Powys Green News

Wildlife boxes have been installed at two council flat blocks in Welshpool as part of an initiative to improve biodiversity, the county council has said. Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: The wildlife boxes have been installed at Buckley House and Alfred Jones Place in Welshpool thanks to the efforts of SWG Construction, Montgomeryshire […]

A document which outlines Powys County Council’s vision, objectives and priorities for the next four years has been published. Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: The Corporate and Strategic Equality Plan 2023-2027 has been published on the Council’s website. The plan sets out the well-being priorities for the Council Powys County Council and what […]

Llangattock Litter Pickers and staff from Powys County Council and Monmouthshire County Council came together on Thursday (23 March) for a community clean up the local area as part of Keep Wales Tidy’s Spring Clean Cymru campaign. Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: Working together, a team of 17 volunteers removed over 20 bags […]

Communities in Powys are being urged to join Spring Clean Cymru 2023 and help pick up the litter that blights our local environment. Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: Powys County Council is working with Keep Wales Tidy to support Spring Clean Cymru. Together they are calling on individuals, families, community groups, schools and […]

Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust (MWT) is helping families and children discover their wild sides while boosting their wellbeing this February half-term with a brand new ‘Nature Play’ area at Llyn Coed y Dinas Nature Reserve in Welshpool. Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: It has been created thanks to a Welsh Government-funded partnership project called […]

Healthy eating, keeping fit, reading more books… whatever you are tackling this January, we are asking you to also add ‘recycling’ to your list of New Year’s resolutions. Research suggests that nearly all of us will have abandoned our original New Year’s resolutions by now, so we would like you to consider adopting a new […]

Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: Following extensive engagement with communities and stakeholders, the county’s Active Travel Network Maps (ATNM) have now been officially approved by Welsh Government. The maps, which show current active travel routes and details of aspirational future routes within the county’s 11 designated active travel localities (as defined by Welsh […]

Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: Householders in Powys are being urged to recycle as much as they can over the festive season. With Christmas nearly upon us, Powys County Council’s Waste and Recycling Team would like people to remember to recycle as much as possible over Christmas and New Year. Cllr Jackie Charlton, […]

Work to begin the second phase of an active travel route in Treowen, Newtown, will begin Monday 5 December. Latest update from Powys County Council Newsroom: Identified following previous consultations on the county’s Active Travel Network Maps, the route will improve walking and cycling facilities on Heol Treowen, from Treowen Primary School down towards Kerry […]

Severn Trent has announced a Get River Positive Plan: five pledges to transform river water quality across their region.     “The commitments are a clear and actionable response to calls for a revival of rivers in England.  Central to the pledges is a commitment that work carried out by the company will ensure storm overflows […]