Cyngor Cymuned LLANELWEDD Community Council

Annual Report of Llanelwedd Community Council 2022-2023

The web page address is www.llanelweddcommunitycouncil.co.uk

Llanelwedd Community Council. Represents Builth Road, Llanelwedd  and Llanfaredd and consists of 7 Councillors

The Community Council meets every third Tuesday of the month except August. The meetings are held in the Jubilee Hall at 7-30pm.

Local Elections were held in May 2022. At the AGM following the election Cllr Tudor Gethin stated he wished to stand down as Chairman

Cllr. Ms. Laura Price-Davies was proposed as Chairman and was unanimously voted to take the position.

Cllrs Mrs Rachael Beckingham and Mr John Powell had given notice that they would be stepping down as Community Councillors before the election. Two new members were co-opted onto the Council namely Mr Steve Frost and Ms Christina Powell

The Cllrs representing the Llanelwedd Community Council are as below: –

Chairman	Ms. Laura Price-Davies
Vice Chairman	Ms. Yvette Bridgeman
Community Councillors	Mr. Tudor Gethin Mr. Eddie Thomas Ms. Sian Davies Mr Steve Frost Ms Christina Powell
Clerk	Ms Megan Cox Telephone 01982 553657 Email: llanelweddc@ymail.com

The newly elected County Councillor for the community of Llanelwedd is Mr Gareth Jones and the C.Cllr. has attended the meetings this past year.

June 2022 was taken up with the celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee which was sadly followed a few months after with the death of the Queen. The Community Council purchased Jubilee mugs for children in the community up to the end of their Primary School education. A beacon was lit on Maengowyn Hill by kind permission of Cllr. Tudor Gethin. It was well attended, a toast was raised and the Platinum Jubilee Anthem was played at the appointed time.

 

Income and Expenditure

The Community Council’s income comes from the precept payment by Powys County Council and for the year 2022-2023 was £2700 Total Balances £5158

The audit for the year 2022-2023 shows an income of £2700

Staff cost £1000                                                       Other expenditure £?

No issues were raised by the Wales Audit office

The Community Council along with Friends of Llanelwedd School held a table top sale. A member of Rhayader First Response Team came to demonstrate the defibrillator. The event raised £400 which was shared equally between the Friends of Llanelwedd School and Llanelwedd Church. Llanelwedd Community Council made a donation to Rhayader First Response Unit of £50

Other issues which have arisen this year;

Planning: Planning applications this year consisted of:-

An extension to the temporary caravan site at Penmaenau,

Biomass boiler at PTP Builth Road,

Extension to house in Llanfaredd,

Removal of a chimney, stack at Jewsons Llanelwedd,

Solar roof panels at RWAS

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Environmental Health Issues

The matter of the sighting of rats near the entrance to the old railway yard was brought to the attention of Cllrs and reported to EH and has been dealt with. The issue of refuse marring the area by the enterprise site is being monitored

Highway Matters

Notice of works being done by the Trunk Road Agency was sent to the Community Council

A report of water on the road in Llanelwedd was brought to the attention of the Community Council. The Water Board and P.C.C were informed. This was followed up at a later date and action was taken.

Powys County Council was asked for views along with a survey on a proposed ‘Safe Route to School’ which has now been completed.

Information was also sent regarding the proposals for the introduction of 20mph in residential area.

The Community Council informed the Thomas Jones Trust regarding the Planning Application for proposed flats at Pencerrig House. C.Cllr. Gareth Jones was made aware of the previous application approximately 10 years ago. The previous application was never started and the C.Cllr. would look into the situation and informed the Council that as he sits on the Planning committee he will follow the issue.

The Community Council took on the project of tidying up the play area in Llanelwedd. Thanks was sent to the Quarry who supplied chippings for the area.

It was brought to the attention of the Council of the noise from the quarry. The Quarry have been contacted and agreed some attention was required on one of their machineries and agreed to take action. The Council agreed to monitor the situation.

The proposal of the re-siting of the Air Ambulance base at Welshpool is still in the discussion stage and the Community will follow the outcome of the discussions.

 

 

 

The Community Council have been contacted by the Thomas Jones Trust regarding Pencerrig House and gardens. A meeting was arranged for the Trust to speak to the Community Council with their ideas. The House has gone into a state of disrepair and the group are hoping to improve the situation. Thomas Jones was a landscape painter and lived at Pencerrig where he designed and created a beautiful garden. The outcome depends on many issues as the owner lives in London and does not visit the site.  The Community Council supports the Trust in trying to get some action on this matter.