caerphilly county borough council News Archives

Free parking could be extended until September

Parking fees at council-owned car parks could be waived for a further six months.

The booking system would allow residents to arrange an allocated slot time online or over the phone.

It comes following a campaign by Blackwood residents to remove the bus shelter at Chartist Way.

Campaigners want a judicial review into the planning permission for a waste treatment facility in Cwmfelinfach.

An application to build 164 houses on greenfield land at Cwmgelli, Blackwood, has been approved.

An investigation into former council leader Dave Poole has concluded – but the matter is still to be determined after 17 months.

The council’s budget plans, which include a council tax increase but no new cuts to services, has been approved.

The wide ranging plans, which include new schools, new housing, a solar farm and more, were approved in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

The plans have been recommended for approval, despite more than 200 people signing a petition against it.

The wide-ranging spending plans look set to be approved by senior councillors at a cabinet meeting on February 24.