Nottingham Road

• Meeting where and when: Flats on Nottingham Road, Belper, DE56 1JL. On 19 February at 10am - 12pm.
• What streets: Nottingham Road flats and around this area.

What happened

Overall we found the area to be in a good condition, but we did find a few issues that we've now raised with the relevant teams. This included some weeds, bushes and hedges that need cutting back, paved areas to be jet washed, parking space lines to be repainted, a communal door to be cleaned and repainted, and some fly-tipping that had been left.

Acorn Drive

• Meeting where and when: Flats on Acorn Drive, Belper, DE56 1EL. On 20 March at 10am - 12pm.
• What streets: Acorn Drive flats and around this area.

What happened

We found no issues with individual properties and the communal spaces were well maintained. There is still an issue with fly-tipping in the area, which we are actively trying to manage and encourage customers to report who is responsible to Futures. We've raised the following actions:

• Fly-tipping in drying area – our teams will remove this.
• Bricks loose on corner of wall in communal area – our teams will fix this.
• Road maintenance signs abandoned on green area – we're investigating this to ensure they're collected.
• Parking signs outdated – our teams will remove these.

Highfields

• Meeting where and when: Highfields community centre, DE5 9SB. 26 March at 9:30am - 10:30am.
• What streets: Field Street, Highfields, Thomson Walk, Jessop Street.

What happened

We’ve found issues with some gardens, which we’re looking into and fly tipping, which has now been cleared.

Duffield

• Meeting where and when: Ecclesbourne Close, DE56 4GJ. On 4 March at 10am. 
• What streets: Ecclesbourne Close.

What happened

We found issues with parking and the communal bins so we will raise this with Amber Valley Borough Council. We've also had some feedback from a parish councillor about starting a coffee morning at the local community centre so we will discuss this with them.

Kew Crescent

• Meeting where and when: On the corner of Kew Crescent, Heanor, DE75 7HR. Wednesday 22 January at 11am.
• What streets: Kew Crescent.

What happened

Futures colleagues were joined by Amber Valley Borough Council's community safety partnership team and Derbyshire Police. We had good chats with several customers, including concerns about antisocial behaviour and motorbikes on the fields at the bottom of the street. The police will make further regular visits to monitor this.

Customers asked how they can bring the community together to help improve gardens on the street, so we agreed to speak to our partners to see if there's any funding opportunities available. There was some overgrown hedges and a couple of properties that needed attention, so we will contact these customers.

We'll be back again to visit in the summer to see how we can further support the community and update on the proposed improvements. We're looking to find a place on Kew Crescent to keep items for gardening – if anyone has any ideas please contact us to speak to the communities housing officer.

Cotton Lace Close

• Meeting where and when: Cotton Lace Close, DE7 4RU. On Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 11am.
• What streets: Cotton Lace Close.

What happened

Overall we found the area was clean and tidy on this walkabout. We did find rubbish left in a few gardens, so we've asked the customers to remove this.

Openacre

• Meeting where and when: Ironville Community Centre, NG16 5QA. On 18 March at 10am.
• What streets: King William Street, Adelaide Walk, Waterside, Deepdale, Victoria Street, Queen Street.

What happened

We were joined by the police and community wardens from Amber Valley Borough Council for this walkabout. We walked around the streets for two hours, finding areas for us to focus on and talking to local residents. Everyone we spoke to was positive about the area they lived in and had no concerns.

We met the Friends of Ironville and Codnor Park community group who were caring for the green spaces around the park and met with the local shop keeper to discuss any concerns they had, but none were mentioned.

There was a small amount of fly-tipping and some overflowing communal bins which was immediately raised as a task by the wardens from Amber Valley Borough Council. There were a few areas with lots of litter, so we're going to arrange a community litter pick.

Andrews Drive

• Meeting where and when: Andrews Drive, NG16 4GG. 4 March at 10am.
• What streets: Andrews Drive.

What happened

We noticed in general the area was well maintained. We did find a couple of areas where we discovered a build up of litter and fly-tipped items.

We've arranged to visit again to pick up some of the litter and will arrange for the fly-tipping to be collected. We'll put up flyers about reporting fly-tipping to avoid further build up in the future.

All in all, we were really impressed with the area and individual homes and gardens.

Weston Spot Close

• Meeting where and when: Weston Spot Close, DE5 8JR. On 5 March at 10:30am.
• What streets: Weston Spot Close, Oak Avenue, Willow Avenue, Ash Crescent, Woodside Avenue, Almond Avenue, PearTree Avenue, Sycamore Avenue, Hawthorne Avenue, Holly Avenue, Kirk Close, Poppy Fields.

What happened

We found almost all of the streets to be in good condition but we did find fly-tipping in some areas which we have reported.

Peveril Court

• Meeting where and when: Peveril Court, DE5 3NR. On 5 March at 12pm.
  What streets: Peveril Court, Norman Road, Slack Lane, Rowan Avenue, Chestnut Avenue, Poplar Avenue, Cedar Avenue, Laurel Avenue, Field Terrace.

What happened

We found most of the streets to be in good condition but we did find fly-tipping, broken benches and branch cuttings which we have raised with our teams to collect and repair.

Steeple Drive

• Meeting where and when: Church Farm Medical Centre Car Park, DE5 3TH. On 19 March at 10:30am. 
• What streets: Bishops Close, Peasehill Road, Lamb Crescent, Greenhill Avenue, Fearn Avenue, Wright Avenue, Park Avenue, Porterhouse Road, Victory Avenue, Broadway Court.
  
  

What happened

Overall the area was in a good condition, but we did find the following few actions to deal with:

• Four properties with items on the front garden. We've given them four weeks to remove.
• Two abandoned vehicles. One SORN has been given and the other customer has four weeks to remove.
• We found fly-tipping in two communal areas. We'll send letters out and we'll ask our teams to remove it.

Thurston Avenue

• Meeting where and when: The corner of Stanley Street, DE55 4JW. 27 February at 2pm.
  What streets: Thurston Avenue, Scott Drive, Everest Drive, Haston Drive, Bonnington Drive, Burke Drive.

What happened

The area was mainly in a good condition, however there was fly-tipping in two areas and rubbish in a couple of gardens, so we've given two weeks' notices to the people responsible to clear all of this. Some areas had overgrown brambles, but our grounds maintenance team were with us who will be able to sort this.

We also spoke to residents about the seating area on Thurston Avenue to let them know we're looking at revamping the area and replace the broken slabs.

Hedley Close

• Meeting where and when: Castle Drive community centre, DE55 4LN. 17 April at 10:30am.
• What streets: Hedley Close, Peterway, Riber Avenue, Douglas Road, Castle Drive, George Street.

What happened

Overall the streets we visited were managed well with the exception of a few properties with overgrown gardens or rubbish that needed removing - we managed to speak to the majority of these customers (the rest we posted a card through their door) and they were more than happy with a two week period to resolve.

There were some footpaths and flower beds that need weeding which we've raised with our grounds maintenance team. Some of the paths were owned by Amber Valley Borough Council so we've also made them aware.

A resident raised some concerns about garages that he felt were moving in the ground so we will also speak to the relevant teams about this too.