Wales round-up: AMs say jury’s out on EZ value for money; Review of housing delivery and planning unveiled
A round-up of planning news in Wales: 12 May-18 May, 2018
AMs say jury’s out on EZ value for money
Assembly Members (AMs) have complained that a lack of evidence has made it difficult for them to assess the contribution made to the Welsh economy by enterprize zones (EZs).
The Planner
Review of housing delivery and planning unveiled
The Welsh Government is set to undertake a wide-ranging review of the delivery of housing through the planning system.
The Planner
Bluestone eyes-up Anglesey for luxury tourism scheme
Bluestone, the company behind the eponymous Pembrokeshire tourist facility, has revealed ambitious plans for a second luxury tourism resort in Wales now it has acquired land near Holyhead on Anglesey.
Wales Online
Campaigners warn of poultry farm ‘explosion’
An "explosion" in the number of poultry farms in Wales is threatening the environment, countryside campaigners have warned.
BBC News
Residents in Mumbles are being consulted on proposals to extend the village’s conservation area.
Swansea City Council
Flintshire homes meet opposition
Skye Homes Flintshire Ltd’s proposals for a residential development of 435 dwellings, 30 per cent of which would be affordable, on an 18-hectare site on the southern edge of Buckley, Flintshire, is being opposed by the town council and is facing local opposition as premature in terms of the emerging local development plan.
Daily Post
Economy secretary Ken Skates has welcomed plans by global technology company Thales for a new centre for excellence for digital and cybersecurity that would be located at the heart of the Welsh Government’s Tech Valleys project in Ebbw Vale.
Welsh Government
Wrexham in cross-border Channel 4 hub bid
Wrexham Council together with Cheshire West and Chester Council has submitted a joint cross-border bid to host a Channel 4 regional hub.
Insider Media
Regulator blocks waste scheme for Anglesey homes
Natural Resources Wales has refused a developer’s application for an environmental permit to use 20,000 cubic metres of waste to raise the land in preparation for building a housing development in a flood zone on Anglesey.
Natural Resources Wales
Some 50 bikes will be available to hire in Swansea from 5 July when the city’s first cycle-hire scheme gets under way, organised by the city’s university.
BBC News
Egg production shed planned for Llangadog
Proposals to build a shed housing 32,000 free-range chickens capable of delivering more than eight million eggs each year at a farm in Llangadog, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, were set to be approved this week.
Insider Media
A business park on a former tinplate works at Swansea remains vacant, despite £11 million being spent on the project.
BBC News
Swansea Council has taken delivery of 40 electric vans, making it now the local authority with the largest electric van fleet in Wales.
Swansea City Council
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