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  • 4 days ago | herald.wales | Twm Owen

    AN EMPTY unit in a town’s pedestrianised shopping centre can be converted to a coffee shop, planners have agreed. Rookman Properties asked for change of use planning permission from A1 class, which covers retail uses, to a mixed A1/A3 which covers food including takeaways and eating in. Information submitted on behalf of the firm said it is increasingly hard to let shops in Caldicot.

  • 4 days ago | abergavennychronicle.com | Twm Owen

    Abergavenny Markets. (Stephen Wilks on Wikimedia Commons)PLANS to revamp the toilets and provide new heaters at Aberavenny’s grade II-listed Market Hall have been approved. Monmouthshire County Council’s visitor attractions service applied to its planning department for listed building consent to carry out the works. Two heaters will be mounted to the wall on the entrance to the market and fixed to modern ceilings. They have been approved despite doubts they will be effective at heating the hall.

  • 5 days ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Twm Owen

    Rookman Properties asked for change of use planning permission from A1 class, which covers retail uses, to a mixed A1/A3 which covers food including takeaways and eating in. Information submitted on behalf of the firm said it is increasingly hard to let shops in Caldicot. The unit is at number seven Wesley Buildings, Newport Road the main shopping precinct and has been advertised since September 2024 with a rent of £19,500 a year.

  • 5 days ago | abergavennychronicle.com | Twm Owen

    The position of the fence (arrowed) above Clydach. (Local Democracy)A HUGE fence put up across a mountain and overlooking a beauty spot is to be removed after a public backlash. The 2.1 metre, or six foot, tall steel fence appeared suddenly and without warning across the face of Gilwern mountain in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park and close to the boundary of the UNESCO Blaenavon World Heritage site in April.

  • 6 days ago | monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk | Twm Owen

    SPEED camera vans could be deployed to a rural village in a bid to force drivers to reduce their speed. A local councillor has asked that traffic calming measures be considered to address speeding in Llangybi in Monmouthshire but the councillor responsible suggested a camera van could be the most suitable solution.

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