Cymru

Majority of councils fail to meet voluntary merger bid deadline

04.12.2014

Roger Milne

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | local government | Welsh Government | Williams Commission

Welsh public services minister Leighton Andrews has welcomed voluntary merger proposals from six councils - Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen, the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend and Conwy...

Local planning authorities could be cut to just six, claims minister

28.11.2014

Roger Milne

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | Leighton Andrews | Welsh Councils | Welsh Government

The number of Welsh councils could be cut to as few as six, the public services minister Leighton Andrews has warned, as he urges them to seek voluntary mergers and make further cuts in administrative...

Wales round-up: Welsh councils could be cut to six, £500m Cardiff Embankment scheme

27.11.2014

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 22 November-28 November, 2014

Major funding boost for Welsh rail network

21.11.2014

Roger Milne

A massive scheme to modernise railways across South Wales is to go ahead after the end of a long-running dispute between the UK and Welsh governments over who will fund the project.

Wales round-up: Planning (Wales) Bill, calls to stop £11m M4 relief road spending

20.11.2014

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 15 November-21 November, 2014

Bill proposals to change village green regime under fire

20.11.2014

Roger Milne

Campaigners have claimed that town and village greens could be destroyed by “draconian" proposals in the government’s Planning Bill.

Innovative rural transport in prospect for Wales

14.11.2014

Laura Edgar

Future transport in Wales could include electrified railways and metro-style systems, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Cymru Wales.

Wales round-up: Ministerial shake-up mooted, minister announces 18 new Nature Fund projects

13.11.2014

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 8 November - 14 November, 2014

Ministerial decisions shake-up mooted

13.11.2014

Roger Milne

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | Planning Inspectorate | Welsh Government

The Welsh Government has set out proposals to improve the handling of appeals, call-ins, and other planning and related decisions made by Welsh Ministers.

News in Brief: Welsh planning bill, Inverness hopes to sign ‘City Deal’

11.11.2014

Laura Edgar

News in brief: Tuesday 11 November, 2014

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