Boundary Commission publishes Final Recommendations for community arrangements in Pembrokeshire
The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru has published its Final Recommendations for the future community arrangements for Pembrokeshire.
The recommendations follow two periods of public engagement, which saw many representations made on Pembrokeshire’s community arrangements.
These include the number of community and town councils, their boundaries, and the number of councillors within each community.
The overriding aim of the review was to ensure effective and convenient local government.
Part of this is to ensure that representation on town and community councils is, as far as is practicable, similar across all councils in Pembrokeshire.
The Final Recommendations Report contains all of the Commission’s recommendations for Pembrokeshire. Where it has made changes to the existing arrangements a description of the change, the representations received, the reasons for change and a map of the recommendations are contained in the report.
The Final Recommendations Report has been submitted to Welsh Government Ministers, and it is now for Welsh Government to decide how to proceed. Usuallythey will make an Order.
Any changes included in the Order will come into effect at the next Local Government elections in 2027.
County Councillor Neil Prior, Cabinet Member for Communities, Corporate Improvement, and the Well-being of Future Generations said:
“We would like to thank the Commission for the thorough and balanced work undertaken throughout the review. We would also like to thank the organisations and individuals who took the time to make representations during both periods of consultation.
“As the Welsh Government take the next steps, changes will be implemented in 2027 for the next round of local elections.”
Boundary Commission publishes Final Recommendations for community arrangements in Pembrokeshire
The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru has published its Final Recommendations for the future community arrangements for Pembrokeshire.
The recommendations follow two periods of public engagement, which saw many representations made on Pembrokeshire’s community arrangements.
These include the number of community and town councils, their boundaries, and the number of councillors within each community.
The overriding aim of the review was to ensure effective and convenient local government.
Part of this is to ensure that representation on town and community councils is, as far as is practicable, similar across all councils in Pembrokeshire.
The Final Recommendations Report contains all of the Commission’s recommendations for Pembrokeshire. Where it has made changes to the existing arrangements a description of the change, the representations received, the reasons for change and a map of the recommendations are contained in the report.
The Final Recommendations Report has been submitted to Welsh Government Ministers, and it is now for Welsh Government to decide how to proceed. Usuallythey will make an Order.
Any changes included in the Order will come into effect at the next Local Government elections in 2027.
County Councillor Neil Prior, Cabinet Member for Communities, Corporate Improvement, and the Well-being of Future Generations said:
“We would like to thank the Commission for the thorough and balanced work undertaken throughout the review. We would also like to thank the organisations and individuals who took the time to make representations during both periods of consultation.
“As the Welsh Government take the next steps, changes will be implemented in 2027 for the next round of local elections.”
The Final Recommendations can be found on the Commission’s website: https://www.dbcc.gov.wales/reviews/01-25/pembrokeshire-community-review-final-recommendations