65 new homes will be built on Moorland Road in #Street, despite fears the access road won't be safe enough: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2601103... #LDReporter #Somerset
#Somerset Council won't be implementing a #touristtax following concerns raised by local Conservatives: www.burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk/news/2600990... #LDReporter
It will cost #Somerset Council £1,500 per car park to decide whether to change parking charges across the county: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2601016... #LDReporter
The government has confirmed £380m of investment in #Somerset's new gigafactory to ensure it remains a local employer "for decades to come": www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2600830... #LDReporter #Puriton #Woolavington #Bridgwater #A39 #M5
#Somerset horse-riders feel they are being seen as "an afterthought" after a key bridleway over the Mendip Hills was repeatedly blocked: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600639... #LDReporter #Wells #WestburysubMendip #Priddy #activetravel
Plans are afoot to "refresh and revitalise" The Old Ship Aground pub on Quay Street in #Minehead, on the popular South West Coast Path: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600481... #LDReporter #Somerset
There are "no current plans" to introduce bus lanes on the #A38 #Wellington Road between the #OrchardGrove site and #Taunton town centre: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600450... #LDReporter #Somerset
#Somerset Council has said it is "not appropriate" to declare a "state of emergency" over the large number of van-dwellers in #Glastonbury: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600377... #LDReporter
Patients in west #Somerset could soon find it much easier to travel by bus to appointments at Musgrove Park Hospital in #Taunton: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600338... #LDReporter #Minehead #Watchet #Williton #Dunster #Wiveliscombe #Milverton #Dulverton #Bampton #CotfordStLuke
A new bus service between #Glastonbury and #CastleCary railway station could begin running "imminently" - once a review of new railway timetables has been completed: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600147... #LDReporter #Somerset
Development sites along the #M5 and #A303 in #Somerset could be unlocked or moved forward as part of a new £165m fund: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600126... #LDReporter
Hawarden housing plans submitted for derelict warehouse site face opposition.
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2600105...
#Flintshire #Hawarden #planning #housing #LDReporter
Plans for a new railway station to serve #Somerton, #Langport and the surrounding area remain "on a shelf"
at the Department for Transport despite @sarahdykeld.bsky.social's best efforts, #Somerset Council
has confirmed: somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600073... #LDReporter
Wrexham University plans to turn fitness suite into offices for joint project with Wrexham AFC Foundation and Wrexham Council.
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2600084...
#Wrexham #planning #wrexhamuniversity #LDReporter
.@greenparty.org.uk councillors in #Somerset have branded the government's decision to approve 1,700 new homes in #Frome as "a mockery of local democracy": www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2600052... #LDReporter #A361 #B3090
Any future major #roadworks on the #A39 near #Minehead should be carried out at night to reduce disruption, a local councillor has urged: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2599981... #LDReporter #Somerset #Dunster #A396 #activetravel
Five months of #roadworks are under way near #Crewkerne railway station as Taylor Wimpey works to deliver a new junction linking the Wool Gardens estate to the #A356 Station Road: www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/crewker... #LDReporter #Somerset
Health bosses aim to reassure Wellbeing Hub campaigners #LDreporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/04/03/h...
#Hove gym secures 6am opening time from councillors #LDreporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/04/03/h...
#Hove back garden home secures planning permission #LDReporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/04/03/i...
Two people have died at a #travellers site in #Frome, prompting a local councillor to demand action from #Somerset Council: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2599205... #LDReporter
Flintshire holiday retreat at centre of village noise row.
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2599255...
#Flintshire #luxurystay #halkyn #complaint #LDReporter
Thursday 2 April headlines in #Brighton and #Hove from the Local Democracy Reporting Service #LDreporter #Tiktok vm.tiktok.com/ZNRCTtaN5/
#Somerset Council has provided £370,000 of one-off funding to keep five leisure centres open after its operator went into administration: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2599180... #LDReporter #Frome #Glastonbury #SheptonMallet #Street #Wells
Councillors united in opposition to Wrexham community centre closure.
leaderlive.co.uk/news/2599157...
#Wrexham #communitycentre #socialcare #LDReporter
Environmental concerns raised over rubber crumb used on sports pitches #LDreporter www.theargus.co.uk/news/2598792...
#Brighton Hippodrome secures permission for larger audiences, new roof and other changes to suit music venue operator #LDreporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/04/02/h...
Flintshire church hall to be demolished after being branded unsafe.
www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2598915...
#Flintshire #churchinwales #demolition #LDReporter
#Brighton restaurant postpones event due to high winds #LDreporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/04/01/w...
#Hove distillers seek new home after securing licence extension as tours come to an end #LDreporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/04/01/d...