Category: Community Council and Local Government
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Protect our Commons
We all had major concerns over the number of uncontrolled fires on the downs and surrounding areas over the late winter and spring months. This graphic is kindly produced by Llanridian Lower Community Council. The statutory bodies and local partners are keeping the situation under review and are supporting landowners to access the right permissions…
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RCC new Biodiversity Action Plan 2026-28 approved
At the meeting on April 7th 2026, the new Biodiversity Action Plan was presented to members by the Biodiversity Lead and Officer. Producing the plan is a statutory requirement for all community and town councils under Section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016. The new plan, approved at the meeting, is timely and of…
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Rhossili Community Council wins One Voice Wales National Award
We are pleased and actually quite proud to announce that Rhossili Community Council has won the award for Best Use of Digital Resources at the One Voice Wales National Awards Ceremony 2025 (think Oscars but for Town and Community Councils!). The event was held at the Royal Welsh Showground at Builth Wells on April 30th…
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A year in the life of Rhossili Community Council
Sometimes people ask RCC members, “yes, but what do you actually do?” So apart from the obvious, like the formal council meetings and the work in setting the agenda and preparing finance and other reports for those, what do we do in between those meetings? Or do we do nothing and just turn up, from one…
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Notice of Conclusion of 2023/2024 Audit & Right to Inspect the Annual Return
Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 Section 29Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 The audit of accounts for the Rhossili Community Council for the financial year ending 31 March 2024 has been concluded. The annual return is available in paper copy for inspection by any local government elector for the area of Rhossili on application to:…
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Final Recommendations Published – Proposed Merger of South Gower Community Councils
The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru submitted their final recommendations to the Welsh Government on 5 November 2024. During the draft consultation period, the Commission received 32 representations concerning the Communities of Reynoldston, Penrice, Rhossili and Port Eynon, including a response from the Rhossili Community Council, and 24 Members of the Public. The Commission received…
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Boundary Proposals: Rhossili’s Response
If you’ve been following the recent posts on this website and elsewhere about the Local Democracy and Boundaries Commission’s draft proposals for the Swansea Council area, you’ll know that they suggest that our 4 local Community Councils should merge to form one ‘super council’ of Gower South. Their report about this was published in May…
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County Councils, Community Councils & Local Government – who does what?
Some of you have told us that you’re not sure what Community Councils do and how they fit into the picture with the County Council. So here we’ve outlined some of the key information about this. Please get in touch if you have more questions!There are two main administrative parts to local government in Wales:…
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The merger of our local Community Councils and Gower South Meeting
Notice of Community Council Merger Meeting & Discussion In light of the significant response we have received from other community councils regarding the proposed council merger, this meeting will focus on an in-depth discussion of this crucial topic. The proposed merger has generated a great deal of interest, and we recognise the importance of addressing…
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Merger of our local Community Councils and Gower South: What’s it all about?
The Review In its Review of the Community Arrangements of the City and County of Swansea, the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales has proposed that all of the current CCs in Gower merge to form two larger ones: Gower North and Gower South (the information on Gower South starts on p38). In a…