I was going to use a stronger term. The tracks – public rights of way – by the observation point in Craig Gwladys country park have been torn up by heavy equipment used to clear-fell and take away pine trees. I am told – and this has yet to be confirmed with council officers – […]

Neath Port Talbot council yesterday appointed John Flower, currently Head of Engineering and Transport, to take over from the retiring Will Watson on 1st April. The official announcement should appear on the council’s web pages in due course, but on a personal note I should like to say that Mr Flower was very helpful to […]

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The recent media coverage of Copenhagen  reminds me of a planning circular issued in the summer, which I apologise for not publicising earlier. As from September of this year planning permission has not been required for solar panels, provided they don’t stick out too much. That is, they should not overtop the roof (excluding any […]

The seminar on Monday morning on the subject of the canals of the county borough (Swansea, Tennant & Neath), referred to in my previous posting, duly took place. The keynote speaker was Andrew Stumpf of British Waterways, who illustrated his talk on the merits of inland waterways with examples largely from Scotland. It has to […]

In the annual round of bids for works to be carried out by the County Borough in the next financial year, I have stressed the importance of speed reduction measures on Cwmbach Road. I pointed out that these had been scheduled and withdrawn twice in the last ten years, and that Cadoxton was alone among […]

Blaenhonddan tonight took advantage of the advent of new co-optees (E. Riby & Mrs P.Phillips from Bryncoch South, J Topper from Aberdulais, Mrs D.Richards from Cilfrew and A.Harvey & M.Davies from Bryncoch North) to expand the Open Spaces committee. Messrs Riby & Harvey are to join, though Mike Teague felt he had to step down. […]

Both I and Bryncoch South councillor Tony Wyn Jones have expressed our concern to the council about the prolonged closure of the access from the Tennant canal footpath to Neath town centre via Bridge Street. Although the old bridge is actually situated in Bryncoch South, many residents of Cadoxton like to walk into Neath via […]

There was a reminder of the floods of five years ago last Saturday. Thankfully, the rain eased overnight, or Cadoxton might again have been impassable. The council refuses to clear the grids along Cadoxton Terrace and Caegroes Terrace on the grounds that the roads behind the terraces are unadopted, which seems bizarre. Rather more likely […]

When I was first elected to the county borough council last year, one of the first things I did was to make noises about the amount of money which was to be spent on refurbishing Victoria Gardens. Certainly the bandstand needs restoring to its original splendour, but surely the bill for that would be less […]