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Councillor Huw Evans DENBIGHSHIRE County Council is set to undertake a new needs assessment for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation. This work is to assess current accommodation need within the Gypsy and Traveller community and does not include looking for locations for sites. Cllr Hugh Evans, leader of the council, said: “The last GTAA was approved in 2017 and we must submit a new one to Welsh Government early next year. “The GTAA assesses accommodation need only and this work does n...

Gypsy and Traveller sites review to be carried out by council after camps set up on school fields Denbighshire County Council will be conducting the audit after illegal camps were set up on high school fields Updated Travellers at Prestatyn in Denbighshire on Tuesday near the Nova Centre (Image: North Wales Live) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe ...

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 78 homes on greenbelt land in Kilmacolm have been approved by the planning board - but still have to clear a final…

A COMMUNITY continues to fight against controversial plans for 280 homes in Hawarden. Placards protesting the Gladstone Estate’s plans to develop more than 280 homes in Mancot have been erected across the local community. The green barrier land on Ash Lane in Mancot forms part of Flintshire County Council’s Local Development Plan and is owned by the Gladstone Estate, who have submitted plans to build more than 280 houses on the site in conjunction with Anwyl Homes. Stop the Gladston...

More than 1,100 people object to housing plans at UWS Thornly Park campus The approval for the 179-house development has been recommended for approval, but more than 1,100 have objected. Robertson Sports Complex will be demolished if the proposal is given the green light (Image: Andrew Neil) Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the informa...

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Morfa Nefyn Catholic Church. CREDIT - Copyright Alan Fryer geograph.org.uk Planning inspectors have upheld a decision by Gwynedd Council to refuse plans for six open market homes on the site of a former Catholic church after citing the possible impact on the Welsh language. In 2019 Gwynedd Council approved the demolition of the Resurrection of Our Saviour church in Morfa Nefyn after it fell victim to a sweeping closure programme  announced by the Bishop of Wrexham three years earlier. ...

A DISABLED rights campaigner has rounded on six councillors who blocked a bid to increase the number of wheelchair accessible homes within the areas new planning blueprint. Councillor Jim MacLeod had called for a 10 per cent benchmark for developments of more than 20 new build homes. This motion regarding the Local Development Plan was put forward by his SNP colleague councillor Chris Curley at a special meeting of the environment and regeneration committee, only to be rejected by a 6-5 v...

Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is running an informal consultation on the proposals until Monday (April 26). But Charles Strang, the co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party’s Borders branch, has expressed disappointment with the council’s approach. In a letter, Mr Strang writes: “On the face of it this is not a genuine consultation, but a hollow exercise seeking to justify an education authority taking the easy option of expanding onto a greenfield site just because they think they ...

Residents in Derbyshire village fear housing plans will double its original size They say its infrastructure cannot take the extra strain 05:30, 21 APR 2021 Kirk Langley sits in rural Derbyshire, between Derby and Ashbourne (Image: Google) Never miss another Derbyshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be ...