subway under King Street leading to St Mary's Church will be blocked up and replaced with a pedestrian crossing on the surface after a string of violent attacks and anti-social behaviour in the subway.

Derby City Council said that the Ł100,000 works was going to be paid for by a developer as a condition of gaining planning permission for a development in Bridge Gate.

Deputy council leader Philip Hickson said, "The crossing is quite complicated because it has to cross a dual carriageway. It will also be stopping the traffic on one of Derby's busiest roads."

OSMASTON PARK
Grants worth more than Ł150,000 are being made available for developing Osmaston Park and 3,000 people who live near the park are being asked to get involved. The plans include play equipment, an outdoor stage, a community and wildlife garden and a fitness trail.

APARTMENTS
Dalbury Lees-based Empire Land Ltd, wants to build flats at the top of St Helen's Street, at its junction with King Street. The proposal is to demolish an office building in neighbouring Orchard Street and replace it with two, three and four-storey blocks of two-bedroom apartments.

These would be opposite the St Helen's Street entrance of the planned road, which the city council wants to run past the rear of the Seven Stars public house, in King Street, and out into Lodge Lane which forms part of the council's controversial Connecting Derby scheme.

NEW HOMES
Plans have been revealed for a new "urban quarter", including 435 new homes, to be built on a college site in Derby. The proposal includes 175 one-to-three-bedroom flats, 260 two-to-five-bedroom houses and 630 car parking spaces.

The proposed sale of the site is part of major changes to further education in Derby that will see sixth-form activities move to the new Ł12m Joseph Wright Centre being built in Cathedral Road.

The 2,000 students who study vocational courses at the Wilmorton site would be moved to one of the college's two other campuses, Broomfield Hall, Morley, or Prince Charles Avenue, Mackworth if the plans are approved.

Selling the site would generate millions of pounds, and Ł6m would go towards building the new centre. Nigel Gell, vice-principal at Derby College, said, "We believe the development will improve the Wilmorton area and give us the opportunity to provide first-class facilities across the city."

RECENT PLANS

Ł1BILLION CITYSCAPE INVESTMENT
Over Ł1bn could be invested in the Cityscape project. The money will be used to fund 5,000 new homes, a new arts centre, a riverside hotel and a transport link between the railway station and the city centre

Ł250M SUPERHOSPITAL
Discussions about the possibility of having just one hospital in Derby began in 1995.

Ł150M SCHOOLS PLAN
Up to Ł150m could be invested in rebuilding and refurbishing all of Derby's secondary schools over the next few years.

Ł83M GATEWAY TO CITY CENTRE
Six years after the scheme to replace Derby Bus Station was announced, developers have unveiled a new Ł83m site plan.

Ł80M COLLEGE PLAN
A new city centre college is the favourite contender to occupy a seven-acre slice of Derby's redeveloped bus station site.

Ł50M CONCERT HALL
Derby is set to get a 4,000-seat concert hall on Pride Park as part of plans to re-vamp the city's leisure sites. And a 50m swimming pool, featuring a "floating floor", could be built at Riverlights or the former DRI site in London Road.

Ł44M FOR FIVE NEW SCHOOLS
The council is consulting on three options for the new site which are Alvaston Park; open space at Crewton allotments; and land next to the recently opened link-road to Pride Park.

Ł33M FOR STREET LIGHTING
A programme to repair and replace Derby's 26,000 street lights over five years could be carried out by a private company after the city council admitted that the service had suffered from a lack of investment.

Ł26M PRIDE PARK STADIUM EXTENSION
Businesses in Derby may be asked to help contribute towards a Ł26m extension to Pride Park Stadium as part of the city's World Cup bid.

Ł25M HOTEL
Jurys Doyle Hotels wants to build a 200-bedroom hotel on the former Bridgegate BMW site, in King Street, at a cost of Ł25m.

Ł20M RIVERSIDE PLAN
Wilson Bowden Developments has submitted a planning application to convert the grade II-listed Derwent Street Magistrates' Court into 44 apartments and to build 130 riverside apartments on the site of the former Full Street police station.

Ł15M FIVE-STOREY OFFICE BLOCK
The development, called City Gate House, is set to be built behind the Joseph Wright Sixth Form Centre on the site of Cathedral Road Clinic.

Ł14M APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT
The first major development in an ambitious scheme to transform Derby city centre is finally set to be built.

Ł14M SIXTH FORM
Derby College has unveiled plans for a fourth site which could be up and running in two years.

Ł10M HOTEL
Ramada is building 40 more of its Encore hotels across the country over the next five years and has picked Pride Park to be among the first of the new hotels to be developed.

Ł10M SKY VAULT
Planners have put a Ł10m price tag on the Sky Vault landmark but have yet to decide where it should be located.

Ł8M DREAM
A new area of bars and boutiques looks set to be created in Derby city centre in an Ł8m project.

Ł7M FACELIFT FOR SQUARE
A multi-million-pound redevelopment of Duckworth Square has been given the go-ahead - again!

Ł5.6M PARK RESTORATION
Derby City Council's Planning Committee approved six planning applications which will allow improvements to start on the Arboretum.

Ł5M CITY LIVING DEVELOPMENT
Blueroom Properties Ltd wants to demolish 66 small rented flats and bedsits called Greenwood Court in Phoenix Street, and replace them with 74 bigger, more modern apartments with parking spaces.

Ł4M HEALTH CENTRE FOR ALVASTON
Greater Derby Primary Care Trust, which runs GP services, has applied for full planning permission to build a Ł4m health centre in Coleman Street, Alvaston.

Ł4M PROJECT TO IMPROVE ALVASTON
Derby City Council will re-pave footpaths, install new benches, bins, cycle stands, lighting and create car-parking bays and bus stops along London Road.

Ł4M FACELIFT FOR OSMASTON AREA
Residents in an area of Derby are being offered the chance of a Ł4m facelift for their homes.

Ł3.5M APARTMENT PLAN FOR WEST END
New life is being breathed into a once "run-down" area of Derby with work starting on a Ł3.5m luxury apartments scheme.

Ł3M APARTMENT AND OFFICE BLOCK
Derby City Council's planning committee gave the go-ahead to the development in Queen Street, Derby.

Ł2M PLAN FOR FIVE LAMPS
Two Ł2m schemes to improve traffic congestion and cut down on bottlenecks at one of Derby's controversial junctions have been drawn up.

Ł1.8M PEDESTRIAN LINK
A pedestrian link from Derby railway station to Pride Park has been set up in a partnership between Derby City Council, Railtrack and Midland Mainline.

Ł790,000 REFURBISHMENT SCHEME
Ashbourne Road and Friar Gate are to undergo refurbishment.

Ł600,000 FOR NORMANTON
Creating a cleaner Normanton and looking at ways of cutting unemployment are just two projects that are set to be launched in the area as part of a Ł600,000 scheme.

Ł500,000 FOR MARKEATON ISLAND
As part of a scheme to improve traffic flow, Markeaton Island is to benefit from a Ł500,000 project to improve capacity for A38 traffic by widening the approaches and exits at the roundabout.

Ł150,000 FOR LOCAL PROJECTS
Residents living in the Mackworth Estate, Austin Estate and Breadsall Hilltop and North Chaddesden areas of the city completed a questionnaire with their views on how to spend the money.

Ł120,000 TO IMPROVE HOMES
The money is being spent because Dairyhouse Road is classed as needing environmental improvement works.

Ł64,500 CONSERVATION GRANT
Derby City Council’s Cabinet approved a Ł64,500 Townscape Heritage Initiative grant for the repair of part of a disused Derby church.

Ł11,500 CLOCK FACELIFT
Derby City Council is to have the clock in the Prince Charles Avenue shopping parade entirely refurbished and to set its hands in motion again.