Powys Council

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Party	Seats 2012	Seats 2017	Change
PartyIndependent	Seats 201247	Seats 201730	Change−17
PartyConservative	Seats 201210	Seats 201719	Change+9
PartyLiberal Democrat	Seats 20129	Seats 201713	Change+4
PartyLabour	Seats 20126	Seats 20177	Change+1
PartyPlaid Cymru	Seats 20120	Seats 20172	Change+2
PartyGreen	Seats 20120	Seats 20171	Change+1
Change compared with 2012

Posted at 2:08 27 Jun

'Devastating' effect of litter rise after lockdown

Matt Lloyd

BBC News

Piles of rubbish left by large crowds at tourist spots in Wales have sparked outrage and concern.

Posted at 13:23 24 Jun

Are pupils back in school for three or four weeks?

Children in most parts of Wales will be going back for just three weeks - will it be where you are?

Posted at 13:09 17 Jun

Call to pause chicken farm plans approval rejected

Campaigners claim Powys is becoming the "poultry capital" of Wales, with plans "rubber-stamped".

Posted at 17:39 15 Jun

Deal struck to make traveller site permanent

Travellers site in Machynlleth Golf Club

The family will be allowed to stay on land owned by Machynlleth Golf Club, near the town's cemetery.

Posted at 16:27 11 Jun

Opencast mine to close after licence rejection

Alun Jones

BBC Wales Political Unit

It is the first time Welsh ministers refuse permission to extract coal because of climate change.

Posted at 15:51 10 Jun

Tourist complex to be built on closed golf course

Planning officers approve the scheme despite objections about traffic, flood risk and appearance.

Posted at 18:03 3 Jun

Local views 'sidelined' over chicken farms

Opposition parties in Powys share campaigners' concerns about council officers taking decisions.

Posted at 10:43 26 May

Councils will take 'generation' to pay for virus

Coronavirus signs on the A470 near Pen-y-Fan

Alex Jennings

BBC News

Raising council taxes would be a "very undesirable outcome", the local government association says.

Posted at 8:14 26 May

Rubbish tips in half of Welsh council areas to reopen

Queues at a tip — Rubbish tips in Wrexham were the first to reopen after lockdown

Rubbish tips in more than half of Wales' 22 local authorities will open today.

Recycling centres have already opened in Wrexham, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taff - but 12 more councils will be reopening their facilities today.

Centres in Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Swansea and Torfaen will reopen on Tuesday.