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Author: Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service

HMO plans turned down over flood risk

Thursday, April 2, 2026Thursday, April 2, 2026

A council report shows the application drew six objections during a recent public consultation period, with concerns including antisocial behaviour, noise and disruption.

Family home extension approved despite neighbour objections

Thursday, April 2, 2026Thursday, April 2, 2026

Councillors have backed a family’s extension plan for their Coedkernew home despite dozens of neighbour objections.

HMO approved after being branded ‘neither wanted nor desirable’

Wednesday, April 1, 2026Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Local opposition has failed to stop planning permission for a new HMO in Newport’s St Julians neighbourhood.

Villagers bemoan ‘Wild West’ road issues and relentless lorry traffic

Wednesday, April 1, 2026Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Residents say relentless HGV traffic poses a constant nuisance in their village – with cars damaged, round-the-clock noise, and pollution.

Critics of school transport cuts warn of ‘unacceptable burden’ on children

Tuesday, March 31, 2026Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Hundreds of people have signed a petition against Caerphilly Council’s plans to cut free transport in Aberbargoed – one of nine routes under threat across the county borough.

City-centre traffic lights ‘red for too long’, councillor claims

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Traffic lights near Newport’s railway station should be reconfigured to prevent city centre gridlock, a councillor has claimed.

Formal plans lodged for bingo hall flats despite parking fears

Monday, March 30, 2026Monday, March 30, 2026

Housing association Wales and West Housing has submitted formal plans to replace a nursery and a former bingo hall in Ystrad Mynach with 24 flats.

Council seeking chairperson to oversee how £20m community fund is spent

Friday, March 27, 2026Friday, March 27, 2026

Caerphilly Council is looking for candidates to oversee how £20 million will be spent on regeneration projects in the north of the county borough.

Newport Council to pause public meetings ahead of Senedd elections

Friday, March 27, 2026

Newport City Council will cancel most of its public meetings over the next six weeks, ahead of the Senedd elections on May 7.

‘It looms over us’: Neighbours alarmed at size of new primary school building

Friday, March 27, 2026Friday, March 27, 2026

The redevelopment of a Caerphilly school has sparked concern among some neighbours, who fear a new and larger building will lead to a loss of privacy, light and property values.

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