{"id":820848,"date":"2026-03-12T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/820848\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:08:45","slug":"new-pumptrack-proposed-for-skate-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/820848\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;pumptrack&#8217; proposed for skate park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"advert has-text-align-left has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\"><strong>Support quality, independent, local journalism\u2026that matters<br \/><\/strong><br \/>From just <strong>\u00a31 a month<\/strong> you can help fund our work \u2013 and use our website without adverts. <a href=\"https:\/\/membership.caerphilly.observer\/join?mtm_campaign=member_appeal&amp;mtm_source=website&amp;mtm_placement=article_top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Become a member today<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Aerial-view-annotated-skatepark-development-site-Wern-Park-Nelson-Credit-Google.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aerial view of the skatepark and the proposed development site (marked roughly in yellow) at Wern Park, Nelson\" class=\"wp-image-1057425\"\/>Aerial view of the skatepark and the proposed development site (marked roughly in yellow) at Wern Park, Nelson<\/p>\n<p>A new track for bikes, skateboards and scooters could be built in Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>New plans submitted to Caerphilly County Borough Council set out proposals for a new \u201cpumptrack\u201d at the Wern Park.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the asphalt circuit will be built on grassland next to the existing skate park, and contain small hills and banked turns for riders.<\/p>\n<p>The application comes 20 years after the council approved the original skate park plans for Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently out for consultation, and can be viewed on the Caerphilly County Borough Council website under reference 26\/0142\/FULL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"advert has-text-align-left has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\"><strong>Support quality, independent, local journalism\u2026that matters<br \/><\/strong><br \/>From just <strong>\u00a31 a month<\/strong> you can help fund our work \u2013 and use our website without adverts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/membership.caerphilly.observer\/join?mtm_campaign=member_appeal&amp;mtm_source=website&amp;mtm_placement=article_bottom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Become a member today<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google<\/p>\n<p>Google\/Airbus\/Bluesky\/Infoterra Ltd &amp; Cowi A-S\/Maxar Technologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Support quality, independent, local journalism\u2026that mattersFrom just \u00a31 a month you can help fund our work \u2013 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,236120,393,4884,8823,63725,12717,236312,16,15],"class_list":["post-820848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bristol","tag-bristol","tag-britain","tag-caerphilly-county-borough-council","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-ldrs","tag-nelson","tag-planning","tag-skate-park","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116216601659586857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}