Residents have until next month to submit comments to a controversial planning appeal for 300 homes near Cefn Fforest.
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Councillors call for waste sites to be reopened
Independent councillors have raised the issue with the council leadership.
Council delays response to questions on business grant process
Caerphilly County Borough Council has delayed answering questions on claims it was slow to release of coronavirus business grants.
Council’s Independent group leader resigns and claims he was ‘gagged’
Cllr Kevin Etheridge will remain a councillor for Blackwood but will no longer lead the Independent group.
Drop-in sessions to be held after spate of antisocial behaviour
The sessions follow a spate of antisocial behaviour in the town, including a mass brawl at McDonald’s.
Flooding main priority in land development review
Flooding should be considered in a review of land allocated to developments in Caerphilly following Storm Dennis, councillors have said.
Council tax increase of 4.7% to go ahead after budget approved
From April, residents in Caerphilly County Borough will see their council tax increase by 4.7% after the councillors approved the budget.
Councillor aiming to raise awareness of bowel cancer after diagnosis
Cllr Kevin Etheridge found out he had cancer after being sent a testing kit when he turned 60.
Action promised by police after McDonalds’ mass brawl
Police have said they will be meeting with the community to discuss anti-social behaviour after a man was attacked by a group of youths at the McDonald’s restaurant in Blackwood.
Leader’s apology after questioning councillor as “ineffective and superfluous”
The leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has apologised after questioning whether a fellow councillor felt “ineffective and superfluous”.