Gowerton

GOWERTON: Brand-new utilities lorry strikes Wales’ most-hit railway bridge

It’s the third strike at the bridge we’ve reported this year, and the lorry is brand new, on a plate…

GOWERTON: Old grammar school building to come down in £47m school rebuild

The council's announcement talks of keeping historic elements where possible. The papers going to cabinet next week name the block…

CYCLE PATH UPGRADE: Popular Dunvant to Gowerton route to get £500k revamp

The 1.75km between the two villages is next in line for widening after the Blackpill to Dunvant stretch. Sections will…

GOWERTON: Firm behind contested solar farm hiring a local trainee project manager

Infinis says the full-time post, aimed at people from Gowerton and the wider Swansea area, comes with a Level 4…

GOWERTON: Flood regulator says 216-home site ‘did not fully comply’ with flood guidance, then agrees flooding can be left out of the study

Natural Resources Wales has backed Persimmon on flooding, contamination and landscape, while joining the council in questioning the age of…

GOWERTON: Bats, dormice and otters put back on the table for 216 homes, but the council says nothing on traffic

Swansea Council's reply to Welsh Government officials, sent on deadline day, asks for new wildlife surveys at Fairwood Terrace because…

GOWERTON: £116,000 for local causes as the solar farm villagers fought over takes shape

Applications open this autumn for the community fund attached to the Parc Caenewydd scheme, with people who know the area…

GOWERTON: Appeal after two girls, 15, deliberately filmed by man on Swansea train

British Transport Police believe the same man has filmed people elsewhere on the railway network, and want to trace a…

GOWERTON: Developer wants traffic concerns omitted from environmental study on 216 homes rejected by councillors

Persimmon has asked the Welsh Government to narrow the study on its Fairwood Terrace scheme to sewage alone, dropping traffic,…

GOWERTON: Lorry roof peeled open as notorious Trafle Mill bridge claims another victim

The Victoria Road railway bridge, named Network Rail's most struck in Wales, caught a flooring firm's lorry at midday on…

GOWERTON: Decision on 216 homes slips further away as Persimmon stays silent over crucial environmental study

The homes planned at Fairwood Terrace beside Gowerton station cannot be approved or rejected until Persimmon produces a major environmental…