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

Green light for 50 new ‘contemporary’ homes on town estate

The sites are currently classed as “informal grassland” and could be transformed with a mixture of apartments, houses and bungalows.

A developer is set to be granted another time extension for proposals to build 95 homes in Maesycwmmer.

The project has already been approved once by the Welsh Government, but the developer has since proposed increasing the blades’ size by eight metres.

Councillors in Newport want to extend a hand of friendship to owners of empty homes in a new bid to tackle the city’s housing pressures.

Windows have been smashed and graffiti daubed on a Blackwood property which a developer plans to turn into a HMO.

A three-bedroom house and its outbuildings could be demolished to make way for 21 new homes in Oakdale.

Supermarket chain Iceland will be allowed to adapt a unit at Caerphilly’s Gallagher Retail Park for a new Food Warehouse store.

Schools in Newport are currently expected to go over budget by £4.5 million this year, according to a forecast by the city council.

Major work is required at Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Full Moon waste transfer station following a previous round of urgent repairs.

A pension fund should be reviewed in case any holdings are linked to the conflict in Gaza, councillors in Caerphilly have decided.