Wales round-up: North Wales offshore wind farm could expand; Tredegar pharma project gains backing
A round-up of planning news in Wales: 4 July-10 July, 2020
Huge North Wales offshore wind farm could expand
RWE Renewables UK has confirmed that it has secured a lease from the Crown Estate to extend its existing Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, located off the coast of North Wales.
The Planner
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £2 billion Green Homes Grant as part of his plan to protect jobs and prevent spiralling unemployment as the UK recovers from the effects of Covid-19.
The Planner
RTPI welcomes Sunak’s intentions for a green recovery
RTPI chief executive Victoria Hill has ‘cautiously’ welcomed the chancellor’s commitments to help the built environment recover from Covid-19, but she argued that ‘strong planning will be needed to maximise all the investment’.
The Planner
New strategy celebrates work of RTPI volunteers
An important new strategy has today been launched by the RTPI with the aim of celebrating the support and involvement of the institute’s volunteers.
RTPI
Tredegar pharma project gains backing
Blaenau Gwent councillors have unanimously backed plans by a pharmaceutical firm for a £9 million new packaging building at its centre on the Tafarnaubach Industrial Estate in Tredegar.
Wales Online
The city council has announced proposals to create a public square inside Cardiff Castle and use Castle Street and the Castle moat as a covered area for local restaurants and cafés to deliver food to.
Wales Online
Supermarket chain Aldi has revealed plans for another 36 stores across Wales and named the locations where it wants to build 1,858-square-metre outlets, each with 100 parking spaces.
Wales Online
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said his government will deliver an M4 Relief Road in South Wales, despite the matter being a devolved issue.
Wales Online
RCT bids for social distancing funds
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has bid for more than £2 million in government funding to develop more social distancing measures in communities including reassigning road space to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists, and introducing 20mph limits in town centres and outside schools.
Wales Online
The government, in partnership with Natural Resources Wales, has opened a new round of grant funding – worth £4 million – for large-scale capital projects to maintain and improve Natura 2000 sites.
Welsh Government
Swansea’s greenest building backed
Revised plans for a sustainable mixed-use redevelopment in the centre of Swansea, which will incorporate extensive on-building greening, have been recommended for approval.
Insider Media
Pembrokeshire County Council’s cabinet has agreed to invite open tenders to develop an area on Haverfordwest’s town centre, part of the Western Quayside Redevelopment, which includes the former Ocky White building as well as the surrounding area to the rear of Bridge Street, near Glan yr Afon library and cultural centre.
BBC News
Cardiff’s Tudor Street regeneration
Cardiff's Tudor Street is set to benefit from a multimillion-pound regeneration programme designed to create an attractive and vibrant shopping area for the local community and visitors to the Riverside area, thanks to a mix of central and local government funding.
Cardiff City Council
The government has confirmed its intention to increase planning fees by 20 per cent as well as bringing in a fee of £230 for applications for certificates of alternative development.
Welsh Government
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