HeyJaredCouncillor Kevin Etheridge
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Council cannot restrict new barber shops based on numbers already there (opens the original)
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A number of residents have been in touch asking about the policy and procedures for barbers on the High Street, and here are the facts, rules and regulations. In planning terms, barber shops generally fall within Use Class A1 (Shops) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 as amended. As a consequence, there are a range of retail and service-related uses that can operate within the same A1 use class without requiring planning permission for a change of use. Whilst concerns rega
Concerns raised by councillor over Labour-run council's treatment of Blackwood (opens the original)
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There has been a number of comments from traders and residents in regard to Blackwood High Street and its decline. 1 - My colleagues and I have tabled a number of petitions and questions about no / reduced car parking charges. All have been rejected by the Labour-controlled authority. 2 - A number of years ago, due to the budget cuts which I and others opposed, the council decided to close the toilets at the bus station despite major opposition. We are all independent councillors and proud to se
Councillor questions fresh Senedd boundary review after previous changes (opens the original)
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I see the Boundary Commission is looking at another review into the Senedd boundaries, which it seems they are obliged to do, but will they listen? From my own perspective, the Ynysddu and Pontllanfraith wards are an essential part of the Sirhowy Valley with Blackwood to the north, but the Boundary Commission, in their wisdom, transferred these two wards into Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent. Yet they left Blackwood, Argoed and Cefn Forest Wards in Newport and Islwyn; what a farce. Have members of t
Councillor raises 13 questions over £7.7m Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymney reorganisation (opens the original)
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I raised the following queries in regard to the proposed reorganisation of Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymney. I would hope the committee and officers would not see the questions below as negative because we all want the best for the pupils, teachers, school, and county borough. £340,000 spent on legal and consultant fees – probably increased. £91,404 to compile the initial business case. 1 - What is the dispute with the PFI provider and costing – affect budgets? 2 - Will the buy-back proposal fall on scho
Concerns over the safety of a wall after regular HGV use of street in Blackwood (opens the original)
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Foundry Hill wall, rear of Parklands, up Sunnybank Road. This is the wall road as you come off the Blackwood end of the Sirhowy Enterprise Way Bridge via a roundabout. I did warn the council when the SEW was to be built that there would be an increase of 75 per cent of traffic up Foundry Hill onto Sunnybank Road, and we now have HGVs using the route on a regular basis as a cross-valley link, and I was told most of the traffic would go up from Libanus lights via Highfield Way. The council say the
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