The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s leading pressure-group for common land, is delighted at this development which will enable people to record and protect their ‘lost’ commons. Once common land is on the register, it potentially gives the public the right […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, is delighted that Powys’s Planning Committee has almost unanimously rejected plans for seven wind-turbines at Llandegley, five miles east of Llandrindod Wells, Powys. The society was among numerous objectors to the […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, has slated plans for seven wind-turbines in the quiet countryside five miles east of Llandrindod Wells, Powys. The application, first submitted by Hendy Wind Farm Ltd in 2014, comes before Powys […]
The Open Spaces Society has urged its members in Wales to contact their council candidates for the local-government elections on 4 May and ask for their support for public paths, open spaces, common land and village greens. The society refers […]
Open Spaces Society deplores further erosion of green-space protection The government has struck a further blow to open spaces. The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s leading pressure-group for town and village greens, is dismayed that the government has introduced further measures […]
Major National Lottery funding boost enables The National Library of Wales to partner with the British Library and a new national network on a ground-breaking audio preservation project. The British Library is today launching Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, a major […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, has objected to a planning application for 18 dwellings and associated works in the village of Glasbury on the River Wye in Powys. The Open Spaces Society is concerned that the […]
The volunteers of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority were celebrated on Friday 7 April at a special awards ceremony. Held at the Authority Head Office in Brecon, the event was attended by National Park Authority members, volunteers, staff and […]
The National Library of Wales and the National Assembly for Wales Commission have announced a partnership agreement with the aim of securing the long-term preservation of the Assembly’s archives. Both institutions will develop an archive strategy for the Assembly and […]
Work to fix one of the most eroded footpaths in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park has been completed thanks to funding from the 2016 Mend Our Mountains Campaign. The repairs were to the Neuadd path high above […]
Sculpture students at Coleg Sir Gar ’s Carmarthen School of Art are preparing to visit Alabama for the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.The international conference is a biennial union of students, educators, academics, and professionals dedicated […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s leading pressure-group for common land, has opposed plans by Persimmon Homes to swap an area of Mynydd Garngoch Common at Gorseinon, north-west of Swansea. Persimmon wants to strike 0.71 hectares of common land from the […]
