Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

The Welsh Assembly Petitions Committee met today to consider the petition to curb unelected power and restore local democracy. The full p...

Update 15th January; The archived webcast can be found here . With a packed house, the press, protesters and public present, the Janua...

One 'Councillor Question' submitted for next Wednesday's full council meeting has, I understand, been rejected. Here it is ...

Next Wednesday will see County Hall under siege (well, sort of) as January's full council meeting includes not only a public petitio...

The one downside of webcasting council meetings, particularly those of the executive board is that it's all a bit of a back-slapping...

This week's Herald takes a look at the Council's five year capital programme, up for the consultation stage at Monday's Exec...

With Plaid's decision to spend £20m of the council reserves coming up for the rubber stamp at Monday's Executive Board meeting i...

Back in March, when the Plaid group were in opposition, they were quick to highlight the perils of outsourcing, specifically in referenc...

Another year has almost passed in the weird and wacky world of Carmarthenshire Council. I'm not writing an in-depth review of 2015,...

The council's 'strategic economic vision' for Cross Hands appears to be becoming more of a mirage as the huge site earmarked...

Aside from an initial breath of fresh air from several sixth formers giving their views on the council's budget proposals, including...

At it's meeting yesterday Llanelli Rural Council decided to amend it's rules to allow members of the public to film or record it...

Last month I mentioned proposals from the Independent Remuneration Panel Wales (IRPW) to cut some Executive Board salaries by 10%, see C...

This week's Herald takes another look at the unfolding mess over the use, or misue, of EU money for the Coastal Care programme. Alth...

Must just mention a press release issued by the Plaid administration on Friday, never a particularly good time to attract worldwide atte...

Next week's full council agenda has been published and includes a couple of interesting questions from members.  Further to my pr...

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...