Five new homes can be built in a “large garden” area behind a row of detached houses in Fleur de Lis.
Author: Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service
Green light for blocks of affordable flats dubbed ‘echoes of the 60s’
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s planning committee narrowly voted to back the plans for 58 apartments on a car park near Market Place.
Pressure builds on council to save ‘cornerstones for community’ from the axe
Llancaiach Fawr and Blackwood Miners’ Institute “must be saved” or should be taken out of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s hands, according to critics.
Contamination fears fail to stop new home’s approval
Council officers have granted planning permission for a controversial housing proposal in Caerphilly that drew the ire of some in the local community.
Aldi to open new store ‘as quickly as possible’ creating up to 40 jobs
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s planning committee voted unanimously to back the plans for Mafon Road at a recent meeting.
Call for double-yellows outside brickworks over ‘head-on collision’ fears
Cllr Bob Owen told the committee “people are clearly at risk at this site”, and said he had witnessed two drivers narrowly avoid a crash on the bend.
HMO gets green light despite fear it will ‘ruin’ community
The property at 52-53 Main Road is currently a single four-bedroom home which also contains a separate butcher’s shop.
Supporters say new martial arts studio will be ‘asset to the community’
A martial arts club owner has won planning permission for a new shop and training studio in Newbridge, which backers believe will be an “asset to the community”.
Town’s ‘redundant’ post office set to become flats
A proposal to convert a “redundant” former post office into flats in Bargoed has been granted planning permission.
Plaid will target Labour ‘strongholds’ after losing by-election by single vote
Labour won last week’s Aberbargoed and Bargoed council by-election, with just one vote separating Labour’s Christine Bissex-Foster and Plaid Cymru’s Joshua McCarthy.