The following issues were discussed at the April 2006 Community Council Meeting.
Kingsmoor Common - Wood chip from the removal of scrub land is available to residents and can be collected on Fridays between 11 am and 12 noon (please ring 01834 811742) and Wednesdays between 2.30 and 3.30 pm (please ring 01834 813218). There will be a charge of 25p per bag and £5 for a trailer-load. The money will be used to purchase spring and summer flowers for the villages.
Mrs. Kathryn Charles was co-opted as a community councillor and will represent the Begelly Ward. Two vacancies are available for the Kilgetty Ward and a notice to this effect will be posted in due course.
Councillors were saddened by the decision to close Pentlepoir School which had been providing education for 100 years or more. They will be writing with their disapproval.
Residents of Thomas Chapel are informed that complaints have been received regarding dog dirt being left and not removed. Should this continue, the council will have to stop the grass maintenance in the village. Please be advised that the dog warden has been contacted and will carry out spot checks.
The base for the re-siting of the bench had been laid and the bench would be fitted very soon. Heating and insulation grants of up to £1,500 or £2,700 are available - ring Freephone 0800 316 2815.
Free home security for vulnerable people is also available - for details, contact Mark Jones, Community Safety Department, Police Station, Water Street, Pembroke Dock.
Certificate of Achievement: This is awarded to any individual or group who residents think should be nominated for their good deeds, or volunteering their time and effort for the good of the community. If anyone knows of a person or group deserving of such a certificate, then please write to the clerk, Mrs. Janet Ward at the Council Office, Carmarthen Road, Kilgetty (tel. 01834 814435). The office is open on Thursdays, 10.45 am - 12.45 pm. Planning applications received this month: alterations and extension - 3 New Terrace, Reynalton; change from flat roof to pitched roof on rear extension - Tucking Mill, Stepaside; outline - residential development - Oaklea Vineyard, Reynalton; extension to Begelly Business Park - land adjacent Begelly Park Cotts, Begelly.
Planning permission received this month: change of use of enclosure from agricultural use to farm park - Folly Farm, Begelly; agricultural building (housing of livestock and machinery) - site adjacent Reynalton House, Reynalton; erection of single storey extension - Hillcrest, Reynalton; erection of one dwelling - Plot 3, Church Park, New Road, Begelly; amendment of condition of planning consent to allow occupancy of flats during November, January and February - Manion Lodge, Begelly' amendment to previously approved scheme for change of use, former agricultural buildings to residential use to include additional extension on north elevation - Reynalton House, Reynalton; alterations and extensions - 3 New Terrace, Reynalton. Outline planning received this month: dwelling and garage - adjacent to Ashdown, Begelly.
REMINDERS
The Pembrokeshire Municipal Service Helpline number is 0845 602 1386. This number can be used for any municipal problems you may have. Indoor bowls is available to all ages at the Community Centre on Monday afternoons, 2 - 4.30 pm, and Thursday evenings, 7 - 9.30 pm.
The Library is open on Friday afternoon at the Community Centre.
The next meeting of the counci is on Thursday, May 11, at 7.30 pm, at the Community Centre, Kilgetty.