October 2020

RHONDDA CYNON TAF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 Development Affecting the Character or Appearance of a Conservation Area Application 20/1114/10 No: Applicant: Active Construction Limited  Proposal:  Construction of commercial premises with 7 No. self-contained flats to upper floors. Location: SITE OF NO1 CANON STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7AT

A fifth set of official national, regional and trade stats for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) have now been published yesterday.    The CJRS data provides analysis of claims up to 31 August, from applications submitted to HMRC by 30 September.   Regional and Local Authority level data is included, and a…

Jason Wroe will take over the role of Chief Executive at Newydd Group when Paul Roberts retires at the end of October.   Jason has been Housing Director at Newydd since October 2003 but has worked in the social housing sector for more than 30 years in both housing associations and local authorities in south…

The lessons learnt from February’s floods must be the catalyst for a seismic shift in how Wales responds to theclimate emergency and manages its future flood risk. That is our urgent call to action as we publish our reviews into our response to February’s flood events. The record rainfall and river flows triggered by Storms…

On the 4 March 2020, because of the recent flooding, I emailed Natural Resources Wales and requested under the Freedom of Information Culverts and Rivers the responsibility of Natural Resources Wales.   I was getting little response having written to NRW several times consequentially I contacted the Information Commissioner's Office who on the 9 September gave…

AberdareOnline would ask what about additional car parking?  https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/prince-charles-hospital-parking-car-17682196  Health Minister awards £220m in funding for Princes Charles Hospital refurbishment The Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has today awarded £220m in funding to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil. The funding will be used to further refurbish the ground and first floor, having previously benefited from £56m from…

Following the unprecedented flooding brought about by the exceptional storm events that impacted Rhondda Cynon Taf and other areas of Wales, the Leader of RCT Council has issued the following statement in response to the publication of the NRW report. Councillor Andrew Morgan, Leader of RCT Council, said: “I welcome the publication of this report…

·       Charity research shows just one in 10 blind voters and less than half of partially sighted voters could vote independently and in secret in the last General Election ·       Less than half (46 per cent) of blind and partially sighted people are satisfied with their experience of voting ·       RNIB says changes need to happen now so blind…

Anti-Bullying Awareness Week runs from the 11-15 November 2020. In this article Need2Know Books looks at the effects that social distancing and lockdown measures have had on children as social media dependency and online screen time increases, creating more opportunities for cyberbullying. For further information the Essential Guide to Bullying by Jennifer Thomson is a great resource. Enhanced anxiety and stress are not the only conditions parents and caregivers need to be careful of…

Introduction from Sir David Henshaw Many of you reading this will remember the exceptional scenes we saw across Wales in February 2020 as the nation was hit by three named storms in the space of four weeks. Images of marooned vehicles and properties succumbing to rising flood waters are immediately conjured as the record rainfall and…