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LLANDAFF residents may put in a bid for their village to have its own community council, so they can have more control over services in their area.

If successful, residents would have the power to raise money locally to spend on facilities such as bus shelters, allotments, street lighting, war memorials and public toilets.

A community council is equivalent to a parish council. It can levy a charge on each household in the area through the main billing authority (Cardiff Council).

WITH the recent announcement of a new wakeboarding facility in Cardiff, water sports have been causing quite a splash of late.

The Cardiff International White Water (CIWW) at the International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay offers a wide range of activities, from thrilling white water rafting to calmer runs for flat-water paddlers.

The centre is not just for experts and offers a wide variety of courses which promote wider local participation.

Residents in Butetown have slammed Cardiff Council’s decision to accept the proposal for a wakeboard and water-ski-park in Atlantic Wharf.

The proposal to install the water sports park at East Bute Dock, off Atlantic Wharf in Cardiff Bay, was given the green light by councillors on Wednesday afternoon.

There had been hundreds of complaints from residents in the apartments around the dock in the lead up to Wednesday’s planning meeting. But local opposition did nothing to dissuade the committee.

CARDIFF Council’s decision to close one of the city’s biggest bowling greens has been met with fierce opposition. 

Maindy Bowling Green has organised a petition opposing the closure of the club, and has already received 240 signatures. It is one of six bowling greens facing closure and will save the council £22,000.

CARDIFF council has planned to merge a number of services into Enterprise Centre hubs in a bid to cut down council office expenses.   

The Jasmine Enterprise Centre, Ely, is just one of a number of centres which will have to find space for these proposed plans. Ely library, housing office and reception for the police and fire services will all be moved there.

Peter Bradbury, councillor for Caerau, said: "The centre is currently a fantastic resource and I hope this will make it an even better resource."

LABOUR'S Cardiff Council has announced, in full, its draft budget for 2013/14. We've honoured our pledge of freezing council tax. We understand the difficulties being faced by the man and woman on the street in these difficult days. Labour values are the heart of our budget proposals.

Cardiff Council has dealt with almost 4,000 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests during the past three years, according to official figures.
But the authority has admitted it has no idea how much money it spends complying with the law.

The council received 3,888 questions they were legally required to answer between January 2009 and February 2012. Around half of the questions were sent last year in 2011.  

The FOI Act 2000 requires public bodies to answer questions as part of a formal legal procedure, usually within 20 working days.

Residents have launched an appeal to the High Court against Cardiff Council's decision not to prevent a school being built on Rumney recreation ground.

The RREEL action group (Rumney Rec and Eastern Leisure) made an application for a judicial review on March 21, disputing the council's decision not to award village green status to the green space in Llanrumney.

The appeal follows the result of a public inquiry chaired by independent inspector QC Leslie Blohm, who campaigners say ignored evidence from residents.

A special tree planting ceremony took place in a Cardiff suburb yesterday.

Five Mountain Ash trees were planted in Parc y Pentre, Rhiwbina, to replace those which were destroyed by vandals in October last year.

A further two were also planted to replace those which were badly damaged or had simply died.

Cardiff Council Parks department planted the trees that had been funded by Rhiwbina residents.

Residents raised the money after the Council said they could not afford to replace them.

A Cardiff football team are organising a petition to rid their local park of stray horses, which continue to make the field hazardous to play on.

Earlswood Rangers of Rumney are planning to put a petition of local residents to the council in September, because they have to spend hours clearing their pitch on Greenway Park before they can play on it.

The horses are thought to belong to members of the traveller community residing at Shire Newton Park in Trowbridge. They have caused a problem on and off in the area for around 50 years.