regeneration
Regeneration news from South West Wales: town and city centre schemes, Swansea’s Copr Bay and Kingsway, Port Talbot after steelmaking, Porthcawl’s seafront and the funding behind them. More Swansea city centre news.
GOWER COLLEGE: City centre expansion “being explored”, but the boarded-up Kingsway bank stays a mystery
The college says it is "exploring options" in Swansea city centre. Asked six questions, it answered none, including what it…
PORTHCAWL: Padel, crazy golf and street food could fill the old Coney Beach site next summer
The council wants local businesses to pop up on the seafront while the bigger plans take shape, and the ones…
SWANSEA: New city centre garden opens in memory of the council officer behind the arena
It links the Kingsway and Oxford Street, with trees, benches and a giant mural. His daughter says it’s somewhere for…
OXFORD STREET: Car park beside the Grand loses four of its 22 disabled bays to EV chargers
Blue Badge holders who rely on the car park beside the Grand get 11 of their bays back on Friday…
COPR BAY: Shops, cafés and restaurants wanted for the units beneath Swansea’s newest car park
The council says it is in positive talks with a number of businesses, and local traders can find out more…
PORTHCAWL: The Buccaneer is saved, and getting its 1930s ocean liner look back
The seafront bar was due to be demolished. Now the council plans to restore it, possibly as a restaurant, café…
CARMARTHEN: Wilko demolition pushed back to next year as council says a tenant “of significant benefit to the town” is in talks
The bulldozers were booked for 26 October. Now there's a new date, a new bill-payer and a tenant the council…
CARMARTHEN: ‘Jobs not rubble’ campaigners want the old Wilko saved for a trampoline park
Buzz Parks says it would spend its own money turning the empty Friars Park store into a family entertainment centre,…
AFAN VALLEY: A £20m question is heading for every doormat in the valley
Every household in the Upper Afan Valley is getting a Pride in Place survey on how up to £20m should…
SWANSEA: The car park is coming down, but the saint who welcomed you into town is saved for the museum
The St David's Shoppers Car Park signs came off the Oystermouth Road multi-storey and went to Swansea Museum before the…
NEW HOMES: 31 more houses for St Clears and Carmarthen as developers land £7.5m
Twenty-four homes, seven of them affordable, go up at Priory Fields in St Clears, and seven more on the old…