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But councillors supported a recommendation by planning officers to approve the plans at a meeting on Tuesday. Speaking in support, Cllr Roger Harris said: “We have been made aware that there are 700 plus households in Abergavenny that are desperate for affordable housing. “This site is going to be run by a housing association, 100 per cent affordable.” Cllr Mat Feakins said there is “a significant need” in Monmouthshire for affordable housing. “There are not many as sustai...

The directive has been issued to allow consideration of whether the plans should be determined by Welsh ministers, instead of the council, following a request for the plans to be ‘called-in.’ Six two-bedroom houses and six three-bedroom houses are proposed on a grazed field which slopes from Hereford Road to the River Gavenny. The proposal goes against the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) as the site is located outside of the Abergavenny development boundary. St Teilos Church ...

A COUNCIL has thrown out controversial plans to expand a business park. Beckingham Business Park, in Tolleshunt Major, put forward plans for 13 new industrial and business units, an office block and a café. The plans were recommended for approval when they went forward to Maldon District Council’s planning committee. One resident who objected to the plans said: “I’ve lived in the village for over 33 years and although the business park preceded my occupation, over that period we�...

Status of Local Development Plan to be known mid January This article is old - Published: Tuesday, Dec 22nd, 2020 Formal confirmation has been made that the future of Wrexham’s Local Development Plan will be known in around four weeks time. Following a fractious meeting earlier this month the inspectors of the plan promised a formal letter confirming that their deliberations would conclude around mid January on submissions made by Wrexham Council that could make or break the progress of the p...

More than 600 North Berwick residents took part in a survey regarding plans for a care village on the outskirts of their town with 97 per cent against it, it has been revealed. East Lothian SNP launched the survey after developers Goldcrest lodged an appeal with the Scottish Government over proposals rejected by East Lothian Council earlier this year. Councillor Paul McLennan, SNP Holyrood election candidate for the county, said he organised the survey after local residents raised concern...

  WREXHAM: Wrexham Council officer under fire for ‘undemocratic’ decision to stop debate on area’s housing blueprint Wrexham Guildhall A WREXHAM Council officer has come under fire after a motion to debate the area’s Local Development Plan was pulled from a meeting agenda at the last minute. Calls by the Plaid Cymru group of councillors to withdraw support for the blueprint, which allocates land for around 8,000 new houses, were due to be discussed at a full council meeti...

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Posted: Wed 16th Dec 2020 “Who runs this council – is it officers or is it councillors?” as Local Development Plan motion fails to make agenda This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2020 A councillor has said the way a motion on the Local Development Plan has been handled “raises serious concerns”. Today’s Full Council meeting was set to hear, and vote, on a motion put forward on the topic of the LDP however it was ‘postponed’ after the council took external lega...

A CHANGE to the way people shop has led developers of a new town to scrap plans for a large supermarket at its centre. The first residents of the new town of Blindwells are expected to move in by September next year. However, developers Hargreaves have revealed that the masterplan for the town, which will see an initial population in 1,600 new homes, has been revised to create a new shopping centre to fit demand. Speaking during a virtual public consultation on the detailed plans for th...

A DECISION to refuse plans to build 31 new homes in a village in Wrexham has been blasted as “unfounded and unreasonable”. It follows an appeal being launched over proposals to transform an area of land off Bottom Road in Summerhill. Planning officers from Wrexham Council rejected the scheme in August as they said it would fall outside the development boundary for the village. They added that concerns over surface water drainage and the risk of flooding had not been properly address...