Recycling rates in Gwent break through crucial 70 per cent barrier for the first time
COUNCIL chiefs are pleased that recycling rates have broken through the crucial 70 per cent barrier in Blaenau Gwent for…
Author: Elgan Hearn
Controversial plans to build one affordable home near Brecon refused by planners
CONTROVERSIAL plans to agree the principle of building an affordable home near Brecon have been refused. At a meeting of…
Plans for Abertillery affordable homes to be voted on by Gwent Council
PLANS to build 22 affordable homes at the site of a former bowls hall in Abertillery will be decided by…
Quarrying set to continue at site in Powys unless holiday park plans are approved
QUARRYING will continue at a site between Newtown and Caersws – unless plans for a holiday park are given the…
Advisory group to be set up to help Powys Cabinet on county farms
THE Powys County Farms working group of councillors that looked at the council’s farm and woodland estate, will be scrapped.…
Council workers in Gwent averaged a tonne of dog waste from bins every day during COVID-19 pandemic
COUNCIL workers in Blaenau Gwent picked up an average of a tonne of dog waste from bins every day during…
Motion to stop county farm sales would cost Powys authority just under £3.3million
A MOTION to stop Powys County Council selling off any more county farms this year would cost the authority just…
Questions raised over number of wind turbines proposed in Blaenau Gwent
QUESTIONS have been asked around why so many planning applications to build wind turbines in Blaenau Gwent have been made…
Delays hit conversion work on properties designated as children’s care homes
DELAYS have hit work to convert two properties in Tredegar into children’s care homes, but youngsters are expected to be…
Disappointment felt as rural Powys school closure passes unanimously
A SENIOR councillor is disappointed that education chiefs couldn’t find a way of helping save a rural Powys school from…