Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

Next week's Executive Board meeting will see the Council's Business Management Group re-formed under the 'new' administratio...

I see that planning permission was passed last week for the new Furnace Primary School in Llanelli. Cllr Sian Caiach's (and others) much...

Earlier  this year several residents of Carmarthenshire met with Welsh Assembly officials to raise their concerns about the Council's co...

For the past few weeks I've been trying to get a simple, straight answer from the Wales Audit Office as to whether they consider the fun...

Good news from the National Park Authority, let's hope others soon follow suit. Here's their press release; "Brecon Beacons N...

Earlier this year I noticed the use of cut 'n paste quotes on the media section of the Council website, here and here . Being a blogger...

Called into County Hall yesterday to observe the first actual council meeting (other than the AGM) since the election. The difference, if th...

Back briefly to the Council's involvement with the evangelical Towy Community Church, most recently raised by BBC Dragon's Eye. Cne...

Update; The trial date has now been listed for the 13th February 2013 with a time estimate of seven days --------------------------------...

Thanks to @rlloydpr for spotting Dyfed Powys Police in a recent edition of Private Eye - The article concerns the failed Ammanford Police S...

Carmarthenshire' full council meets next Wednesday (13th) for the first time after the long drawn out AGM. I suppose with all the, er, e...

The National Assembly for Wales has launched a photo competition called 'Democracy in Action', the details of how to enter can be fo...

Called into County Hall for Part two of the AGM today. Usual unwelcoming procedure, the guards were late so the meeting had got underway whe...

It has been noted of course that Carmarthenshire's Executive Board is back up to ten Members again, it went down to nine a couple of yea...

The agenda for the adjourned AGM meeting has now been published which actually contains a few links. Firstly, is the disappointing 'Pro...

The 'new' Executive Board for the Council has been announced by Leader Cllr Kevin Madge. According to a commenter the Indie Group me...

The BBC reports that Council Chief Executive, Mark James has received a fine for parking on double yellow lines just yards from a council ru...

The Welsh Government issued a promisingly titled White Paper the other day called 'Promoting Local Democracy', on inspection it doe...

Back to the public gallery this morning for the first instalment of the AGM. Back as well to the so-very-welcoming signing in ritual and the...

Short of an uprising at Thursday's council meeting, Cllr Kevin Madge (Lab) will be voted in as the new Leader of Carmarthenshire County ...

So after endless speculation ( latest rumours ) a formal statement has now been issued to the press confirming that deals have been done and...

Back in January I asked the Wales Audit Office to investigate the council's involvement with the evangelical Towy Community Church Excel...

Here's the latest rumour, from an anonymous commenter on my previous post , I repeat, it's still only a rumour as no official statem...

With the question of the council leadership and control still under intense speculation it's probably pointless me mentioning it again u...