AN INDEPENDENT school has the green light to use a countryside field for sports – but a council will investigate if it is used for football.
Author - Twm Owen
Local Democracy Reporter
PLANS for an outdoor swimming pool at a country mansion once listed as the most expensive house on sale in Wales have been approved.
A ROAD that runs through a rural village will no longer be used to determine which primary school local youngsters should attend.
TORFAEN council is set to sponsor a new privately-run business awards promoting firms in the borough and Monmouthshire.
A FORMER school caretaker’s bungalow is to be converted for use as a school office.
PLANS for an “off grid” house and glamping pods on farmland in the open countryside have been submitted to Torfaen Borough Council.
A WOMAN’s application to create a gated driveway into her back garden has been refused by planners.
COUNCILLORS are being advised to allow an independent school to bring a disused playing field previously at the centre of a planning battle back into...
HOUSEHOLDERS in two Monmouthshire towns will be paying more than £2,000 in total on council tax bills for a typical band D property from April.
VOLUNTEER litter pickers should be helped to sort out waste they collect which could be recycled, a councillor has said.

