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Bethel Chapel in Llanidloes, Powys, has been vacant since 2004.

MORE than £6,000 from the Welsh Government is set to cover the cost a feasibility study into future uses for the Bethel Hall and Chapel complex in…

A DECISION to reject plans to build a Neolithic-style tomb near Llanidloes which could store hundreds of cremation urns has been appealed. A planning application submitted by Dr Kevin Blockley, of Cambrian Archaeological Projects, was refused by Powys County Council in December on the grounds that it failed to demonstrate a safe means of access. The tomb structure would have had space for up to 500 pottery urns holding cremated human remains at The Neolithic Barn in Pantmawr. Dr Blockley is appealing to the Planning Inspectorate for Wales, over the plans to build the “first project ...

Plans to build a Neolithic-style tomb near Llanidloes which could store hundreds of cremation urns have been refused. Powys County Council's planning department said the proposed development failed to demonstrate a safe means of access. The application was submitted by Dr Kevin Blockley as part of an educational centre at the Out of Eden Neolithic Farm in Pantmawr. The Anglesey-inspired tomb structure would have had space for up to 500 pottery urns holding cremated human remains. The applicant added that it was expected that around three depositions would take place at the site ever...