Chairman’s Report - Clr. Brace reported that the surface water drains around S Mary’s Church had become blocked following the road works. Clr. Preston will meet Clr. Brace on site and assess the damage for onward reporting to Pembrokeshire County Council.

It was also reported that two seats in the village require repairing.

The clerk will compile a works schedule and present with estimates of cost for the appointment of a contractor at the February meeting. The repairs will be carried out ASAP after the February meeting.

County Councillor Jon Preston’s report

LDP Candidate Sites - Councillors will be aware that PCC invited applications for candidate sites for inclusion into the 2021. Local Development Plan (LDP). It must stress that a candidate site application is not a planning application. All candidate site proposals need to go through a set of stages prior to approval for inclusion into the 2022 LDP.

The process is now due to follow the following stages; Preparation will begin in April of this year for the draft document with an expected publication for formal consultation by October 2019.

It then expected to be submitted to the Welsh Government by July 2020 (indicative) The Examination phase will be carried out between the Autumn and Spring of 2021 (indicative) with the publication of the Inspectors report by the Summer of 2021 (indicative).

The adoption of the revised LDP is planned for the late Summer/early Autumn of 2021 again this is only an indication of the timeline and may be subject to change. (Consultation on the current candidate site documents ended on February 4).

Drainage on the by-pass - A drain which has been reported as being covered over during the recent work has been reported to the Highways Department. I hope this issue will be resolved shortly.

Items for discussion by PCC cabinet - Amongst other items included on the agenda for discussion at the next cabinets meeting are: The current charges for public toilets, The final Local Government settlement grant, the Cleddau Bridge and the Waste Services vehicle procurement. These agenda items affect many, if not all of us.

The withdrawal of toll charges at the Cleddau Bridge will be welcomed by many, however the maintenance of the bridge does pose a huge financial challenge to PCC. I will report back to Council in this and the other matters at the February meeting.

Date of next meeting - Tuesday, February 12, at 6.30 pm.