Derbyshire planners have given the green light to plans for a large new care home in Chesterfield – despite concerns about its size and a feared increase in traffic, safety hazards and noise. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee voted at a meeting on August 18 to approve Waterlily Ltd’s planning application to build a three and four-storey, 96-bed care home on the site of the former Derwent House Residential Home, on Ulverston Road, at Newbold, in Chesterfield.

An agent, representing Waterlily, said: “The proposed development has been designed to respond sensitively to its context, meets the needs of an ageing population, and complies with national and local planning policy.

“Any outstanding technical concerns—such as noise, transport or lighting—can be appropriately managed

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