The decision comes amid opposition from campaigners, who chanted 'knock it down' during a protest
BBC NewsDerby City Council and Derbyshire County Council's cabinet members discussed whether to close or open the plant at respective meetings.The centre, which has never been in use, has already cost taxpayers £34.5m to maintain.
Journalists and the public were banned from attending the meetings to determine the project's future as it would harm the councils' "commercial interests", according to theLeader of the city council, Chris Poulter, said the decision to run the plant over the next two decades was considered more "cost effective" than closing the facility.
Resident Trisha Harrison was among the protesters and told BBC Radio Derby: "Why [the plant] was built here I'll never know. It wouldn't have happened anywhere else, but because it's Sinfin they thought they'd get away with it.
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