Silent Valley waste services in Gwent delayed due to technical difficulties
BRINGING Silent Valley Waste Services in-house as part of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council has been delayed by a couple of months due to “technical difficulties.” It had been expected that Silent Valley, which is a company owned and controlled…
Newtown bypass plans could provide over 200 jobs if approved
OVER 200 jobs could be created if plans to build a hotel, pub, drive through coffee shop and petrol station on the outskirts of Newtown come to fruition. The scheme by Melrose Bros Ltd has re-emerged just a couple of…
Welshpool’s new round of approved planning applications
PLANS for a £7.5 million, 40-bedroom hotel, a drive-through Starbucks coffee shop and Greggs bakery development on ther outskirts of Welshpool has been given the thumbs up by Powys planners. Last summer KIM properties had submitted a full planning and…
Ebbw Vale Greggs drive-through planning under debate with Gwent Council
A DRIVE-THROUGH Greggs bakery and café could be coming to Ebbw Vale. Blaenau Gwent County Borough County Council’s Planning committee will debate a planning application by Commercial Developments Property Limited for a drive-through bakery, inside and outside seating areas and…
More homes for homeless to address increase in housing waiting list
MORE homes for single people need to be built in Powys to address a massive increase in the waiting list for housing as well as rocketing homelessness figures. At a meeting of the Economy, Residents and Communities scrutiny committee on…
Powys Council defend rise in burial fees
A senior Powys County Councillor has defended a 10-per cent increase in burial fees from April. The proposal is part of a number of cost cutting, savings and income generation measures worth over £770,000 that have been put forward by…
Powys Council staff hopeful over Abermule recycling facility
SENIOR Powys Council staff are hopeful that a controversial recycling facility on the outskirts of Abermule will be fully operational by April. At a meeting of the Economy, Residents and Communities scrutiny committee on Monday, January 30, councillors were told…
Powys Council to discuss plans for new meat rearing chicken farm near Newtown
PLANS for a 112,000 meat rearing chicken farm near Newtown will be discussed by Powys County Council’s Planning committee on Thursday, February 2. Farmer, Gwyn Jones wants to build two poultry units to accommodate 56,000 broiler chickens each and all…
Drop in sessions by Gwent Council in April will reveal to residents new council tax rates
IN a series of drop in session next week, Blaenau Gwent residents will find out how much more they will have to pay in council tax from April 1. At the sessions councillors and senior staff will attempt to explains…
Price of burying loved ones set to increase by 10% by April in Powys
THE cost of burying a loved one in a Powys County Council cemetery is set to go up by 10 per cent from April 1. While the report explains all the problems with a price hike, the council believes the…