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Cwmllynfell Final Report LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR WALES REVIEW OF PART OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CARMARTHENSHIRE, THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF NEATH PORT TALBOT AND THE COUNTY OF POWYS IN THE AREA OF CWMLLYNFELL REPORT AND PROPOSALS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR WALES REVIEW OF PART OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CARMARTHENSHIRE, THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF NEATH PORT TALBOT AND THE COUNTY OF POWYS IN THE AREA OF CWMLLYNFELL REPORT AND PROPOSALS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3. SCOPE AND OBJECT OF THE REVIEW 4. DRAFT PROPOSALS 5. REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT PROPOSALS 6. ASSESSMENT 7. BRYN-MORGAN BRIDGE 8. PROPOSALS 9. CONSEQUENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11. RESPONSES TO THIS REPORT The Local Government Boundary Commission For Wales Caradog House 1-6 St Andrews Place CARDIFF CF10 3BE Tel Number: (029) 2039 5031 Fax Number: (029) 2039 5250 E-mail: [email protected] www.lgbc-wales.gov.uk Sue Essex AM Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services The National Assembly for Wales REVIEW OF PART OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CARMARTHENSHIRE, THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF NEATH PORT TALBOT AND THE COUNTY OF POWYS IN THE AREA OF CWMLLYNFELL 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 This report concerns the review of part of the boundary between the County of Carmarthenshire, the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot and the County of Powys in the Area of Cwmllynfell and our proposals for a new boundary. (A map showing the area under review can be found at Appendix 6). 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.1 We propose that: S the boundary between the County of Carmarthenshire and the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot should be realigned so that the area of the existing Community of Cwmllynfell is within the area administered by Carmarthenshire County Council. S a new Cwmllynfell Community is created within Carmarthenshire consisting of the area of the existing Cwmllynfell Community and the Llynfell ward of the Community of Quarter Bach. We propose a new Quarter Bach Community consisting of the Quarter Bach and Brynamman wards of the existing Community of Quarter Bach. S the boundary between Neath Port Talbot and Powys should be realigned so that a small area of the existing Cwmllynfell Community at Lower Bryn-Morgan Bridge is included within the area administered by Powys County Council. 3. SCOPE AND OBJECT OF THE REVIEW 3.1 Section 54(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (the Act) provides that the Commission may in consequence of a review conducted by them make proposals to the National Assembly for Wales for effecting changes appearing to the Commission desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government. Procedure 3.2 Section 60 of the Act lays down procedural guidelines that are to be followed in carrying out a review. In line with that guidance, we wrote to the principal councils, the community councils, the Members of Parliament for the local constituencies, the Assembly Members for the area, the local authority associations, the police authority for the area and political - 1 - parties to inform them of our intention to conduct the review, to request their preliminary views. We invited the principal councils to submit suggestions for changes to the boundary. We also publicised our intention to conduct the review in local newspapers circulating in the area and asked the councils to display a number of public notices. 4. DRAFT PROPOSALS 4.1 In response to our initial invitation, we received representations from Carmarthenshire County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Cwmllynfell Community Council, Rt. Hon Peter Hain MP, Gwenda Thomas AM, Dyfed Powys Police Authority and a resident. These representations were taken into consideration and summarised in our Draft Proposals published on 15 November 2002. 4.2 Our Draft Proposals recommended that the boundary between the County of Carmarthenshire and the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot in the area of Cwmllynfell should be realigned in the area under review to follow the River Llynfell from the point on the existing boundary at the A4068 road bridge at Cwmllynfell until it again meets the existing boundary at the confluence of the River Llynfell and the River Twrch. 4.3 In our Draft Proposals report we noted the alternative proposal made by Cwmllynfell Community Council to create a new community by combining the existing Cwmllynfell Community with a substantial part of the Llynfell Ward of the Community of Quarter Bach. We were of the view that we had insufficient evidence at that stage to consider that the proposal by Cwmllynfell Community Council would be of benefit in terms of effective and convenient local government. We therefore noted Cwmllynfell Community Council’s proposal and invited further comment to inform our further consideration of this issue. 4.4 Copies of the Draft Proposals were sent to all the councils, bodies and individuals referred to in paragraph 3.2 seeking their views. A copy was also sent to everyone who had submitted preliminary comments. By public notice we also invited any other organisation or person with an interest in the review to submit their views. Copies were also made available for inspection at the offices of Carmarthenshire County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and the Commission and were also deposited at the offices of the Dyfed Powys Police Authority. In addition we obtained, from Carmarthenshire County Council and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, addresses for all of the residents in the area affected by the review. We wrote to the residents on 7 June 2003 providing a summary of our Draft Proposals and informing them of a public meeting which was held on 19 June 2003 at the Millennium Hall, Cwmllynfell. This meeting, which was attended by 112 people, was held in order to provide a detailed explanation of the draft proposals, so that the local inhabitants would then be in a position to respond by the due date. As a result of writing to the residents and the information provided at the meeting, we are of the opinion that the draft proposals were understood by the local community and we were gratified by the excellent response in terms of the number of representations that were subsequently received (Appendix 5). - 2 - 5. REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT PROPOSALS 5.1 Representations have been received from Carmarthenshire County Council; Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council; Powys County Council; Cwmllynfell Community Council; Ystradgynlais Town Council; Adam Price MP; Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM; 120 other interested bodies and residents and 6 petitions with a total of 544 signatories. All of these representations have been considered carefully before formulating our final proposals. 5.2 Copies of the representations received from Carmarthenshire County Council may be found at Appendices 1 and 2. 5.3 Copies of the representations received from Neath Port Talbot County Council may be found at Appendices 3 and 4. 5.4 A summary of the remaining representations may be found at Appendix 5. 6. ASSESSMENT 6.1 Cwmllynfell Community Council in its original proposal stated that at present local authority services could only be provided by crossing and re-crossing the boundaries that exist between the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot and the County of Carmarthenshire. They considered that duplication exists (in service provision) and that this is wasteful in terms of resources and detracts from the effective and convenient local government that could be provided if the area was served by one County Council and one Community Council. They also considered that this would serve to reinforce the sense of community spirit which already exists. We consider that these points have merit. 6.2 It is apparent from a majority of representations received that there is considered to be a close community of interest between the villages of Cwmllynfell, Pen-Rhiw-fawr, Cefn- bryn-brain and Ystradowen. The four villages are in close proximity lying on opposite slopes of the valley of the River Llynfell with the existing boundary partly following the river and partly cutting across land on the northern slope of the valley (see map at Appendix 6). A number of the representations have indicated that including the villages together under one authority would allow that authority to provide local government services more effectively and efficiently than the present arrangements. 6.3 The information we have received following the publication of our Draft Proposals report both in writing and expressed at the public meeting held on 19 June 2003 has contributed to our view that it would be in the interests of effective and convenient local government for the villages of Cwmllynfell, Pen-Rhiw-fawr, Cefn-bryn-brain and Ystradowen to be included together in a new community within the same unitary authority area. This is especially so insofar as the major services of Education, Refuse Collection and Highways are concerned, and delivery of other services could undoubtedly benefit from the identifying of a community with common interests. 6.4 Both county authorities provided information relating to the appropriateness of the future location of the combined community and the suitability of that particular authority as a - 3 - provider of services. However, we are of the view that an identified and accepted community of interest contributes significantly to the formulation of policy and service delivery strategies which are beneficial to effective and convenient local government. 6.5 It was very evident from the Public Meeting held at the Millennium Hall that there were large numbers of Welsh speaking residents living in the proposed community. An examination of the last Census statistics shows that the proposed community would have just over 73% of the population who are Welsh speaking.
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