Keeping it in the family
Cllr Sharen L. Davies has been elected as the new Chairperson of Llanelli Rural Council for the municipal year commencing on 14 May, 2019. This is the second time that Cllr Davies has been elected to the office. The first occasion was in May 2010.
Volunteers needed: Join Street Buddies
We are a group of community members committed to making positive changes in our local community. Join us in Felinfoel at the next Street Buddy Network meeting on Wednesday 12th June at 10am. This month's talk will be on Pride in Your Patch
Annual Report 2018/19
The Council has produced it’s inaugural Annual Report for the Carmarthenshire Public Services Board. Contents include a breakdown of steps taken and progress made against Carmarthenshire's Well-being Objectives. Read More
Continuing to Support Good Causes in the Area
Chairman of the Council, Cllr Sian Caiach along with the Council Leader, Cllr Tegwen Devichand, presented a cheque of £500 to the Children’s Wales Air Ambulance and a cheque for £1,000 to the Wales Air Ambulance at their Dafen Airbase. Read More
Gearing up to hold the Hywel Dda Health Board to account
Llanelli Rural Council recently invited Hywel Dda University Health Board representatives to one of its council meetings as the council gears up to scrutinise the Health Board’s ‘Transforming Clinical Services Health and Care Strategy’.
Welcome to Llanelli Rural Council
One of nine community councils in the Llanelli district area, the Council, formed during Local Government re-organisation in April 1974, is made up of 21 elected members, advised by the Clerk to the Council.
The Council’s geographic area is approximately 26.78 square miles, with a population of 22,800 and surrounds the urban centre of Llanelli. Its boundaries extend from Loughor Estuary in the east to Burry Port in the west and skirts the Gwendraeth Valley in the north. The area is made up of the villages and districts of Bynea, Cwmbach, Cynheidre, Dafen, Felinfoel, Five Roads, Furnace, Llwynhendy, Ponthenri, Pontyates (south of the railway line), Pwll, Sandy and Swiss Valley.
