Residents are invited to attend an in-person event on August 22 as part of a wider consultation for the proposed new 3-19 Special School. The event will be hosted by Council officers to provide more information about the proposals. The Council is proposing to create a new special school for Rhondda Cynon Taf. To respond…
Let’s not forget Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf was flooded five times during 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-57687413 How much flooding could have been avoided if the Labour Council and Welsh Labour Government had spent the money to prevent it? A second phase of consultation will get underway this month as part of the process of updating the…
Valley Times reports Councillor Dawn Susan Wood posted on FaceBook Your Plaid Cymru Councillors were concerned to learn from workers that the night mobile home care service across RCT was to be cut. We presented an urgent notice of motion so that full council could receive a statement from the Chief Executive. The decision to…
Cabinet has considered proposals to develop the Rock Grounds buildings in Aberdare into a quality hotel, restaurant, bar and spa – and agreed the Council will start a formal process to secure a development partner. At their meeting on Monday, July 17, Cabinet discussed the proposals to renovate and redevelop the current site, retain its…
How much Taxpayer money will be used to assist in another housing development on a brownfield industrial site that was a legacy of the National Coal Board and its successor, the British Coal Corporation? https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/PlanningandBuildingControl/CommunityInfrastructureLevy/CILExamination/RelateddocsCILExamination/ED6.pdf 851 homes plan for ex-Cwm Coke Works site in Tynant An earlier plan to build 630 homes, commercial units and…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council reported the budget gap for next year is £38.3m, this is an incredibly challenging time for Local Government, with all councils having to make difficult decisions on their finances. We face increased costs like every household across Rhondda Cynon Taf, with energy bills for schools, care homes, leisure centres and community…
The Council has provided an update on the significant £1.4m works to upgrade the pumping station at Glenboi. The scheme will alleviate flooding at a known low point in the road – to increase the capacity of the system to cope with heavy rainfall in storm events and to reduce flows to a downstream culvert….
Work will begin to upgrade links for cyclists at three locations in Llantwit Fardre and Efail Isaf. The scheme is being delivered via Welsh Government’s Active Travel Fund, and the work will cause minimal disruption locally. Calibre Contracting Ltd The Council has appointed Calibre Contracting Ltd to deliver the scheme, which starts on Monday, July…
The Council is inviting residents to have their say on the development of RCT Council’s FIRST ‘Land Based Solar Farm’, to be located on a ‘terraced’ former colliery site above Coed Ely in Tonyrefail. It is anticipated that the Solar Farm will generate six Megawatts of power. Five Megawatts of power will be connected to…
Ongoing work at the former M&S and Dorothy Perkins sites in Pontypridd Town Centre is now transitioning to the main demolition phase – and will retain largely the same site arrangements as in recent months. The Council’s Pontypridd Placemaking Plan has identified core ambitions for the town, including a ‘Southern Gateway’ that brings key sites…
