FROM next May, Powys County Council’s Planning, Taxi Licensing and Rights of Way committee will be slimmed down from 21 councillors to 17.
Author - Elgan Hearn
Local Democracy Reporter
A MOTION that supports a raft of proposals to halt and turn around the decline Welsh speaker numbers in Powys has been supported by councillors.
CHANGES to the structure of Powys County Council’s scrutiny committees have been blocked.
IN THE MIDDLE of the cost of living crisis, Powys residents will have to dig just that little bit deeper into their pockets from April, to pay the...
COUNCILLORS will be asked to commit to creating a dozen Welsh language primary schools and three high schools during the next decade.
REPRESENTATIVES of Town and Community Councils have been dumped off Powys Public Service Board (PSB).
“THE PUBLIC want services not snappy catchphrases,” a Powys resident has said as he asks why £300,000 will be spent on “reimagining” Powys County...
INCREASING car parking fees could see shoppers choose to go elsewhere rather than Powys town centres, councillors fear.
FEARS have been raised that the five per cent council tax hike will push Powys residents into poverty.
DESPITE impassioned pleas by objectors, Powys County Councillors overwhelmingly voted to approve plans to convert an historic 18th century pub in...
