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2 days ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas |Twm Owen
COUNCILS could face a hefty bill to move social care data to a new case management system in 2026. The existing system, WCCIS (Welsh Community Care Information System), has been in use since 2018 but will become defunct next January. It holds essential data and information on people who have contact with social services and, in some cases, health services.
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3 days ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
A WHOPPING 99% of people using a leisure centre in Bedwas say its closure would have a negative impact on them. The centre is one of three, along with Cefn Fforest and New Tredegar, which Caerphilly County Borough Council is proposing to shut down. The council argues the potential closures are part of a wider strategy and will help save money, as well as help develop better services at a smaller number of strategic sites.
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1 week ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
AN “OVERGROWN” former industrial site in Newport could be transformed into 30 affordable homes. The city council’s planning committee has given its unanimous approval to plans to redevelop the land, off Kelvedon Street, for residential use. Neighbours had complained about the potential impact on parking, but planning officers said the expected demand for visitor spaces could be accommodated on surrounding streets.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
ON-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. Cllr Adrian Hussey said Blaenau Gwent and Newport were trialling systems that allowed cables to be run to vehicles through gullies or channels in pavements.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
LEAVING a regional school improvement service hands Caerphilly County Borough Council a “generational opportunity” to take more control of educational performance, cabinet members have heard. The council has confirmed it will withdraw from the Education Achievement Service (EAS) and bring school support and professional development back “in-house”.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
NEW 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. The proposal will form part of Caerphilly’s wider waste strategy, which is designed to improve the area’s low recycling rates and avoid multimillion-pound fines.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
COUNCIL planners have approved the conversion of a terraced house in Brithdir, near New Tredegar, into a HMO. A flurry of neighbour objections was not enough to dissuade Caerphilly County Borough Council officers from granting planning permission, arguing there is a “severe” shortage of accommodation for single people and small households. The property at 10 Nelson Terrace currently has two bedrooms, but could now become a house in multiple occupation for up to four people.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
A 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. Caerphilly County Borough Council was asked to give a seal of approval to the development of the accommodation, which documents show was installed at the site between 2020 and 2024.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
TWO German supermarket giants are at odds over proposals to open a new store in Newport. 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”.
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2 weeks ago | 
herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas
PUTTING recyclable waste in your bins could land you with a £70 fine, in the latest Caerphilly County Borough Council plans to increase its low recycling rates. New proposals for “improving recycling behaviour” would see the worst, most persistent offenders slapped with the same punishment as a parking fine. The council said the typical household in Caerphilly produces 410kg of “residual” – or non-recyclable – waste each year, compared with a national average 360kg.
