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AEM2020 — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:39:55 +0000

Gamesley Christmas 2024 – Buses, shops, bins, and other info

AEM2020 — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:06:47 +0000

Gamesley Christmas 2024 – Buses, shops, bins, and other info – Below are details for Gamesley’s local services during the Christmas period. Please get in touch if you think anything is missing or wrong or have helpful information to add.

Local Buses

Buses on Gamesley

Tuesday 24th December – Christmas Eve

341 Normal (but could be Saturday Service)

394 Normal weekday service

There is no service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Friday 27^th, Saturday 29^th and Monday 30th December

341 Normal (but could be Saturday Service)

394 Normal weekday service (Friday and Monday).

Tuesday 31st December – New Year’s Eve

341 Normal (but could be Saturday Service)

394 Normal weekday service

There is no service on New Year’s Day.

Thursday 2nd January 2024

Back to regular service

Buses from The Plough (Dinting Arches) / Shaw Lane (Carpenters) – 237 Glossop to Ashton Under Lyne

Monday 23rd December

Monday to Friday holiday service (During the early morning and afternoon some journeys will be speeded up to reflect traffic conditions.)

Tuesday 24th December – Christmas Eve

237 – holiday service, last buses 18:33 Ashton to Glossop and 18:31 Glossop to Ashton

No service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day

Friday 27th December, Saturday 28^th, Sunday 29^th and Monday 30^th December

237 –Holiday service

(Normal timetables will run; however, some journeys will be speeded up during the early morning and afternoon some journeys will be speeded up to reflect traffic conditions. )

Tuesday 31st December – New Year’s Eve

237 – holiday service, last buses 18:33 Ashton to Glossop and 18:31 Glossop to Ashton.

New Year’s Day – No service

Thursday 2nd January and Friday 3^rd January

Monday to Friday holiday service

Other local bus services

High Peak Buses (except for the 394) will run to Saturday times.

Please click here for details on timetables, other local services, fares, etc.

Trains

There will be no trains from Glossop to Manchester on Christmas Day and Boxing Day; disruption is likely for early morning journeys on other days over the Christmas period.

If you are travelling beyond Manchester, many engineering works are taking place; please check with Northern Rail before travelling.

High Peak Borough Council

Council Offices and receptions will be closed from 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, until Thursday, January 2, 2025, when they will reopen as normal.

Call centre – 0345 129 7777

If you need to contact the Council, the Call Centre will be open as below:

24 Dec – 9am – 1pm

25 & 26 Dec – Closed

27 Dec – 9am – 4pm

28 & 29 Dec – Closed

30 Dec – 9am – 4pm

31 Dec – 9am – 3pm

1 Jan – Closed

2 Jan – 9am – 3pm

3 Jan – 9am – 5pm

Many services and transactions can be accessed online when offices are closed via the council website at www.highpeak.gov.uk.

For council housing emergencies (i.e. heating problems, no heating, leaks, boiler problems, electrical issues in council housing, etc.) during the Christmas period, call 0800 030 8666

For other High Peak Borough Council emergencies, please call 0345 129 7777 or 01298 28400

Derbyshire County Council – 01629 533190

For Derbyshire County Council issues, such as gritting and snow clearing etc

Call Derbyshire will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day except for urgent social care calls.

Call Derbyshire will be open as usual at 01629 533190 for the rest of the festive period.

For social care emergencies, call Tel: 01629 532600

Police

For any Police matters which are not urgent, please call 101

Bins

No green-lidded bins will be collected between 23rd December and 5^th January.

Gamesley & Cottage Lane – Normal collection day Tuesday

Tuesday 24^th Decembers, brown bin collection, will take place as normal.

The black bin collection due on Tuesday 31^st December, will instead take place on Monday 30th December.

Glossop Road – Normal Collection Wednesday

Wednesday, 25th December brown bin collection changed to Friday 27^th December

Wednesday, 1^st January black bin collection changed to Tuesday 31^st December

If you are not local to Gamesley, you can check for any changes here https://www.highpeak.gov.uk/findyourbinday

Derbyshire County Council – Recycling centres (‘Melandra tip’)

Household waste recycling centres are open between 9.30 am and 5 pm every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

For further details – click here.

Gamesley Shops

The Chippy is closed from the end of Friday, 20th December, until Monday 13th January.

Winster Mews Pharmacy

Christmas Day, Boxing Day – Closed

Friday 29th December – 9 am until 1 – 2 pm until 6 pm

Monday 30th December – 9 am until 1 – 2 pm until 6 pm

Tuesday 31st December – 9 am until 1 – 2 pm until 6 pm

New Year’s Day – Closed

Gamesley Convivence Store (formerly Morgan’s)

24th December – 7 am to 9 pm

Christmas Day – 10 am to 8 pm

Boxing Day – 9 am to 9 pm

27^th December 9am to 9pm

New Year’s Eve – 7 am to 9 pm

New Year’s Day – 9 am to 9 pm

All other days – open as normal

Gamesley Nisa (formerly Londis)

Christmas Eve – 8am to 8pm

Christmas day – 9am to 5pm
Boxing day – 9am to 8pm
All other days – open as normal

One Stop

Christmas Eve – 7 am to 9 pm

Christmas Day – Closed

Boxing Day – 9 am to 7 pm

Wednesday 27th December – open as usual

Gamesley Post Office

Christmas Day – Closed

Boxing Day – Closed

Friday 27^th December – open as normal

Monday 30^th December 1pm close

Tuesday 31^st December 12pm close

New Year’s Day – Closed

Thursday 2^nd January – open as normal

Glossop Pool / Leisure Centre

Glossop Pool and Leisure Centre are closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

For openings over the remaining part of the Christmas Period, please click below :

Glossop Leisure Centre: https://www.myactive.uk/glossop

Glossop Pool: https://www.myactive.uk/glossop-swim

Local Chemists

I can’t find any details of Glossopdale Pharmacies being open on Christmas Day; the nearest that I can find further information on being open are:

Christmas Day

Ashton PCC Pharmacy, Ashton PCC, 193 Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7SR, 0161 820 8281, 2 pm to 6 pm.

Denton Pharmacy, 14 Ashton Road, Denton, Manchester, M34 3EX, between 10am and 4pm

Boxing Day

Asda Pharmacy, Cavendish Street, Ashton U Lyne, OL6 7DP, between 10am and 4pm.

Asda Pharmacy, Water Street, Hyde, SK14 1BD, between 10am and 4pm.

Ashton PCC Pharmacy, 193 Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, OL6 7SR, between 8am and 8pm.

Boots Denton, Crown Point North Retail Park, Ashton road, Denton, M34 3LY, between 9am and 6pm.

New Year’s Day

Asda Pharmacy, Cavendish Street, Ashton U Lyne, OL6 7DP, between 10am and 4pm.

Asda Pharmacy, Water Street, Hyde, SK14 1BD, between 10am and 4pm.

Ashton PCC Pharmacy, 193 Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, OL6 7SR, between 8am and 8pm.

Denton Pharmacy, 14 Ashton Road, Denton, Manchester, M34 3EX, between 4pm and 8pm.

Additional Support

Emergency Food Parcels from Glossopdale Foodbank

G52 is closed from Friday, 20th December, until 9am on Tuesday, 7th January

Other locations

Monday 23rd December – 10am to llam Hadfield St Andrews Cricket Club, Newshaw Lane, SK13 2AT

Tuesday 24th December – 10am to Midday Glossop Labour Club, 11-13 Chapel Street, Glossop, SKIS 8AT

Wednesday 25th December – NO SESSIONS

Thursday 26th December – NO SESSIONS

Friday 27th December – NO SESSIONS

Monday 30th December – 10am to lam Hadfield St Andrews Cricket Club, Newshaw Lane, SK13 2AT

Tuesday 31st December – 10am to Midday Glossop Labour Club, 11-13 Chapel Street, Glossop, SKIS 8AT

Thursday 2nd January – 10am to 1lam Hadfield St Andrews Cricket Club, Newshaw Lane, SK13 2AT

Friday 3rd January – 10am to Midday Glossop Labour Club, 11-13 Chapel Street, Glossop, SK13 8AT

Mental Health

Samaritans free helpline number: 116 123 (UK, open 24/7).

Crisis Support Info: http://ow.ly/priv50QkGRb

Derbyshire Mental Health Helpline 0800 028 0077

Silver Line (support for over 55’s) 0800 470 8090

CALM (5 pm to Midnight) 0800 585858

P3 (Homeless support) 0808 1692 333

Hopeline (support for under 35’s open 9 am until 12 midnight) 0800 068 4141

Papyrus (under 35’s) 0800 068 4141

Church Services

If you’re looking for Roman Catholic midnight mass, your nearest choice is 6 pm at St Charles or 5.45 pm for carols, followed by 6.00 pm mass at St Mary’s in Glossop.

For the Church of England, there’s a crib service at 4 pm at St John’s in Charlesworth, and then it’s 11.30 pm for midnight communion again at St John’s in Charlesworth. Dinting Church has a crib service at 5 pm on Christmas Eve.

For Christmas Day services, if you are looking for Roman Catholic, there is the Immaculate Conception at 9.15 am, All Saints at 10 am, and St Charles at 11 am.

For the Church of England, the joint communion service at St John’s is at 10.00 a.m., and the service at Dinting Church is at 9.30 a.m.

HPK/2024/0401 Refused at the DC Committee

AEM2020 — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:43:55 +0000

This afternoon (Monday, 9th December 2024), the Council’s Development Control Committee considered planning application HPK/2024/0401.

HPK/2024/0401 for 51 houses at the rear of Cottage Land was resubmitted in October following the developer’s earlier withdrawal due to technical issues.

The Development Control Committee had done a site visit earlier today. At the meeting, no one was in attendance from the developer, with Andy Williams speaking well on behalf of those objecting to the development.

The committee then put the application forward for refusal, with all members supporting refusal.

Planning application HPK/2024/0401 – Land off Cottage Lane – Recommended for refusal

AEM2020 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:33:58 +0000

The committee report to the Council’s Development Control for planning Application HPK/2024/0401 recommends refusing the application.

The developer resubmitted the application in October after the developer withdrew the initial application due to technical issues.

Officers have now considered that application, along with the responses from the public and statutory consultees, and are recommending the application for refusal.

You can read the report on the Council’s website at http://antmck.uk/11c

Four grounds have been put forward for refusal; the first is around the landscape and visual effect; the second covers the poor design, loss of trees and woodland, and the ‘shading impact resulting in an unacceptably poor level of amenity to be enjoyed by the future occupiers of some plots.’ ; the third around the development not providing an appropriate range of housing types and sizes that can reasonably meet the requirements and future needs of a wide range of household types; and the fourth round not providing appropriate access to the trans Pennine trail.

Unfortunately, despite the concerns about highways and parking, the local highway authority has determined that while they have concerns, they are not enough for them to object to the application.

The report will now be considered by the Development Control Committee at their meeting on Monday, December 9th, at 1:30 p.m. in the Arts Centre at the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton.

Planning application HPK/2024/0401 – Land to the rear of Cottage Lane

AEM2020 — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:35:31 +0000

Early this year, folks acting on behalf of behalf of Great Places Housing Association (Westshield and Eden Building Design) submitted a planning application to build 51 affordable dwellings on land to the rear of Cottage Lane.

At the beginning of September, I was advised by case officer that the application was been withdrawn for technical reasons, but that it would likely be resubmitted.

The application has now been resubmitted and although the bulk of the details appear to be the same as the previous application, this is now a new application – HPK/2024/0401.

As before the documents advise that the 51 dwellings will consist of 34 dwellings for rent, including 16 one-bed apartments in one block, 11 two-bed houses and 7 three-bed houses, along with 17 for shared ownership, which consist of 4 two-bed houses and 13 three-bed houses

Access will be via the gap in the middle of Cottage Lane between 50 and 52, with the details submitted advising that 52 Cottage Lane will be demolished to widen the gap to allow for a 5-meter road and 2-meter footpaths on either side.

2 parking spaces will be provided for each house and 1 parking space for each apartment.

The documents also advise that all Category A and most Category B trees will be retained and incorporated into the design.

The existing footpath that cuts across the site would be diverted from its current route.

You can view all the documentation (including the responses from last year’s consultation) on the planning section of the council website at http://antmck.uk/11a

The application is open for public comments until 14th November 2024.

If you want to object, comment (or even support) the application, you can do so via the comments page http://antmck.uk/119 on the Council’s website or via email to PlanningCommentsHPBC@highpeak.gov.uk including the planning application no HPK/2024/0401 in the subject line.

Please note that as this is a new application – any comments submitted on the previous application need to be resubmitted to count against this new application

If you want to comment, my ‘commenting on planning applications‘ page may be of use – you can view it here http://antmck.uk/1r

Planning application HPK/2024/0154 update

AEM2020 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:37:52 +0000

The planning application for 51 dwellings on land at the rear of Cottage Lane has been withdrawn.

I’ve been advised that the application has been withdrawn due to technical issues with the application and will likely be resubmitted by the applicant once those issues are resolved.

Dave Wilcox – 9/1/47 to 20/7/24

AEM2020 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:52:23 +0000

I was sorry to hear about Dave Wilcox’s passing away over the weekend.

Dave was a Derbyshire County Councillor elected at first for the Glossop West division in 1981 before changing following boundary reviews to the Etherow division in 2005, standing down in 2017.

Dave was also the Borough Councillor on High Peak for the Padfield Ward from 2003 to 2007.

During his time on the County Council, Dave carried out various senior roles, including as chair/exec member for Education, a role from which he provided significant support to adult education, and the Early Excellence Centre on Gamesley.

Dave was also Chair of the LGIU (Local Government Information Unit), the leading local government think tank from 2003 to June 2014. He was also a former Chair of the Local Government Association European and International Board, Vice Chair of the County Councils Network, and leader of its Labour Group.

Dave was also a former Board Member of the Basic Skills Agency, the Improvement and Development Agency, and the National Foundation for Educational Research, a former Executive Member of USDAW, the shop workers’ Union, and a past Chair of East Midlands Airport plc.

In 2007, he was awarded the OBE for services to local government. In 2013, he was Chair of the County Council, and in 2022, he was made an honourary Alderman of the County Council.

Dave’s commitment to community-supporting activities was unwavering. He was one of the driving forces behind the founding of the Glossopdale Foodbank. He was always ready to go the extra mile to support those in need, even if it sometimes meant dressing up as an elf at the Glossop Christmas lights.

Dave’s influence as a legendary campaigner in Labour Party circles was profound. He was always the one to spur the team on to knock at one more door or deliver one more leaflet, and his innovative campaign ideas were instrumental in the party’s success.

As a Councillor, Dave was a great source of knowledge and information. If you needed anything from the County, Dave either knew someone or someone who could find it. He also had some great tales from the years gone by.

In recent years, Dave has suffered from severe illness, which limited what he was able to do. Still, for me, the whirlwind that Dave will remain in my memories, and I’m sure the memories of many others of everything he could support and helped put together.

In line with Dave’s wishes, there will be no funeral or memorial services. The family has asked his friends to gather, have a nice meal, and raise a glass in his memory. I offer my and Bob’s condolences to Joan, Ellie, and the family.

Planning application HPK/2024/0154 – Land to the rear of Cottage Lane

AEM2020 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:55:16 +0000

Following last year’s informal consultation, folks acting on behalf of Great Places Housing Association (Westshield and Eden Building Design) have now submitted planning application HPK/2024/0154 for 51 affordable dwellings on land at the rear of Cottage Lane.

The documents advise that the 51 dwellings will consist of 34 dwellings for rent, including 16 one-bed apartments in one block, 11 two-bed houses and 7 three-bed houses, along with 17 for shared ownership, which consist of 4 two-bed houses and 13 three-bed houses

Access will be via the gap in the middle of Cottage Lane between 50 and 52. The details submitted advise that 52 Cottage Lane will be demolished to widen the gap to allow for a 5-meter road and 2-meter footpaths on either side.

2 parking spaces will be provided for each house and 1 parking space for each apartment.

The documents also advise that all Category A and most Category B trees will be retained and incorporated into the design.

The existing footpath that cuts across the site would be diverted slightly from its current route.

You can view all the documentation (including the responses from last year’s consultation – documents SCI V1 and response tracker) on the planning section of the council website at http://antmck.uk/10w

The application is open for public comments until 11^th July 2024.

If you want to object, comment (or even support) the application, you can do so via the application page on the link above (http://antmck.uk/10w) on the Council’s website or via email to PlanningCommentsHPBC@highpeak.gov.uk including the planning application no HPK/2024/0154 in the subject line.

If you want to comment, my ‘commenting on planning applications‘ page may be of use – you can view it here http://antmck.uk/1r

March 2024 Councillors Shoppers Surgery

AEM2020 — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:09:19 +0000

Saturday (30^th March) is the last Saturday of the month, which means it’s time for this month’s Glossopdale Labour Councillors Shoppers Surgery.

The surgery runs from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. in the open air across the road from the Glossop Market Arcade.

Whether you need help, information or advice or want to say hello as you pass by, it would be great to hear from you!

If you are unsure whether it’s something your local councillors can help with, please look at my ‘local councillors what can we do for you’ page at http://antmck.uk/5b or come along and ask on Saturday morning.

If you can’t attend the surgery on Saturday, please remember that Councillors are not just available at surgeries. You can find more ways to get in touch with me by clicking here.

Alternatively, for all other borough Councillors, you can get the details on the borough council’s website at http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/, and county Councillors at http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk.

Easter 2024 Information

AEM2020 — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:47:38 +0000

Buses

Good Friday
There are no local buses on Gamesley – the only service running in Glossopdale is the 237 (nearest stops either Dinting Arches / Carpenters) running to Sunday times.

Easter Sunday / Easter Bank Holiday Monday
There are no local buses on Gamesley – the only services running in Glossopdale are the 237 (nearest stops either Dinting Arches / Carpenters) running to Sunday times and the 257 running Sunday times.

For more information on bus services, including times and fares, please click here

Trains

Service from/to Glossop are advised as running normal to current timetables – but there are engineering works in various other locations across the North West.

Church Services
Catholic

Good Friday – 3 pm at St Charles Hadfield, Immaculate Conception New York Charlesworth, St Mary’s Glossop

Holy Saturday – 7.30 pm at St Charles, 7.30 pm at All Saints Catholic Church Old Glossop

Easter Sunday – 9.15 am at Immaculate Conception, 11 am at St Charles, 9.15 am at St Mary’s, and 11.15 am at All Saints.

Church of England
St Johns / Gamesley
I can’t see any details of Gamesley / St John’s services, but Holy Trinity Dinting has a service on Good Friday at 2 pm and Easter Sunday at 9.30 am.

Chemists
Good Friday
Tesco Glossop – 10 am until 4 pm

Easter Sunday
I can’t see any details of any Glossopdale pharmacies that are open – call 111 for advice and information.

Easter Bank Holiday Monday
Tesco Glossop – 10 am until 4 pm