75 councillors represent 51 wards. The council's own meetings website
Plaid Cymru-led; sources differ. The leader is Linda Evans (Plaid Cymru). Every seat is up for election on Thursday 6 May 2027. The election guide has who holds the seats now and your ward.
The Cabinet Member for Homes approved a new Tackling Poverty Support Fund for 2026/27. The fund uses £303,171 from a Welsh Government grant to help food banks, pantries and wider poverty prevention work, and to pay for equipment.
The Cabinet Member for Organisation and Workforce considered five council policies on staff probation, information security and digital devices. The policies are the revised Probationary Policy, the Cyber and Information Security Policy, the Internet Usage and Monitoring Policy, the Portable Device Usage Policy and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy. The minutes record that the Cabinet Member approved each one.
The Cabinet Member approved two grants at this meeting. A £50,000 grant from the Ten Towns Capital Development Fund goes to Rhandir Cyf to refurbish a vacant former bank in Llandeilo. A £6,480 grant from the Targeted Finance Fund goes to Treftadaeth Cydweli Heritage CIC to pay for a business plan for Kidwelly Old Town Hall.
The Education, Young People and the Welsh Language Scrutiny Committee considered an amended consultation document on the council's proposal to discontinue Ysgol Gynradd Bancffosfelen. The Committee endorsed the document for consideration by Cabinet on 2 November 2026. The report's preferred option is to close the school from 31 December 2027, but no closure decision has been made. The public consultation is due to run from 10 November to 22 December 2026.
The Committee reviewed the Council's draft Annual Report 2025/26 and its Complaints Annual Report, and recommended both for endorsement by Cabinet. It also received reports on the Digital Strategy, treasury management, performance and transformation.
The Planning Committee deferred three planning applications and refused one, and noted a report on planning appeals. The refused application would turn a former chapel in Burry Port into a house.
At its meeting on 20 October 2026, the Committee received budget reports for 2025/26 and 2026/27, the draft Annual Report 2025/26, a report on peatland, a strategy for electric vehicle charging, a licensing policy review, a taxi policy review, and a net zero progress report. It recommended that Cabinet and Council approve the Annual Report, the Licensing Policy review and the Taxi Policy. It also asked for the wider roll-out of an electric vehicle charging gully scheme to be explored and for representations on VAT to be made to UK Government.
Cabinet met on 19 October 2026. It adopted a business rates relief scheme for electric vehicle charging points. It recommended that full Council endorse the 2025/26 annual monitoring report on the adopted Local Development Plan. It asked officers to cost a second grass cut each year, and left the decision on any change to full Council's budget setting.
The next council elections in Wales are on Thursday 6 May 2027. Every seat on every council is up for election.
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