Amber Valley Borough Council has agreed revised plans for a site overlooking the River Derwent and within the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site reports Business Link East Midlands.
image for illustration: Milford Mill Weir / Alan Murray-Rust, Wikimedia Commons
Business Link East Midlands writes:
69 new homes will now be delivered on the historic site, which is within the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site…..
… Wavensmere Homes has already spent over £250,000 on archaeological investigations on site throughout 2023, while amending the original planning application to enable the 4.7-acre development to be gas free and fully compliant with new building regulations…..
Dating back to 1780, Milford Mills is a former cotton mill which housed some of the world’s first mechanised industrial spinning factories…
