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  • Hearing 9: Reserve (5 Jul)

    Wed 21 August 2019 at 10:00 - Housing Land Supply and site allocations ED052 - Agenda for Hearing 9 - Housing and other matters ED052a - Supplementary note for Hearing 9  ED053 - Council Statement for… Content last updated: 07 March 2022

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    The page might have been moved or deleted or you may have followed a broken link. To find the correct page: go to the homepage and follow the links use the search facility above Content last updated: 11 January 2023

  • Further statement on Ffos-Y-Fran Planning Application decision

    A Decision Notice will be issued today (Thursday 27th April, 2023) following the decision at yesterday’s Planning Committee to refuse the application to extend the life of the existing Ffos-Y-Fran min… Content last updated: 27 April 2023

  • Trade Recycling Acceptance at Dowlais HRC Only

    As of the 9 January 2023 the Local Authority is going to offer a Trade acceptance scheme at Dowlais HRC If you would like to take advantage of the Local Authorities Trade acceptance scheme at Dowlais… Content last updated: 13 March 2024

  • Statement from Council Leader, Cllr Geraint Thomas, on Hoover closure

    The news of the closure of the Hoover site in Merthyr Tydfil signifies the end of an era for our town. The firm has employed thousands of our residents over the years and brought with it much needed i… Content last updated: 16 May 2024

  • Voter ID

    Voters in Wales need to show photo ID to vote at polling stations in some elections. This will apply to: Police and Crime Commissioner elections  UK parliamentary by-elections Recall petitions Vo… Content last updated: 22 July 2024

  • Residents urged to report fraud

    This week is International Fraud Awareness Week, so we’re shining a spotlight on fraud. Although often hidden, fraud is the most pervasive and evolving crime in society today and the challenge it pres… Content last updated: 20 November 2024

  • Nant Morlais Sinkhole update 2.12.24

    An update on the Nant Morlais sinkhole from Councillor Brent Carter, Leader of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council:“Our priority today is to stop the flow of water going into the culvert so that our… Content last updated: 02 December 2024

  • World Childrens Day 2024

    Children's rights are at the heart of everything we do. We have a long history of supporting and upholding children’s rights in Wales. One hundred years on from the Declaration of the Rights of the Ch… Content last updated: 20 November 2024

  • School Budget Forum

    Section 47A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as amended by the Education Act 2002, required all Councils to establish a Schools Forum. In accordance with the Schools Forums (Wales) Regu… Content last updated: 08 January 2025

  • Statement on the Castle Hotel

    Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council have been relying on B&B’s such as the The Castle Hotel over a number of years, more so in the past 2-3 years following the ‘No one left out’ Welsh Government… Content last updated: 21 August 2023

  • Public Electric Vehicle Charging

    Where are our current electric vehicle charging points? Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council have facilitated installation of charging points at the following locations:  Car Park Postcode 22kw 7k… Content last updated: 24 April 2025

  • Universal Primary FREE School Meals

    Welsh Government aims to provide every child in primary school in Wales with a free school meal by September 2024, regardless of household income. From February 19th 2024, UPFSM (Universal Primary Fre… Content last updated: 15 February 2024

  • High Sheriff Awards panel

    DO YOU KNOW A YOUNG PERSON OR GROUP WHO DESERVES TO BE RECOGNISED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS? The High Sheriff Awards panel would like to reward young people in Mid Glamorgan who have made outstand… Content last updated: 08 July 2021

  • Who Must Pay council tax

    Freemen and challenges to liability The 'freeman on the land' movement – sometimes written as 'freeman-on-the-land', 'FOTL', the 'freemen of the land', the 'freemen movement', or 'freemen' – and simil… Content last updated: 05 July 2023

  • Youth Mayor Andrew is inaugurated

    The new Youth Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil is 14-year-old Andrew Millar, a student at Cyfarthfa High School. Andrew became the 11th Youth Mayor of the county borough on his inauguration at the Civic Centre… Content last updated: 28 May 2021

  • Samee Furreed becomes the new Youth Mayor for Merthyr Tydfil

    On Friday 13th May 2022, the Youth Mayor Inauguration took place at Merthyr Tydfil’s Civic Centre. Samee Furreed who is 16 years of age and is a student at Cyfarthfa High School became the 12th Youth… Content last updated: 20 May 2022

  • Real Nappies

    Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to encouraging residents to reduce their waste, to help to protect the environment and to offer information and services that benefit residents. That… Content last updated: 15 April 2025

  • Preparing Wales for a no deal Brexit

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