A community are in a race against time to save an iconic Grade II listed chapel in the heart of a former coalmining village from potentially being bought by property developers…

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/race-against-time-save-chapel-32082534

by anthonysgevans

2 comments

  1. I don’t think it’s guaranteed that a group of well-meaning local volunteers can better preserve a listed building than the compliance department of a national developer could, and a bit of external investment to make it into a home for someone seems a way better idea than using it to host an occasional bingo night.

  2. Scotland have a community right to buy, England has a community right to bid and Wales doesn’t have anything similar at all.

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