February 2021

So the Planning Department of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council (RCTC) has approved the 90-meter high chimney stack a Development Control Committee meeting takes place on March 4, looking at the history of the site and the way RCTC have approved earlier development on the site the decision to approve the

Rhondda Cynon Taf Planning Officers have today issued a report, which has recommended that the application for a 90m stack at the proposed Enviroparks development is approved. So what will our councillors say and do or will the Welsh labour Government allow this?

The Welsh Government’s Health Minister has today confirmed that a Community Testing programme will commence across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area from Wednesday, March 3. 

Help is available to elderly, vulnerable and disabled residents of Rhondda Cynon Taf to adapt their homes, and to provide specialist aids and equipment, to help keep them safe from injury and maintain their independence in their home.

An application has been made by Zip World Limited to the Licensing Authority for Rhondda Cynon Taf for the grant of a Premises Licence for Zip World Tower, Tower Colliery, Hirwaun, Aberdare. CF44 9UF.

The Welsh Government’s Health Minister has confirmed that a Community Testing programme of asymptomatic people, will commence across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area from Wednesday, March 3.

HMRC’s latest national, regional and trade statistics for the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) have gone live.              

Living Streets Cymru is helping people aged over 50 in Rhondda Cynon Taf stay healthy and connected with its new walking programme.

A landmark new report published today (Wednesday, February 24th) by Unchecked champions the value of regulation in Wales and calls on all Wales’ political parties to commit to maintaining and strengthening public standards and protections.

Launching our NPS Framework Fortnight: Book Your Place

Labour’s statement on Economic Resilience and Reconstruction Mission has a “… worrying lacking of focus on job creation, productivity, competitiveness, entrepreneurship”, said Russell George MS, the Shadow Minister for Economy, Transport and Mid Wales, adding:

Commenting on the Labour Government's Development Bank support announcement, Welsh Conservative economy spokesman, Russell George MS said:  

New laws will soon come in to force to make more places in Wales and Rhondda Cynon Taf smoke-free.

Appointment letters for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are now landing on doormats across Cwm Taf Morgannwg.

Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Cymru Wales has written today (22 February 2021) on behalf of the Welsh NHS Confederation health and social care policy forum to the first minister and Senedd opposition leaders to call for a cross-government strategy for tackling wider health inequalities in Wal

The combined impacts of storms Ciara, Dennis a Jorge in February 2020 resulted in record rainfall and river levels, and some of the most significant and devastating flooding Wales has seen since the 1970s with 3,130 properties affected right across the country.

People living across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area are being reminded that today marks just one week until hospital grounds become smoke-free.

I am pleased to inform you that Cadw offered interim scheduled monument consent for this application (subject to various conditions) earlier this month.  We are currently awaiting the applicant’s formal acceptance of the conditions before the consent is finally in place, at which point I understa

Top 100 UK law firm, Hugh James, has supported its long-standing client, Rob

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HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE NEATH TO ABERGAVENNY TRUNK ROAD (A465)

Well done to Zoe Williams who represented CTMUHB in the first International Dementia Conference to be held in Wales

HeartFlow, Inc. and Royal Glamorgan Hospital are working together to help clinicians diagnose one of Wales’ biggest killers, coronary heart disease (CHD).

Cabinet will consider proposals for a new capital programme which would invest £116m across Council services and infrastructure over the next three years – and includes additional one-off Council funding of £9.4m for targeted priorities in 2021/22. 

Council tax levels by billing authority and band (£)

"To deliver safe, effective, and quality care Wales desperately needs more nurses, so I am pleased to see an increase in the number of nursing applications this year.

In the Welsh Conservatives’ first major manifesto announcement, Russell George MS, the Shadow Minister for Economy and Transport has outlined plans to re-establish the best aspects of the Welsh Development Agency (WDA) to get Wales on the road to recovery.

Parents and carers in Rhondda Cynon Taf have received a letter outlining the school arrangements after half term – with Foundation Phase pupils returning to face-to-face learning in a phased approach from February 22. 

A pioneering optometry scheme is reducing hospital referrals and allowing patients to be treated closer to home during the pandemic.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

NOTICE UNDER SECTION 123(1) (2A) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

NOTICE UNDER SECTION 123(1) (2A) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972

People in Wales will be able to give a big boost this month to three life-changing charities that have been heavily impacted by COVID-19.

Please see our new draft Guidance on the Code of Conduct for members of County and Community/Town Councils. Please submit any comments to communications@ombudsman.wales by 21 March 2021.

Exactly one year ago to the date, residents and businesses in Rhondda Cynon Taf were hit by one of the worst flooding events in living memory.

Jeremy Davies, 55, has been a Mental Health Nurse for almost 33 years. In this feature he discusses his work, pay challenges facing NHS nurses and his hopes for the RCN's Fair Pay for Nursing Campaign.

Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – is concerned at the report into coal tips in Wales, which has found that some 600 have been classed as "high-risk".

Commenting on the planned fares rise, Russell George MS – the Shadow Minister for Economy, Transport and Mid Wales – said:

A Rhondda Cynon Taf primary school is first in the UK to be named as a ‘School of Excellence’ for mental wellbeing.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has achieved its target of giving 104,148* vaccines to the top four priority groups.

Commenting on the news of a delay to the delivery of the Covid vaccine, Angela Burns MS - the Shadow Health Minister - said:

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RCN Wales calls on Welsh Government to Improve Communications to Health and Care Staff on their Second Dosage of COVID-19 Vaccine following the results of RCN survey

Laura Anne Jones MS – the Shadow Housing Minister – has called on Labour to clarify how some £58 million it received from the UK Government to help homeowners and leaseholders pay for remedial work to high-rise buildings with cladding has been spent.

The Stroke Association is funding the world’s largest research study to investigate worrying reports that Covid-19 is causing life-threatening strokes [1-2]. As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, this critical research may help to prevent Covid-19-related death and disability.

Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – has broadly welcomed the Welsh Government’s ambition to achieve carbon net zero by 2050, but cautions that its suggestion switching to “low-carbon diets” could put it on a collision course with farmers and f

Why not help us celebrate Safer Internet Day 2021 today and catch-up on a networking event that Children in Wales organised last week?

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012

NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 10 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

The proposed development at 128, GLANAMAN RD, CWMAMAN, ABERDARE, County, CF44 6HY, ABERDARE, CF44 6HY

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012

NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 10 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

Proposed development at: Lies between the communities of Llwydcoed to the east and Penywaun to the west.

The National Flood Forum (NFF) is set to host a series of online support sessions for residents of Dinas Powys whose homes and businesses were impacted by flooding in December.

A South Wales primary school has been named as the first Thrive School of Excellence in the UK for the role it plays in supporting the wellbeing of its pupils in order to prevent mental health issues.

Detectives investigating an incident in which gun shots were fired in to an address in the Cynon Valley have charged two men with attempted murder.

Commenting on today’s Wales Governance Centre analysis of the Welsh Government’s budget, Welsh Conservative Senedd leader, Andrew RT Davies MS said:

The Council is making progress towards a repair scheme for Berw Road Bridge in Pontypridd – with consent being sought for initial work to reopen the bridge in the coming months, ahead of a full repair programme in 2022. 

On Time to Talk Day 2021, Dr Helen Lane, a consultant physician at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has published a new poem, ‘It’s good to talk’.

Russell George MS – Shadow Minister for Transport – has given a broad welcome by the initiative from the Welsh Government to introduce “free” PPE for taxi and PHV drivers in Wales,

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is supporting this year’s 2021 Census and is asking all its residents to make sure they take part to help shape future services in our County Borough.

Dog owners in Rhondda Cynon Taf are being reminded to act responsibly and clean up after their dogs. 

Labour’s Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs betrayed farmers in Wales announcing the introduction of a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) across the whole country despite saying in the Senedd Chamber on seven separate occasions* that she would not while the pandemic continues.

The Council has today started a second phase of public consultation on its 2021/22 Budget – with residents, businesses and other stakeholders now invited to have their say on the specific proposals as outlined in a Draft Budget Strategy. 

Residents can view detailed plans and have their say on the Council’s £4.5m future investment at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Ab

Use of innovative, new video technology has been helping elderly residents in the South Wales valleys to become more involved in decisions regarding their own care.