The Dee Valley Picturesque Bus service is a circular route which will run every Saturday until October. It will link Llangollen and the surrounding villages to popular local attractions including Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wenffrwd Nature Reserve, Horseshoe Falls, Valle Crucis Abbey, Plas Newydd Historic House and the Horseshoe Pass. It is hoped that this new service will enable people to visit these key locations without the need of a car and reduce the need for parking spaces, making it easier for those without their own vehicle to access these places, and helping to reduce congestion. The service has been made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales, and delivered in partnership by Denbighshire County Council and the Our Picturesque Landscape project.
Draft North Wales ‘dark skies’ policy going out for public consultation
The public are being asked to check whether planning guidance designed to reduce light pollution in an area of outstanding natural beauty needs any alterations.
The supplementary information for developments affecting the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) was discussed at Denbighshire council’s recent planning meeting.
Essentially it sets out the policy for developments within the AONB which seek to guarantee everyone from astronomers to the casual observer can actually see the night sky in all its glory.
The guidance, which will go out for public consultation this month, is looking to stop poorly designed external lighting which inhibits the views of the night sky – which will be a material planning consideration in the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB.
An outline of the area covered by the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB
Pic: CRDVAONB in planning documents The public are being asked to check whether planning guidance designed to reduce light pollution in an area of outstanding natural beauty needs any alterations. The supplementary information for developments affecting the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) was discussed at Denbighshire council’s recent planning meeting. Essentially it sets out the policy for developments within the AONB which seek to guarantee everyone from astronomers to the casual observer can actually see the night sky in all its glory.
Draft Denbighshire dark skies policy going for consultation rhyljournal.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rhyljournal.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A view of former hotel Tyn Y Wern, Llangollen
Pic: In planning documents (clear for use by all partners) Plans to demolish a former Llangollen hotel in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to make way for a 16-home development have been rejected by county councillors. Full planning permission had been sought for the redevelopment of Tyn y Wern Hotel off the A5, and land adjacent to it. The former hotel had lain dormant for a number of years and previous development had been sought on the area. The hotel building is classed as a brownfield site and lies within the development boundary but only four of the homes planned lay within its curtilage.