Town Centre Health Check April 2025

Introduction

Since 2018, Erewash Borough Council has produced an annual health check document regarding its two town centres; Long Eaton and Ilkeston, and its two local centres; Borrowash and Sandiacre. Since January 2023 four village centres have been included, in keeping with the draft Local Plan produced by Erewash Borough Council in 2022. These centres are: Breaston, Draycott, Little Eaton, and West Hallam.

These reports help provide the Council with information on planning use class, business category, business type, first/second floor use, and vacancy rates. Regular, 6 monthly, updates help to ensure effective monitoring of the Borough’s centres and reveal any patterns of change. The information in this document is based on the latest monitoring conducted during April 2025.

The Council is now able to compare this report’s data with Oct 2018 –October 2024’s data for vacancy rates. Since October 2024 Long Eaton has seen an increased vacancy rate in both its Primary Shopping Area (PSA) and it’s wider Town Centre. Breaston has also seen an increase in vacancy. Vacancy has declined in Sandiacre, Draycott, and in Ilkeston’s Town Centre. Vacancy in Ilkeston’s PSA has not changed, and the vacancy rate in Little Eaton and West Hallam has also remained constant.

This webpage provides an abridged summary of the April 2025 Health Check, featuring overall and, where they exist, Primary Shopping Area vacancy rates as well as first floor use class breakdowns. The full April 2025 Health Check can be downloaded at the bottom of this page, it includes vacancy rates and first/second floor use class breakdowns for each of the Centres. It also includes historic use class change date and detailed business type breakdowns for both Town Centres.

Maps showing the PSAs and Town/Local Centre boundaries annotated with coloured dots representing units and their use can be found in the appendix.

Ilkeston Town Centre

Two line graphs. The left graph shows how the vacancy rate in Ilkeston's Primary Shopping Area (PSA) has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the first table below. The right Graph shows how the vacancy rate in Ilkeston's whole Town Centre (including the PSA) has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the second table below.

PSA	Jan-18	Jan-19	Jan-20	Jan-21	Jan-22	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	10.7%	5.2%	7.7%	9.1%	15.2%	15.2%	19.2%	15.4%	14.1%	14.1%
Total Units	75	77	78	77	79	79	78	78	78	78
Vacant Units	8	4	6	7	12	12	15	12	11	11

Town Centre	Jan-18	Jan-19	Jan-20	Jan-21	Jan-22	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	13.5%	12.2%	10.6%	9.7%	12.3%	12.8%	16.0%	12.5%	13.9%	13.5%
Total Units	297	304	303	300	293	296	288	289	287	289
Vacant Units	40	37	32	29	36	38	46	36	40	39

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in Ilkeston's Town Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below.

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	13	4.50%
Financial & Business Services	23	7.96%
Retail Service	65	22.49%
Leisure Service	56	19.38%
Convenience Retail	21	7.27%
Comparison Retail	57	19.72%
Other Commercial	8	2.77%
Other Non-commercial	7	2.42%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	39	13.49%
Total	289	100.00%

Long Eaton Town Centre

Two line graphs. The left graph shows how the vacancy rate in Long Eaton's Primary Shopping Area (PSA) has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the first table below. The right Graph shows how the vacancy rate in Long Eaton's whole Town Centre (including the PSA) has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the second table below

PSA	Jan-18	Jan-19	Jan-20	Jan-21	Jan-22	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	7.0%	8.7%	14.5%	13.0%	13.3%	12.5%	11.8%	13.0%	8.8%	10.3%
Total Units	71	69	69	69	75	72	68	69	68	68
Vacant Units	5	6	10	9	10	9	8	9	6	7

Town Centre	Jan-18	Jan-19	Jan-20	Jan-21	Jan-22	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	6.7%	9.9%	14.3%	11.2%	10.5%	10.4%	12.1%	11.3%	8.1%	11.7%
Total Units	253	252	252	251	258	258	248	248	248	249
Vacant Units	17	25	36	28	27	20	30	28	20	29

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in Long Eaton's Town Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below.

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	20	8.03%
Financial & Business Services	31	12.45%
Retail Service	40	16.06%
Leisure Service	45	18.07%
Convenience Retail	19	7.63%
Comparison Retail	49	19.68%
Other Commercial	12	4.82%
Other Non-commercial	4	1.61%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	29	11.65%
Total	249	100.00%

Borrowash Local Centre

A line graph showing how the vacancy rate in Borrowash's Local Centre has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the table below.

Local Centre	Jan-18	Jan-19	Jan-20	Jan-22	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%	11.4%	13.5%	10.8%	7.9%	7.9%
Total Units	40	42	41	44	44	37	37	38	38
Vacant Units	1	0	0	2	5	5	4	3	3

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in Borrowash's Local Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	1	2.63%
Financial & Business Services	1	2.63%
Retail Service	11	28.95%
Leisure Service	8	21.05%
Convenience Retail	4	10.53%
Comparison Retail	6	15.79%
Other Commercial	2	5.26%
Other Non-commercial	2	5.26%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	3	7.89%
Total	38	100.00%

Sandiacre Local Centre

A line graph showing how the vacancy rate in Sandiacre's Local Centre has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the table below.

Local Centre	Jan-18	Jan-19	Jan-20	Jan-22	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	10.0%	7.7%	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%	16.7%	14.3%	14.3%	10.7%
Total Units	40	42	41	44	44	37	37	38	38
Vacant Units	9	7	5	5	5	14	12	12	9

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in Sandiacre's Local Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below.

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	16	19.05%
Financial & Business Services	1	1.19%
Retail Service	18	21.43%
Leisure Service	17	20.24%
Convenience Retail	6	7.14%
Comparison Retail	12	14.29%
Other Commercial	5	5.95%
Other Non-commercial	0	0.00%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	9	10.71%
Total	84	100.00%

Breaston Village Centre

A line graph showing how the vacancy rate in Breaston's Village Centre has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the table below.

Village Centre	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	3.3%	2.2%	6.5%	6.7%	11.1%
Total Units	42	46	46	45	45
Vacant Units	2	1	3	3	5

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in Breaston's Village Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below.

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	14	31.11%
Financial & Business Services	1	2.22%
Retail Service	8	17.78%
Leisure Service	7	15.56%
Convenience Retail	3	6.67%
Comparison Retail	2	4.44%
Other Commercial	2	4.44%
Other Non-commercial	3	6.67%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	5	11.11%
Total	45	100.00%

Draycott Village Centre

A line graph showing how the vacancy rate in Draycott's Village Centre has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the table below.

Village Centre	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	3.3%	4.6%	4.6%	5.6%	3.4%
Total Units	90	88	88	89	89
Vacant Units	3	4	4	5	3

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in Draycott's Village Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below.

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	48	53.93%
Financial & Business Services	1	1.12%
Retail Service	11	12.36%
Leisure Service	11	12.36%
Convenience Retail	5	5.62%
Comparison Retail	5	5.62%
Other Commercial	3	3.37%
Other Non-commercial	2	2.25%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	3	3.37%
Total	89	100.00%

Little Eaton Village Centre

Village Centre	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Total Units	27	24	24	24	24
Vacant Units	0	0	0	0	0

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	1	4.17%
Financial & Business Services	0	0.00%
Retail Service	6	25.00%
Leisure Service	4	16.67%
Convenience Retail	2	8.33%
Comparison Retail	1	4.17%
Other Commercial	9	37.50%
Other Non-commercial	1	4.17%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	0	0.00%
Total	24	100.00%

West Hallam Village Centre

A line graph showing how the vacancy rate in West Hallam's Village Centre has changed since January 2018, the data represented in this line graph can be found in the table below.

Village Centre	Jan-23	Oct-23	Apr-24	Oct-24	Apr-25
Vacancy Rate	18.8%	12.5%	12.5%	6.3%	6.3%
Total Units	16	16	16	16	16
Vacant Units	3	2	2	1	1

A pie chart showing the percentage of units in West Hallam's Village Centre that are occupied by a particular use class, as of April 2025. The data represented in this pie chart can be found in the table below.

Use Category	Number of Units	% of Units
Residential	2	12.50%
Financial & Business Services	1	6.25%
Retail Service	4	25.00
Leisure Service	3	18.75%
Convenience Retail	1	6.25%
Comparison Retail	1	6.25%
Other Commercial	1	6.25%
Other Non-commercial	2	12.50%
Unknown	0	0.00%
Vacant	1	6.25%
Total	16	100.00%

Appendix: Annotated Boundary Maps

Town Centre Health Check April 2025