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Scaffolding and Hoarding
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Residents When carrying out any building work/maintenance or removal of any part of a property that is next to the public highway (road, pavement or rear lane), the safet… Content last updated: 01 April 2025
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Well-being Plan 2020-21 (FINAL)
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Request a Permanent Road Closure
A permanent road closure can be processed under two acts of Parliament: The Highways Act 1980 The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Highway being unnecessary Under Section 116 of The Highways Act 1… Content last updated: 19 January 2022
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Storage of Fireworks
There are legal controls which cover the storage, sale and display of fireworks. If you wish to have a wholesale or retail premises situated within the Merthyr Tydfil Borough that store or sell firewo… Content last updated: 12 August 2020
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School Inspections
All schools are inspected by Estyn on a six-yearly cycle although schools that do not perform as well as they should may be subject to follow-up inspections and/or additional monitoring by the local a… Content last updated: 11 May 2021
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Junior Road Safety Officer Scheme
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) are a huge help to the local Road Safety Officer It is the job of the JRSO to help promote road safety issues within the school and local community. Being a JRSO is… Content last updated: 28 October 2022
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Business advice
Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) Our aim is to encourage local businesses (including Voluntary Sector Organisations, Social Firms and Supported Factories), to tender for council contracts. A SME is d… Content last updated: 07 February 2023
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Brexit Information
Alongside our regional partners, the Welsh Government and the UK Government, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has been preparing for Britain to leave the European Union on January 31, 2020. We ar… Content last updated: 30 March 2023
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Prince of Wales visits Merthyr Tydfil’s pandemic community hub at Dowlais Engine House
The Prince of Wales today visited a Merthyr Tydfil community centre that has played a key role in supporting local residents throughout the pandemic. HRH Prince Charles was at Dowlais Engine House to… Content last updated: 02 August 2022
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Correction to latest Contact Newspaper issue 60
Correction to latest Contact Newspaper issue 60, page 2 Heading - Merthyr Tydfil’s longest service Mayor hangs up his chains. The article should have stated that Councillor Howard Barrett was the long… Content last updated: 28 July 2021
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Full Christmas lights switch-on back for 2022
The Council is delighted to confirm that Merthyr Tydfil’s Christmas lights will be switched on this year on Saturday 19 November. The previous two years have seen the event reduced to a ‘virtual’ cere… Content last updated: 27 September 2022
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Vaynor footpath closed because of dualling work
The County Borough Council is temporarily closing a footpath in Vaynor for work being carried out as part of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road dualling project. Footpath Vaynor 34 will be closed to p… Content last updated: 13 October 2022
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Report a street that needs cleaning
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council sweeps roads and footpaths helping to keep the environment clean. If you feel your street needs cleaning. The Council has responsibility for cleaning council owne… Content last updated: 16 July 2024
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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: 25 July 2024
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Sewers and Water mains
Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water is responsible for public surface water sewers, public foul sewers and clean water mains. The Private sewer transfer regulations were passed by the Welsh Government on the 21st o… Content last updated: 31 December 2019