Quarrying operations at a Gelligaer farm can continue for an extended period despite locals’ complaints about the site’s “relentless” impact on their lives.
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Missed bin collections branded ‘very poor’ in some areas
More than 8,000 bin collections have been missed across Caerphilly County Borough so far this year, new figures show.
‘This would vastly improve people’s quality of life’: Delyth Jewell calls for quarry buffer zone
In her monthly blog for Caerphilly Observer, Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for South Wales East, Delyth Jewell, discusses calls for a mandatory buffer zone to be introduced around quarries.
‘People are choking with the dust’: calls for action over quarry concerns
Concerns over plans to extend a quarry near Gelligaer have been raised in Cardiff Bay, as the Senedd debated calls for a mandatory 1,000-metre buffer zone around all quarries.
‘Colourful’ businessman Clayton Jones passes away
Mr Jones’ business interests in Caerphilly County Borough included Bedwas’ Wonky Bar and Gelligaer’s Harp Inn, as well as the now-demolished Aneurin Sports Bar in Penyrheol.
Village concerned council may earmark land for housing development
Penpedairheol residents are concerned Caerphilly County Borough Council’s new planning strategy could lead to hundreds of new homes in their village.
Plaque commemorating once-forgotten WWI soldier unveiled
Lance Corporal Haydn Carlyle Phillips, a former Lewis School Pengam pupil, was gassed in the German Spring Offensive of March 1918.
New football pitch proposed as part of quarry extension project
Bryn Aggregates Ltd is applying for planning permission to increase the size of the existing quarry at Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm.
Builder prosecuted after destroying protected bat roosts
A builder who destroyed three protected bat roosts while removing a cottage roof has been handed a 12-month conditional discharge.
New takeaway to open on site of former barber shop
Council planners have agreed to a change of use of the former Ashleys Barber Shop in Gelligaer.