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Featured / Planning

New LDP projects an additional 7,500+ homes for Bridgend county by 2033

February 16, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: via zoopla.com) Earlier this week, Bridgend Council’s planning committee held their monthly meeting. One of the main items …

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Finance / Social Services & Wellbeing

Direct payment personal assistants set to get a flat £12-per-hour rate

February 13, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: John Birdsall via communitycare.co.uk) Later today, a Bridgend Council scrutiny committee will discuss the direct payments system (pdf). …

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Featured / Finance

Bridgend Council Budget 2019-20: Where’s your money going?

February 11, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, where I spread joy and happiness to the citizens of Bridgend by …

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Council & Committees

Why isn’t there one recycling system for the whole of Wales?

February 8, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: Wales Online) If you’ve read the Glamorgan Gazette or Wales Online recently, you won’t have failed to notice …

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Featured / Schools

School Categorisation 2019: How did Bridgend’s schools do?

February 4, 2019February 3, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: Wales Online) As you might remember, I recently wrote about a scrutiny committee report on the performance of …

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Economy & Transport

Feasibility study to find a solution to Pencoed level crossing issues

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 - by Owen - 1 Comment

(Title Image: via Youtube) The Welsh Government are to fund a £60,000 feasibility study to draft long-term solutions to issues …

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Council & Committees / Schools

Challenges and triumphs as Bridgend school performance to be discussed

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 - by Owen - 2 Comments.

(Title Image: Wales Online) Later this week, a Bridgend Council scrutiny committee will discuss a report on the performance of …

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Cabinet / Council & Committees / Featured

Bridgenders Behaving Badly: How Bridgend Council intends to deal with ill-mannered residents

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

One of the more provocative items on the agenda for this week’s Cabinet meeting is a report (pdf) and strategy …

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Cabinet / Featured / Social Services & Wellbeing

Bridgend Council to consult on stricter empty homes policy

January 21, 2019January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: Bridgend Housing Options) Towards the beginning of 2018, I wrote about what BCBC were doing to address empty …

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Cabinet / Featured / Social Services & Wellbeing

Bridgend Council drafts new homelessness strategy

January 21, 2019January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Tilte Image: St Mungo’s) A public consultation is set to be launched on a new strategy to tackle homelessness, subject …

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Community Councils / Council & Committees / Elections & Politics

Major shake-up of Bridgend council wards proposed

January 19, 2019February 11, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: via Google Earth) As some of you might be aware, earlier this week the Local Government Boundary Commission …

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Satire

Public searches for a deeper meaning behind graffiti message

January 18, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

Who did it? Why did they do it? Is it a tourist attraction? How much is it worth? If this …

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Planning

Plans to bring two Wildmill eyesores back into use

January 15, 2019February 4, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: via Google Earth) If you’ve read the Glamorgan Gazette or Wales Online recently you could be forgiven for …

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Council & Committees

Bridgend Council’s new policy to cut down on “little mistakes”

January 14, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: lastminutemusicians.com) Risk assessments and audit in a local authority are hardly the most exciting topics in the world, …

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Planning / Schools

Bridgend College steams ahead with technology centre at Pencoed

January 10, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: Rio Architects) Bridgend College recently submitted plans for an 8,500sqm technology centre at their Pencoed campus.   The …

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Planning

Application for further 40+ homes in Brackla

January 8, 2019January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

(Title Image: via Google Earth) Just before Christmas, Hafod housing association submitted plans for 41 homes on land near the …

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Planning

Still time left to comment on Sunnyside & Bryn Castell developments

January 7, 2019January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

This is one of three planning-related posts over the next few days and I start by revisiting two major applications …

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Cabinet / Economy & Transport

Bridgend taxi fare changes held up

December 17, 2018January 7, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

If you though the long-running saga of a proposed increase in taxi fares in Bridgend county was over, I’m sure …

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Planning

Brackla wood housing plan resubmitted

December 17, 2018January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

EDIT: Comments have to be in by January 14th 2019. A planning application for a housing development at Briary Wood …

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Schools

Welsh Government cash to expand Welsh-medium nursery provision in Bridgend

December 16, 2018December 29, 2018 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

The Welsh Government is to provide £2.6million towards an expansion of Welsh-medium nursery groups in Bridgend county, according to a …

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Cabinet

Bridgend Council 2019-20 budget consultation results revealed

December 15, 2018January 22, 2019 - by Owen - 2 Comments.

Bridgend Council’s Cabinet is due to discuss the results of the annual “Shaping Bridgend’s Future” consultation next week (pdf). The …

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Cardiff City Region

Cardiff City Region set to pilot paid graduate internship scheme

December 14, 2018December 29, 2018 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

Next Monday (17th December 2018), the Cardiff City Region Cabinet is due to meet and one item up for discussion …

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Council & Committees

£285,000 Councillor Community Fund likely to be scrapped after one year

December 10, 2018January 22, 2019 - by Owen - Leave a Comment

A fund set up for Bridgend county councillors to spend on their wards is likely to be scrapped after a year following a difficult administration.

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Planning

Consultation still open on plans for 139 homes at former Bryn Castell special school

December 8, 2018January 8, 2019 - by Owen - 1 Comment

A pre-planning consultation is still open regardingr a development of 139 homes at the former Ysgol Bryn Castell.

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Cabinet / Finance

New council depot could cost more than expected

November 19, 2018December 29, 2018 - by Owen - 1 Comment

Parc Afon Ewenni is (eventually) going to be a brownfield housing development at Waterton Cross to the south of Bridgend. …

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