A new dog walking area on the edge of Newport is an “unjustified” loss of farmland and will affect users of a public right of way, councillors have decided.
Author: Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service
Support for new work to tackle ‘blight’ of empty high-street units
A last-minute deal for a £4.5 million loan will help revitalise Bargoed and Blackwood’s high streets, Caerphilly County Borough Council believes.
Call for action to stop hundreds of shopping trolleys being dumped in city neighbourhood
Trolleys dumped in drainage channels are a nuisance and pose a flood risk, warns a Newport councillor who has reported more than 100 incidents in the past year.
Quarry in waste row could yet be classed as ‘contaminated land’
Land at Ty Llwyd quarry could yet be classed as “contaminated” because of chemicals reportedly dumped there decades ago.
Call to close footpath crossing railway line dismissed
Councillors have rejected calls to remove a footpath south of Ystrad Mynach which crosses the Cardiff to Rhymney railway line.
Blow for walkers as public path set to be diverted away from castle
A council report describes the privately-owned castle as “in a poor state of repair” and considered “dangerous” by the local authority and Welsh heritage agency Cadw.
Councillors reject call to back ‘Zane’s Law’ on contaminated land
A Caerphilly Council committee has dismissed a call to back ‘Zane’s Law’, a campaign aimed at tightening rules around contaminated land.
Security guards hired for new health centre after vandals strike
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said a “number of incidents” had been reported at the 19 Hills Health and Wellbeing Centre, in Newport, in the past three months.
Council survives latest questions over leisure centre closure plan
Backbench councillors in Caerphilly have voted against challenging a plan to shut down Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre.
Calls to ensure children from lower-income families aren’t ‘left behind’ in school
Councillors in Newport have sought assurances children from lower income families are not being “left behind” in their education.