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Consultation on plans for wind farm
A consultation began yesterday (3 November) on plans to site a wind farm with up to six turbines north-east of Merthyr Tydfil, just above the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road. Renewable energy generator… Content last updated: 04 November 2022
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Swansea Road Active Travel improvements
The Council is planning to improve pedestrian and cycling links along Swansea Road for the benefit of residents and visitors, as part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme. The work w… Content last updated: 21 June 2023
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Residents asked for comments on Tesco roundabout improvements
As part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme, the County Borough Council is planning improvements at Tesco roundabout to make crossing the road safer for pedestrians. The scheme will… Content last updated: 05 October 2021
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Accounts and Audit Wales Regulations Schedule 10 PCC
Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 Audit notice where Responsible Finance Officer unable to certify the accounts because the accounts are being prepared in accordance with revised deadlines i… Content last updated: 03 August 2023
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Exciting plans for Cyfarthfa Castle
Exciting plans to re-develop Cyfarthfa Castle are currently underway. Following publication of ‘The Cyfarthfa Plan’ in 2021, the Council has been working in partnership with the Cyfarthfa Foundation… Content last updated: 20 January 2025
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Cwm Taf Public Services Board Joint Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Background Information The Well-being of Future Generations Act 2015 gives a legally binding common purpose to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of their area by cont… Content last updated: 21 July 2023
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Statement on the Council's current position on Ffos-Y-Fran
Statement on the Council's current position on Ffos-Y-Fran: Enforcement On Wednesday 24th May 2023, following independent legal advice, an Enforcement Notice was issued to Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd an… Content last updated: 13 November 2024
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Cyfarthfa Castle launches bicentenary celebrations
In 2025, Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales is celebrating its bicentenary. Built in 1825 as a majestic family home for the Ironmaster William Crawshay II, Cyfarthfa Castle is the jewel in the… Content last updated: 29 January 2025
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Delay in start of work on Bethesda Street road improvements
Work due to have begun last month on road improvements in the Bethesda Street area has been delayed and will now start next week (week beginning 6 December 2021). The Council has commenced a series of… Content last updated: 25 January 2022
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Merthyr Tydfil CBC responds to Ffos-y-Fran media reports
The Council feels compelled to respond to reports in the media following the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee’s report ‘Restoration of opencast mining sites’, which was publis… Content last updated: 08 August 2024
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Mayor’s Charity Information
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Merthyr Tydfil Welsh Language Conference
An address by Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and Welsh Language, June 22, 2023.Almost a century and a half ago, in 1891, almost seven out of ten people in Merthyr could speak Welsh. Seven out… Content last updated: 26 June 2023
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Consultation on plans to improve pedestrian provision at Caedraw
As part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme, the County Borough Council is consulting residents on plans to create a better environment entering the town centre by making improvemen… Content last updated: 13 January 2023
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Council Tax increase of 1%
At tonight’s meeting of Full Council members agreed a Council Tax increase of 1% for the 2022/23 financial year. This equates to an increase of 33 pence per week (£17.29 per year) for a ‘Band D’ prope… Content last updated: 06 February 2023
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Keys to £11m bus interchange handed over
The County Borough Council has been handed the keys to the new Merthyr Tydfil bus interchange by main contractor Morgan Sindall ahead of the building’s opening next month. All bus services will transf… Content last updated: 29 April 2021