It has been confirmed that a Pembrokeshire county councillor has been suspended from office with attempts to appeal the decision refused by the Adjudication Panel for Wales.

At an extraordinary meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s standards committee on May 26, Milford Haven North county councillor Alan Dennison was alleged, and later found to have, breached the ‘code of conduct’ for members.

The committee found Cllr Dennison failed to declare personal and prejudicial interests in relation to a call by an applicant known to him to have a planning application decided by committee rather than by officers.

In an application before Pembrokeshire County Council, Lee Bridges had sought permission for retrospective engineering works to provide an external dining area at Masonic Hall, Imperial Function Centre, Hamilton Terrace Address, Milford Haven, works having started in 2021.

The application was due to be decided by planning officers, but, at the request of Cllr Dennison on behalf of local member Councillor Terry Davies, who was unable to attend due to a family issue, an unsuccessful call for it to be decided by councillors was brought before PCC’s planning delegation panel meeting of February 2025.

It was confirmed on July 28 that Cllr Dennison’s appeal on the decision to suspened him was refused.

A spokesperson for the Local Authority stated: “Following the recent decision of the Standards Committee and the refusal of the Adjudication Panel for Wales to grant permission to appeal, Councillor Dennison has been suspended from the office of member of the Council for a period of 4 months, with effect from July 29.

“During the period of suspension, Councillor Dennison will not be entitled to undertake any duties as a county councillor, attend meetings of Pembrokeshire Council or its committees, or represent the Council in any official capacity.”

He will resume his duties on November 29.