Chesterfield BC has voted to apply to join a devolution deal with the Sheffield city region despite not sharing a border with the combined authority.

The proposal could be the first to make use of a provision within Section 12 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, which allows the communities secretary to approve a devolution deal where part of a combined authority area is 'separated from the rest of it by one or more local government areas that are not within the area'.