Councils should ensure all planning applications made in flood risk areas are referred to ministers for approval, under new guidance published today. The Government said that while 97% of planning decisions for residential properties were made in line with Environment Agency (EA) advice last year, 866 homes that were contrary to the advice were granted…
Work is officially underway to deliver new £12.1m school and community facilities at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun – and the Council’s Cabinet Member for the Welsh Language has visited the site to mark the occasion. The Welsh Medium secondary school in Penywaun will receive their brand new facilities in time for the 2022/23 academic year –…
Here’s all you need to know about the Maerdy Mountain Road summer work – including details about the road closure, bus arrangements, the need for the work and why it is being carried out now. The Council has previously given advanced notice of the A4233 road closure, between Monk Street in Aberdare and Station Road in Maerdy. It will close from 8am to 6pm from each Monday…
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) Decision notice Date: 5 July 2021 Public Authority: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Address: The Pavilions Cambrian Park Clydach Vale Tonypandy Rhondda Cynon Taf CF40 2XX Decision (including any steps ordered) 1. The complainant requested from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (“the Council”) information relating to two…
A community art project has been formally unveiled after pupils at Cwmdar Primary School have spent months planning and creating a mural that encapsulates a snapshot of this unique moment in time. Cwmdar Primary School year 6 class were tasked to create the mural, which is situated in the schoolyard, as part of a community…
On the 7th of July, the Alzheimer’s Society Cymru handed in their ‘Cure the Care System’ petition on the steps of the Senedd. The petition, signed by over 135,000 people and over 100 MPs asks all governments in the UK to provide more support for carers of those who suffer from dementia. Though dementia is…
Cabinet will receive an update on the Council’s three-year Medium Term Financial Plan up to 2024/25 – which is based on a range of modelling assumptions and will help inform and support the Council’s budget setting preparatory work underway for the next financial year (2022/23). A report to Cabinet on Tuesday, July 20, outlines the latest modelled…
The Council will shortly undertake significant work to upgrade three drainage gullies on the A4059 between Mountain Ash and Abercynon – to give greater resilience at a low spot which has a history of flooding, including recently in Storm Dennis. The scheme includes converting the existing gully covers into larger units and the installation…
Welsh Conservatives have welcomed a new £7.1m fund which will give people across Wales the chance to become owners of at-risk pubs, theatres, post offices, sports grounds and corner shops. Responding to the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Social Partnership, Joel James MS, said: “I am thrilled that…
