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Author: Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service

Residents back tougher parking permit rules outside their homes

Friday, April 26, 2024Friday, April 26, 2024

Parking restrictions across Caerphilly County Borough could be extended to give more protection to resident permit holders.

Primary school loses bid to build kitchen extension

Friday, April 26, 2024Friday, April 26, 2024

Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg y Castell wanted to add a “small prefabricated extension” to its site “to enlarge existing school kitchen facilities”.

Railway improvements ‘will be worth the short-term disruption’

Thursday, April 25, 2024Thursday, April 25, 2024

The electrification of the Cardiff-Rhymney railway line should be completed by autumn 2025.

Residents encouraged to contact their council over changes to 20mph

Thursday, April 25, 2024Monday, April 29, 2024

Councils will play a central role in any changes to 20mph speed limits on Welsh roads, the Senedd Member for Caerphilly has said.

Cricket club wins drinking area bid despite neighbours’ boundary worries

Tuesday, April 23, 2024Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Patrons at Blackwood Town Cricket Club will be allowed to drink alcohol outside, in the spring and summer, in an area to the east of the clubhouse.

Plans for new solar farm could power 12,500 homes if approved

Tuesday, April 23, 2024Tuesday, April 23, 2024

An energy company plans to build a 35MW solar farm near Newbridge which it believes will generate enough power for 12,500 homes.

Tributes to ‘much-loved’ councillor who will be ‘hugely missed’

Monday, April 22, 2024Monday, April 22, 2024

Cllr Dianne Price, who represented Aberbargoed and Bargoed for 20 years, passed away surrounded by family on April 20.

Plans to convert house into five-bed HMO

Friday, April 19, 2024Friday, April 19, 2024

A house in Llanbradach could be turned into a HMO, according to plans filed with Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Council lays out ambitions to make town ‘attractive and prosperous’

Friday, April 19, 2024Friday, April 19, 2024

A new masterplan for Blackwood will show traders and investors the area is “a great place to do business”, according to Caerphilly County Borough Council’s deputy leader.

Council leader says doubters should eat “humble pie” over new market’s “success”

Friday, April 19, 2024Wednesday, April 24, 2024

The leader of Caerphilly Council has suggested his opposite number should eat “humble pie” while toasting the success of the new Ffos Caerffili market.

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