Residents are still waiting for action on a “rotten and rusting” play area in a Derbyshire village years after nearly £100,000 worth of improvements was promised . Villagers in South Wingfield have been campaigning for action on the High Road play area, behind the social club, which has not been upgraded since it was installed in 1997 .

Amber Valley Borough Council , which owns the play area, says it has been waiting for payments – known as Section 106 funding – owed by the developers behind two neighbouring housing developments in order to maximise improvements on the site, which they claim still has years left of viable use. In the time the play area has been installed, residents in the village who previously spoke to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) have been born, b

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