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FINAL PROPOSALS Community No. B20 - LLANGORS Introduction 1. The present community of Llangors is located in south-eastern Brecknockshire. Its topography is defined by the broadening vale of the northward flowing afon Llynfi, which at Llangors forms the largest natural lake in Powys. To the southwest, this valley is bounded by Allt yr Esgair; to the east it is bounded by Mynydd Troed, Mynydd Llangors and Cefn Moel at the western edge of the Black Mountains. The B4560 runs through the community, which is otherwise served by a network of unclassified county roads that generally run north-south to each side of the geographical barrier that is formed by the afon Llynfi and Llangorse Lake / Llyn Safaddan. Llangors is defined as a 2nd tier settlement in the Brecon Beacons National Park Unitary Development Plan, while Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn is defined as a large village in the Powys Unitary Development Plan. The remainder of the population lives in scattered farms and dwellings and in the two rural settlements defined in the Powys Unitary Development Plan: Llanwern and Talyllyn. 2. Apart from its north-western third, this community lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park. 3. The community has a population of 1,045, an electorate of 871 (2005) and a council of 12 members. The community is warded: Llanfihangel Talyllyn with 340 electors and four councillors; Llangasty Talyllyn with 161 and three, and Llangors with 370 and five. The precept required for 2005 is £7,000, representing a Council Tax Band D equivalent of £14.99. 4. In the 1985 Review, the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales formed a new community of Llangors by merging the then small communities of Llanwern, Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn, Llangorse, most of the then community of Llangasty-Talyllyn and the northern half of the then community of Cathedine. The southern boundary of the community, partitioning the then communities of Llangasty-Talyllyn and Cathedine, was considered to be most appropriately located to follow Cwm Nant-y-felin and across Allt yr Esgair, following field boundaries, where the Commission considered that an appropriate parting of local attachments between the proposed community of Llangors and the proposed community of Bwlch would be had. These proposals found general support, and, following representations from the then Llangors community council, the Commission made its final recommendations for a community council of twelve members in an warded community: Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn with 188 electors (1979) and three councillors; Llangorse with 272 electors and five councillors, and Llangasty Talyllyn with 216 electors and four councillors. Summary of representations received prior to preparation of Draft Proposals Final Proposals – Brecknockshire – Community B$tqw3wu4d.doc 5. A submission form has been received from Llangors Community Council, proposing no changes in this community. Assessment 6. The electorate of Llangors has increased from 676 in 1979 to 871 in 2005. Further development in the Brecon Beacons National Park Unitary Development Plan will be limited to one site designated for eight dwellings in the 2nd tier settlement of Llangorse. The Powys Unitary Development Plan allocates one site for 16 dwellings in the large village of Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn. There being no other allocations within the Park's part of this community, further development will be limited to agriculture or forestry dwellings in accordance with policy ES12 of the Plan and to conversions, renovations, demolition and replacement and the enabling of affordable housing in accordance with policies ES24-30 of the Plan. Likewise, there may be further opportunities for infill development and opportunities for affordable housing development adjacent to the settlement development boundaries at Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn in that part of the community that lies outside the Park. In this area, there are also opportunities for affordable housing development in the rural settlements of Llanwern and Talyllyn that lie in this community in accordance with Policy HP9 of the Plan, for a limited number of dwellings in the open countryside in accordance with Policy HP6 of the Plan, and for conversions in accordance with Policy GP6 of the Plan. We note that this community's electorate will rise slightly, therefore, to just over 900 electors, suggesting an entitlement in accordance with Table 7 - Guide to Allocation of Councillors to Community Councils above to ten councillors. 7. We have given careful consideration to the question of whether this community should continue to be divided into wards. The warding arrangement that was adopted in the 1985 Review had a regard for the boundaries of the former communities, and was probably prompted by the Commission's belief at that time that the old community loyalties and social connections should continue to be respected in the electoral arrangements of the new council. We are required to apply the criteria in Schedule 11 of the 1972 Act in our consideration of this matter, and these are that (a) the number or distribution of the local government electors for the community is such as to make a single election of community councillors impracticable or inconvenient; and (b) it is desirable that areas of the community should be separately represented on the community council. We consider that the retention of a warding arrangement is desirable in this community with its two large villages, each served by a good range of community services and facilities. However, we are not satisfied that the current warding arrangement is by now in the best interests of effective and convenient local government in this community. The electorate of the Llangasty-Talyllyn ward has declined to 161 electors so that this ward is now very much the 'junior partner' in the electoral arrangement. Futhermore, this area lacks any settlement and its inhabitants would look either to Llanfihagel Tal-y-llyn or Llangorse for their local services. We consider that a new warding arrangement of two wards, with a new ward boundary that follows the course of the afon Llynfi through the centre of Llangorse Lake / Llyn Safaddan would have the advantages of creating two evenly balanced wards, each conveniently linked by the north-south disposition of roads in this area and each looking to their respective Final Proposals – Brecknockshire – Community B$tqw3wu4d.doc large village. We estimate that the electorates of the new wards at current figures would be: Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn - 440; Llangors – 430, a balance that will not be unduly affected by future development in the community. Draft Proposals 8. That there should be a community of Llangors comprising the present community of that name; The community should have a council of ten members; The community should be warded as follows: (Ward) Electorate No of Councillors Electors per Councillor Llanfihangel Tal- 440 5 88 y-llyn Llangors 430 5 86 Responses to the Council’s Draft Proposals 9. No comments or submissions were received on the Draft Proposals. Final Proposals 10. That there should be a community of Llangors comprising the present community of that name; The community should have a council of ten members; The community should be warded as follows: (Ward) Electorate No of Councillors Electors per Councillor Llanfihangel Tal- 440 5 88 y-llyn Llangors 430 5 86 Final Proposals – Brecknockshire – Community B$tqw3wu4d.doc.

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