Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service, Author at Caerphilly Observer

HMO plan ‘makes mockery’ of high street conservation area

A house in Rhymney can be turned into a HMO after Caerphilly Council’s planning committee approved a conversion bid.

The application also included the construction of two timber shelters and the conversion of an existing stable into an office.

Plans to turn a Pengam property into a HMO have been approved despite stiff opposition from neighbours.

Events across Caerphilly County Borough over the past year have brought in more than a quarter of a million attendees, according to council figures.

A new report shows an “upward trend” in serious crime, as the region’s public services lay out plans for “a Gwent without violence”.

Crosskeys councillor Julian Simmonds has been chosen as Caerphilly County Borough’s new mayor.

Councillors in Caerphilly are at odds over creating a new role of presiding member to chair meetings, earning nearly £28,000 a year.

Problems included “unacceptable noise” at “unsociable hours” and for extended periods, and “fighting inside the property”.

Aldi has submitted formal plans to build a new supermarket on the site of the Co-operative Food store in Nelson.

One councillor said he is “shocked” after learning 324 Caerphilly Council homes are empty “when the need for social housing is so great”.