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Love these discussions about Derby. Just to answer a few questions about what would entice people to our city, it's definitely a struggle but there is stuff actually happening, not just pretty renders. Tried to answer a few questions in the thread.
Cathedral Rd student accommodation - my understanding is that the problem here is that the insulation between the internal walls and exterior cladding met fire regs at the time of planning consent, but didn't once completed. As a result it is now not compliant so can't be occupied. I'm not sure if the developer is entirely to blame on that one, but yes, a big mess. However, there are currently 4 new student blocks all being built on Agard St.
Derby Theatre - This is being relocated to a new facility on the site of the Assembly Rooms. The govt have allocated £20m to make it happen with the Council putting up some too. The University has signed up as tenant. The final piece of the jigsaw is what to use the rest of the site for - hotel/offices, etc.
University Business School - this is now onsite and will be open I think next year.
GBR - Great news to win this for Derby. The Council now need to make sure that this new HQ is built in the city centre.
The Condor - 265 apartments are opening soon with a gym, business lounge, roof garden and concierge service. A new public park will open at the same time. All operated by Grainger, the biggest provider of private rented accommodation in the country.
Performance Venue - Opening early 2025, it is operated by ASM Global, the biggest venue operator in the world. The programme of events should be top drawer. Will seat 3,500 people.
You then have Castleward, the Nightingale Quarter, the new riverside all happening too. The plans for Derbion on Bradshaw Way and Morledge have to happen.
As for what is there in Derby to attract people, we have a shopping centre that has put a lot of work into improving the range of shops, they attract 20 million people a year. We have Derby Museum, the Museum of Making, QUAD, Deda, Darley Abbey Concert, Format, Feste, Walking with Dinosaurs, lots of running events and lots more I don't have time to think of.
I think we're all guilty of running down where we're from, primarily because we care about it. Derby has major issues with public realm, driving people to historic areas, social mobility and engaging young people in regeneration. But it is heading in the right direction.

Love these discussions about Derby. Just to answer a few questions about what would entice people to our city, it's definitely a struggle but there is stuff actually happening, not just pretty renders. Tried to answer a few questions in the thread.
Cathedral Rd student accommodation - my understanding is that the problem here is that the insulation between the internal walls and exterior cladding met fire regs at the time of planning consent, but didn't once completed. As a result it is now not compliant so can't be occupied. I'm not sure if the developer is entirely to blame on that one, but yes, a big mess. However, there are currently 4 new student blocks all being built on Agard St.
Derby Theatre - This is being relocated to a new facility on the site of the Assembly Rooms. The govt have allocated £20m to make it happen with the Council putting up some too. The University has signed up as tenant. The final piece of the jigsaw is what to use the rest of the site for - hotel/offices, etc.
University Business School - this is now onsite and will be open I think next year.
GBR - Great news to win this for Derby. The Council now need to make sure that this new HQ is built in the city centre.
The Condor - 265 apartments are opening soon with a gym, business lounge, roof garden and concierge service. A new public park will open at the same time. All operated by Grainger, the biggest provider of private rented accommodation in the country.
Performance Venue - Opening early 2025, it is operated by ASM Global, the biggest venue operator in the world. The programme of events should be top drawer. Will seat 3,500 people.
You then have Castleward, the Nightingale Quarter, the new riverside all happening too. The plans for Derbion on Bradshaw Way and Morledge have to happen.
As for what is there in Derby to attract people, we have a shopping centre that has put a lot of work into improving the range of shops, they attract 20 million people a year. We have Derby Museum, the Museum of Making, QUAD, Deda, Darley Abbey Concert, Format, Feste, Walking with Dinosaurs, lots of running events and lots more I don't have time to think of.
I think we're all guilty of running down where we're from, primarily because we care about it. Derby has major issues with public realm, driving people to historic areas, social mobility and engaging young people in regeneration. But it is heading in the right direction.

Love these discussions about Derby. Just to answer a few questions about what would entice people to our city, it's definitely a struggle but there is stuff actually happening, not just pretty renders. Tried to answer a few questions in the thread.
Cathedral Rd student accommodation - my understanding is that the problem here is that the insulation between the internal walls and exterior cladding met fire regs at the time of planning consent, but didn't once completed. As a result it is now not compliant so can't be occupied. I'm not sure if the developer is entirely to blame on that one, but yes, a big mess. However, there are currently 4 new student blocks all being built on Agard St.
Derby Theatre - This is being relocated to a new facility on the site of the Assembly Rooms. The govt have allocated £20m to make it happen with the Council putting up some too. The University has signed up as tenant. The final piece of the jigsaw is what to use the rest of the site for - hotel/offices, etc.
University Business School - this is now onsite and will be open I think next year.
GBR - Great news to win this for Derby. The Council now need to make sure that this new HQ is built in the city centre.
The Condor - 265 apartments are opening soon with a gym, business lounge, roof garden and concierge service. A new public park will open at the same time. All operated by Grainger, the biggest provider of private rented accommodation in the country.
Performance Venue - Opening early 2025, it is operated by ASM Global, the biggest venue operator in the world. The programme of events should be top drawer. Will seat 3,500 people.
You then have Castleward, the Nightingale Quarter, the new riverside all happening too. The plans for Derbion on Bradshaw Way and Morledge have to happen.
As for what is there in Derby to attract people, we have a shopping centre that has put a lot of work into improving the range of shops, they attract 20 million people a year. We have Derby Museum, the Museum of Making, QUAD, Deda, Darley Abbey Concert, Format, Feste, Walking with Dinosaurs, lots of running events and lots more I don't have time to think of.
I think we're all guilty of running down where we're from, primarily because we care about it. Derby has major issues with public realm, driving people to historic areas, social mobility and engaging young people in regeneration. But it is heading in the right direction.

Love these discussions about Derby. Just to answer a few questions about what would entice people to our city, it's definitely a struggle but there is stuff actually happening, not just pretty renders. Tried to answer a few questions in the thread.
Cathedral Rd student accommodation - my understanding is that the problem here is that the insulation between the internal walls and exterior cladding met fire regs at the time of planning consent, but didn't once completed. As a result it is now not compliant so can't be occupied. I'm not sure if the developer is entirely to blame on that one, but yes, a big mess. However, there are currently 4 new student blocks all being built on Agard St.
Derby Theatre - This is being relocated to a new facility on the site of the Assembly Rooms. The govt have allocated £20m to make it happen with the Council putting up some too. The University has signed up as tenant. The final piece of the jigsaw is what to use the rest of the site for - hotel/offices, etc.
University Business School - this is now onsite and will be open I think next year.
GBR - Great news to win this for Derby. The Council now need to make sure that this new HQ is built in the city centre.
The Condor - 265 apartments are opening soon with a gym, business lounge, roof garden and concierge service. A new public park will open at the same time. All operated by Grainger, the biggest provider of private rented accommodation in the country.
Performance Venue - Opening early 2025, it is operated by ASM Global, the biggest venue operator in the world. The programme of events should be top drawer. Will seat 3,500 people.
You then have Castleward, the Nightingale Quarter, the new riverside all happening too. The plans for Derbion on Bradshaw Way and Morledge have to happen.
As for what is there in Derby to attract people, we have a shopping centre that has put a lot of work into improving the range of shops, they attract 20 million people a year. We have Derby Museum, the Museum of Making, QUAD, Deda, Darley Abbey Concert, Format, Feste, Walking with Dinosaurs, lots of running events and lots more I don't have time to think of.
I think we're all guilty of running down where we're from, primarily because we care about it. Derby has major issues with public realm, driving people to historic areas, social mobility and engaging young people in regeneration. But it is heading in the right direction.

Third series of Race Across the World starts tonight.

Third series of Race Across the World starts tonight.

A few things.
1. This car park has been useless from the start - the design is dreadful, half of it is left unused most of the time and getting in/out is awful.
2. I was told a few years back that it has some significant structural issues - I don't think it was built very well.
3. Looking at what Cale Street (Derbion owners) have planned for the Eagle Market and Theatre, the designs all have the car park still being there.
4. What that tells me is that it's possible they have had engineers round who have found something that means they have to close it immediately. This would also explain why it seems to be closing so quickly.
5. It would make sense to demolish it and expand their masterplan to include the site. However, with the amount of brick, concrete and steel in it, I do wonder if it's something that could be repurposed?
I really like the look of what they are planning to do around there but their plans will face major criticism from those who want to block it and only ever build up to 4 storeys in Derby. Hopefully it gets through planning and they can secure funding and operators for their plans. There is a lot going on at the moment as plans start to become reality, hopefully this follows suit.
Ultimately, you're right, Derby won't improve without thousands more people living and working in the city centre so those things need to be built as quickly as possible.

Try not using oil, use Fry Spray or whatever it's called. Get the pan really hot, a few squirts of that and a spatula on hand to start loosening the batter when ready and you're away!

I always had a huge amount of time for Billy Sharp. He has been an incredible goalscorer over the entire course of his career and one of those players you hate to play against but would love to sign.
I had no issue with his comments about Derby following the insults hurled at him by some elements of our crowd. Although it was sad seeing as he singled our fans out for their support following the death of his son all those years ago.
But he just seems like he has a massive chip on his shoulder these days. His moaning about Wrexham was bizarre, not showing SUFC enough respect? 
Just seems a really odd response.
Wrexham NEED to get out of the National League, they are far too good for that league, and I would expect them to quickly go up to League 1 if they manage to go up this year.

Todays kids should be more confused as to why they will not be able to retire as early as their grandparents did.
"woke" and the faux rage about it is a huge diversion to stop people questioning wtf is going on in the world.

I always had a huge amount of time for Billy Sharp. He has been an incredible goalscorer over the entire course of his career and one of those players you hate to play against but would love to sign.
I had no issue with his comments about Derby following the insults hurled at him by some elements of our crowd. Although it was sad seeing as he singled our fans out for their support following the death of his son all those years ago.
But he just seems like he has a massive chip on his shoulder these days. His moaning about Wrexham was bizarre, not showing SUFC enough respect? 
Just seems a really odd response.
Wrexham NEED to get out of the National League, they are far too good for that league, and I would expect them to quickly go up to League 1 if they manage to go up this year.

I always had a huge amount of time for Billy Sharp. He has been an incredible goalscorer over the entire course of his career and one of those players you hate to play against but would love to sign.
I had no issue with his comments about Derby following the insults hurled at him by some elements of our crowd. Although it was sad seeing as he singled our fans out for their support following the death of his son all those years ago.
But he just seems like he has a massive chip on his shoulder these days. His moaning about Wrexham was bizarre, not showing SUFC enough respect? 
Just seems a really odd response.
Wrexham NEED to get out of the National League, they are far too good for that league, and I would expect them to quickly go up to League 1 if they manage to go up this year.

My son is 3. Nowhere near any of this yet, but I am already talking to family members about this sort of stuff. As long as he feels supported and loved by those he is closest to I hope he will have the mental freedom to choose the path that suits him best. It might not be one I or others understand, but like you say, times have changed.
I agree, I don't want my son to feel pressured into being someone he isn't. But I do want him to understand the consequences of choices he makes. 11 year old girls identifying as boys is incomprehensible to my generation, let alone those older than me, but as long as there is a level of thought and maturity around why, how, etc, I suppose as a parent the only option is to support your kid?
It sounds insane for OFSTED to be questioning Y6 students on gender identity though. That is intense.

My son is 3. Nowhere near any of this yet, but I am already talking to family members about this sort of stuff. As long as he feels supported and loved by those he is closest to I hope he will have the mental freedom to choose the path that suits him best. It might not be one I or others understand, but like you say, times have changed.
I agree, I don't want my son to feel pressured into being someone he isn't. But I do want him to understand the consequences of choices he makes. 11 year old girls identifying as boys is incomprehensible to my generation, let alone those older than me, but as long as there is a level of thought and maturity around why, how, etc, I suppose as a parent the only option is to support your kid?
It sounds insane for OFSTED to be questioning Y6 students on gender identity though. That is intense.

It didn't get Listed. Regardless of the outside, which for me, is a monstrous carbuncle, it's the inside that damns the Assembly Rooms. It wasn't fit for purpose 20 years ago, let alone now. There's no point reopening it if agents won't book it for their clients. In a previous job I once showed a developer and architect round it. Their comment was it's an architect's dream and a developer's nightmare. Everything is reinforced concrete, with all servicing embedded. It makes it almost impossible to repurpose, even aside from the complications from the fire.
All political parties are guilty of dragging out the Assembly Rooms saga for different reasons. There seems to be relative consensus now that it needs to be replaced, and there is a willing tenant in the University to operate it. If it doesn't happen this time then it never will.

Yeah, probably a divorce if your missus sees that!

Yeah, probably a divorce if your missus sees that!

Yeah, probably a divorce if your missus sees that!

Yeah, probably a divorce if your missus sees that!

Currently under construction at Becketwell. To be run and booked by ASG, biggest venue operators in the world. If you want an idea on potential performances, check out Hull Bonus Arena.

Mezzo is round the corner. Don't know what times it opens though

Currently under construction at Becketwell. To be run and booked by ASG, biggest venue operators in the world. If you want an idea on potential performances, check out Hull Bonus Arena.

Maybe MM was impossible to argue/reason with, like Robert Maxwell.

The way that we have become a country of hysterics, reacting to anything with fits of rage, panic or over the top melodrama. Everything is an extreme now, nobody will, or is allowed to, change their minds without being criticised. It's making life impossible. It's what has ruined politics - there is no compromise allowed.

What an utterly ridiculous thing to say, I can't believe you even think that is a thing, I'm beyond offended you could even think I would think that like. And nothing you will say will change my point of view on that.