Derbyshire County Council is run by democratically-elected councillors and we are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the local community about local services.

Covering the whole of Derbyshire with the exception of the city of Derby, we work with central government and other tiers of local government – district or borough and parish and town councils – to manage services for the community.

The county of Derbyshire lies in the centre of England with an estimated population of 760,240. Derbyshire is a large county which covers an area of 255,071 hectares (630,366 acres), constituting nearly 2.0 per cent of England.