4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (441+ words) A RUN-DOWN Maesteg property that has been left empty for 30 years is set for a new lease of life after Bridgend County Borough Council secured a compulsory purchase order to bring it back in to use. The property, based on…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (196+ words) A TRAMPOLINE at a children’s play park was fixed by a mystery repairer after parts were removed by vandals. Springs from the “bouncer square” at the Piggy’s Hill park in Bulwark, Chepstow were removed and left strewn across the play…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (621+ words) A PROPOSAL to build 20 homes in a Welsh-speaking “stronghold” which prompted concerns over its potential for “linguistic harm” has been approved. The estate planned at Chwilog doubled the amount of social housing in the area and locals feared it risked…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (551+ words) AN AFFORDABLE housing scheme that has been held up for more than five years should go ahead, council planners say despite a continuing sewerage dispute. When the application was last considered in November a resident told councillors how “every time…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (353+ words) LONG-term plans to build more than 190 new homes on a well-known brownfield site in Maesteg have been given the go-ahead. The £41.8m redevelopment project at Ewenny Road, Maesteg, has been approved in order to bring 192 homes in what developers describe as…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (330+ words) THE FUTURE of a former Cardiff community building has been called into question as flat conversion plans have been refused. In September last year Lucky Letting Agency put plans to Cardiff council to convert a former Salvation Army building in…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (332+ words) AN OLD Victorian pub in Cardiff is set to see a new life as a restaurant, a shop, and flats as a bid to bring it back into use has been approved. The Kings Castle in Canton closed in early…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (773+ words) A SINGLE mother with two babies is stuck in a one-bedroom council flat, but the council says there’s nowhere to move them. Chardanelle Thomas, 20, is currently living in a one-bedroom, first floor council flat in Fairwater with her two children…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) A FOUR-DAY inquiry into plans for more than 1,400 homes on Ruthin Road will take place in September the Welsh Planning Inspectorate has announced. Inspectors from Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) will base themselves at Wrexham Guildhall to hear evidence…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (355+ words) A BOUTIQUE cattery with air conditioned and heated pods planned for a back garden can go ahead after certain conditions are met. The luxurious accommodation for up to 10 cats in a converted outbuilding has been given the green light on…...