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Fairwood Terrace street name sign beside a road leading under a low stone railway bridge, with cars passing.
Gowerton

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…

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Kit Peters
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New houses under construction at Dylan in Llanelli, with timber-framed homes, scaffolding and a crane on site
Burry Inlet

LLANELLI: Want to build ten homes? Find 80 square metres of someone else’s rainwater first

New planning rules for Llanelli and Burry Port would make every major scheme take existing rainwater out of the sewers…

The Fairwood Terrace street sign at its junction with Victoria Road, Gowerton, with a low stone railway bridge crossing the road ahead and traffic passing through — the site of a proposed traffic signal-controlled junction.
Burry Inlet

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,…

The entrance to Parsons Pickles at Burry Port, with a branded lorry parked outside the stone-fronted Ashburnham Works and palisade gates open onto the yard.
Burry Inlet

BURRY PORT: Historic cockle factory ‘mothballed’ following ‘most challenging season in living memory’

Eight people have lost their jobs at Parsons Pickles, the Burry Port shellfish firm that has been part of the…

The Fairwood Terrace street sign at its junction with Victoria Road, Gowerton, with a low stone railway bridge crossing the road ahead and traffic passing through — the site of a proposed traffic signal-controlled junction.
Burry Inlet

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…

Map outlines Persimmon’s proposed 216‑home Fairwood Terrace development in Gowerton, now at appeal after council refusal over traffic concerns.
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GOWERTON: Persimmon’s Fairwood Terrace plans dealt massive blow as Welsh Government orders full environmental assessment

Campaigners fighting Persimmon Homes' proposed 216-home development at Fairwood Terrace in Gowerton have won a landmark ruling after a Welsh…

illegally gathered cockles in sacks that were in the back of a 4x4 vehicle. The cockles were seized by NRW Enforcement Officers and returned to the estuary
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COCKLE RAID CHAOS: 4x4s stuck in mud as four men hit with £36k fines

Four men who drove deep into the Burry Inlet to illegally harvest cockles have been slapped with huge fines after…

Housing estate under construction. Swansea’s Local Development Plan promised 7,000 homes, but fewer than 300 have been delivered as major sites stall.
Affordable Housing

7,000 homes promised, just 300 built: Swansea’s housing blueprint falters

Swansea’s Local Development Plan promised more than 7,000 new homes across its strategic sites within five years. Six years later,…

Burry Inlet

Cleaner water linked with smaller cockles that die younger, research on Burry Inlet reveals

Better water quality in Wales’ most famous cockle area is linked with smaller cockles that have a higher mortality rate,…