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  • Performing Animals registration

    Any person who exhibits or trains performing animals needs to be registered with their local authority under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925.  You must register if you keep or train anima… Content last updated: 16 January 2026

  • Air Pollution Guidance

    Clean Air Act 1993 The Clean Air Act was introduced in 1993 to protect both the environment and the quality of the air we breathe. It provides a wide range of controls such as those which deal with sm… Content last updated: 31 December 2018

  • Data Protection Requests

    Once the information has been received by the requestor, the legislation gives individuals a right to have any inaccuracies corrected or the personal information erased where it is no longer appropria… Content last updated: 11 January 2023

  • Food labelling and allergy information

    Inspections are undertaken of food premises where product labels and packaging are examined to ensure they are complying with their legal requirements.  If any failures are identified, the issue is de… Content last updated: 31 October 2019

  • Article 4

    Article 4 directions Article 4 Directions can be invoked by the planning authority to further prohibit the type of small alterations that would be usually allowed under Permitted Development Rights ev… Content last updated: 31 October 2019

  • Speed cameras

    Information on road safety cameras can be found on the GoSafe website. There is a link to the website to the right of this page. GoSafe are a Partnership funded by a Welsh Government Grant. GoSafe is… Content last updated: 10 September 2024

  • Acupuncturist Registration

    To carry out acupuncture, both the premises and the person carrying out the activity need to be registered with the Council. A registration form can be printed by clicking on the link on the right of… Content last updated: 06 May 2022

  • Definition of Additional Learning Needs (ALN)

    "Additional learning needs" or "ALN" A person has additional learning needs if he or she has a learning difficulty or disability (whether the learning difficulty or disability arises from a medical c… Content last updated: 24 November 2025

  • Review of Community Arrangements

    What is a Community Review? Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has a statutory duty, under the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 to monitor the communities within the county, and the el… Content last updated: 17 March 2026

  • Sale of Fireworks

    To sell Fireworks to the public you must first obtain an Explosives Storage Licence  Once you are licensed to store the fireworks, you can sell fireworks at the following times without needing a furth… Content last updated: 16 January 2026

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  • Business - broadband campaign

    Superfast Cymru Residents and Businesses within the Borough of Merthyr Tydfil will be amongst the first in Wales to benefit from the pioneering multimillion pound programme Superfast Cymru, bringing n… Content last updated: 12 November 2024

  • Permitted Processes

    Regulation of Industry As emissions from industry can significantly affect air quality several control regimes are in place including the following: LAPC (Local Air Pollution Control) LAPPC (Local Au… Content last updated: 04 October 2018

  • Environmental information regulations

    The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 came into force on 1 January 2005. The regulations give members of the public the right to access certain environmental information if that information i… Content last updated: 04 October 2018

  • Tree Preservation Orders

    Trees and Woodlands Given the manner in which the landscape of the county borough has been exploited you would be forgiven for thinking it was a landscape devoid of trees; however this is not altogeth… Content last updated: 28 July 2025

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