A HOMEOWNER extended their garden along a riverbank and replaced a gate providing access to flood defences with a wall.
Author - Twm Owen
Local Democracy Reporter
A COUNTRY pub that wanted to create a “boutique hotel” has been given permission for two new accommodation blocks after two years of wrangling.
TWO new homes will be built on the site of a demolished house despite objections from 10 neighbours.
A SIX metre high tower for swifts to nest in has been put up by a council using more than £18,000 of UK Government funding.
A COUNCIL’S head of planning is leaving her post less than six months after her promotion was announced.
A SEARCH for information about a Monmouthshire village during the Second World War has uncovered a surprise wartime connection.
TWO of Monmouthshire’s comprehensive schools performed above expectations in last summer’s GCSE exams and two below.
PLANS to convert an empty former shop last used as offices in the centre of Blaenavon to two flats have had the green light.
PLANS to replace the roof of the Gwent Crematorium have been lodged with Torfaen Borough Council.
A BRIEFING is being held for councillors on the closure later this month of the first Severn Bridge to heavy goods vehicles.

