Here is a summary of the matters that were scheduled to be discussed at the meeting of the Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys on 10 October 2025. The meeting was to consider a report about the introduction of a 40mph speed limit buffer zone on the B4520 Brecon Road in Builth Wells. The report recommended initiating the Traffic Regulation Order¹ consultation procedure.

40mph Speed Limit Buffer Zone, Brecon Road, Builth Wells

The report in the Public reports pack 10th-Oct-2025 Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys concerned a proposal to introduce a 40mph speed limit buffer zone on the B4520 Brecon Road, Builth Wells. According to the report, the developer of a new housing development off Brecon Road is required to introduce the 40mph speed limit as part of their planning conditions.

The report stated that the proposal was to introduce:

B4520 Brecon Road 40mph speed limit buffer zone from the existing 20mph terminal signs for a distance of 240m, in a southerly direction.

The consultation exercise and implementation of the proposal would be funded wholly by the developer, at a cost of £5000.

The report included a comment from Councillor Jeremy Pugh, who said that he was in support of the proposal.

The report recommended that Councillor Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, initiate the Traffic Regulation Order consultation procedure, and that if no substantive objections were received, the proposal be implemented.