Nicholas Thomas

2 weeks ago | caerphilly.observer | Nicholas Thomas

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayOn-street charging systems for electric vehicles could be an option for Caerphilly if trials in neighbouring areas are successful. The county borough council’s environment committee heard concerns Caerphilly is “lagging behind” in supporting residents to charge cars outside their homes.

2 weeks ago | caerphilly.observer | Nicholas Thomas

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayNew fines for Caerphilly residents who put recyclables in their general waste are a last resort and aren’t intended to make the council money, officers have insisted. The county borough council is proposing an extension of enforcement powers that could ultimately land persistent culprits with £70 fixed penalty notices.

2 weeks ago | caerphilly.observer | Nicholas Thomas

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayA series of “purposeful and high quality” holiday lodges at a fishing attraction has won retrospective planning permission. Cardiff Angling Centre has set up 16 timber-clad lodges and decks around the fishing ponds at Cefn Mably Lakes.

2 weeks ago | caerphilly.observer | Nicholas Thomas

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayCouncil planners have approved the conversion of a terraced house in Brithdir, near New Tredegar, into a HMO.

2 weeks ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Nicholas Thomas

The city council has granted planning permission for two neighbouring premises at Newport’s East Retail Park, off Docks Way, to be joined as a single retail unit. It has also granted permission for the premises to sell supermarket goods. Aldi is hoping to open a new store in the combined space, arguing it has a “longstanding requirement for further representation in Newport”.