Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

This week's Carmarthenshire Herald takes a look at the shelved 2010 investigation into the Council's planning services with refe...

Update 3rd December ; The Committee decided to go on a site visit to look at the development below so the decision was deferred until th...

Update 30th November below Just a few more words about Carmarthenshire's budget consultation which kicked off last week with an on...

Labour secured a narrow victory over Plaid in yesterday's county council by-election, retaining the Kidwelly seat by just 40 votes. ...

Further to my earlier post, Budget time again..and £18m axed from schools , a few words about this morning's ten minute Executive Bo...

This week's Llanelli Herald takes another look at the shady world of Carmarthenshire's Planning Services and confirms that Nia G...

I have mentioned the subject of council prayers several times on this blog and the issue has been the subject of some debate and controv...

Earlier this month the Council's Executive Board turned off the webcam, threw out the press and public and went into private session...

The planned council budget cuts of £40m over the next three years come up for their first airing on Monday. It's early days but the ...

As reported by several newspapers, the Welsh Town Hall Rich List was published today. The figures for our favourite basket case, Carmart...

The Western Mail has reported on the latest  draft report from the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW). This is the body wh...

This week's Herald puts the spotlight yet again on Carmarthenshire's notorious planning 'process'. One of the articles c...

I'm sure it won't have escaped your attention that the Coca-Cola lorry is visiting Llanelli. An overexcited, breathless  press r...

We are very fortunate that the Executive Board meets before its official meetings, and after, to ensure all are in happy cosy agreement...

If you agree with the following petition statement, which is so highly relevant to Carmarthenshire, please click here and add your sign...

This week, the Carmarthenshire Herald's Cadno takes a wry look at the Council's new corporate video, I mentioned this riveting c...

First up is the list of candidates for the Kidwelly by-election to be held on the 19th November. Five hopefuls have put their names forw...

Here, for readers living outside of the catchment area of the Carmarthenshire Herald, is this week's excellent, and poetic, ...

Given the number of comments on this post relevant to 'Emlyn's Barn' I am adding my observations as an update rather than a ...

This week's Herald has been busy getting to the bottom of the mysterious boom in trade claimed for Llanelli town centre. The figur...

Today's meeting kicked off with a warning from the chief executive that the meeting was being held under the watchful eye of the Wal...

Carmarthenshire Council has excelled itself this morning with the appearance of a new corporate video of our wonderful local authority. ...

The Labour opposition group on the council awoke briefly from its slumber yesterday with Cllr Jeff Edmunds calling for Plaid leader Emly...