Improving the Abertillery and Llanhilleth Community Council area to benefit the local residents' lives, health and wellbeing.

 Gwneud gwelliant yn ardal Cyngor Cymuned Abertyleri a Llanhiledd er mwyn budd bywydau, iechyd a lles y trigolion lleol.

ABERTILLERY AND LLANHILLETH COMMUNITY COUNCIL is your local elected Council, representing people of the local area at the grass roots level, from Swffryd in the south, through Llanhilleth, Brynithel, Aberbeeg, Six Bells, Abertillery and Cwmtillery, to Bournville in the north. Among our most important work is the funding of detached youth workers whose engagement with young people has brought about a steep fall in anti-social behaviour in the area. We have also purchased more than a dozen publicly-available life-saving defibrillators throughout the area, and we currently maintain 13. In addition, the Council distributes tens of thousands of pounds of grant funding each year to local community organisations. We fund local events such as Abertillery's annual Party in the Park, free cinema showings for kids during the Summer holidays, a Christmas concert and a St David's Day concert. We are involved in community events such as Remembrance Sunday parades, Aberfest, Springfest and Winterfest and we fund traditional Christmas light displays in all our communities. Our Members serve on local school governing bodies and other organisations, look after the War Memorial and lease allotments, represent local people's views to organisations such as Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and work in partnership with many local groups and organisations, to significantly and continuously improve community well-being now and for future generations. 

The council is registered with the Information Commissioners Office, Registration Ref: ZA228345

THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF ABERTILLERY AND LLANHILLETH

CYNGOR CYMUNED ABERTYLERI A LLANHILEDD

Email: clerk@abertilleryandllanhlleth-wcc.gov.uk Telephone: 01495 217323

www.abertilleryandllanhilleth-wcc.gov.uk

Council Offices,

Mitre Street,

Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. NP13 1AE.

Swyddfa'r Cyngor,

Stryd Meitre,

Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent. NP13 1AE.

NOTICE UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 (Section 87(2))

VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday 24 June 2025 the Community Council of Abertillery & Llanhilleth declared that a vacancy exists in the Cwmtillery Ward

Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 now applies.

The rule allows TEN ELECTORS (i.e., people who are on the register of electors) for the Cwmtillery ward, in which the casual vacancy has arisen, to request* the Returning Officer to hold an election to fill the vacancy. That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules** of the date of this notice. This period ends on Tuesday 15 July 2025.

If no request to hold an election is received during the permitted time, Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply. The Community Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.

The Returning Officer's address is:

The Returning Officer, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, The General Offices,

Steelworks Rd, Ebbw Vale, NP23 6DN

This notice is dated: Tuesday 24 June 2025

Stephen Edwards – Clerk to the Council

01495 217323 – Office hours: 9am-1pm

*There is no form of words for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as: “We the undersigned, being electors for the Cwmtillery ward, call for an election to fill the vacancy on the Community Council arising in the Cwmtillery ward.”

The ten signatures should be accompanied by printed names and addresses.

**In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice.

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING THE COUNCILOR FOR THE CWMTILLERY WARD THEN PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK AT clerk@abertilleryandllanhilleth-wcc.gov.uk FOR AN APPLICATION FROM. PLEASE NOTE THE CLOSING DATE IS WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY AT 9AM

 Notice posted by Deputy Clerk Molly Jones, 24/06/2025. Amended by Steve Edwards (Clerk) 09/07/2025

 

 

Notice of appointment of the date for the exercise of electors’ rights

ABERTILLERY AND LLANHILLETH COMMUNITY COUNCIL

 

Financial year ending 31 March 2025

1.         Date of announcement 16 June 2025

 

2.         Each year the annual accounts are audited by the Auditor General for Wales. Prior to this date, any interested person has the opportunity to inspect and make copies of the accounts and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts etc relating to them for 20 working days on reasonable notice. For the year ended 31 March 2025, these documents will be available on reasonable notice on application to:

 

The Clerk of the Council, Abertillery and Llanhilleth Community Council

Council Offices, Mitre Street, Abertillery, NP13 1AE.

 

between the hours of    9:00 am and 1:00 pm on Monday to Friday

commencing on            01 July 2025

and ending on               28 July 2025

 

3.         From 15 September 2025, until the audit has been completed, Local Government Electors and their representatives also have:

·                the right to question the Auditor General about the accounts.

·                the right to attend before the Auditor General and make objections to the accounts or any item in them. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the Auditor General. A copy of the written notice must also be given to the council.

 

The Auditor General can be contacted via: Community Council Audits, Audit Wales, 1 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ or by email at communitycouncilaudits@audit.wales.

4.         The audit is being conducted under the provisions of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004, the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 and the Auditor General for Wales’ Code of Audit Practice. 

 

Hysbysiad o benodi o'r dyddiad ar gyfer arfer hawliau etholwyr

 

CYNGOR CYMUNED ABERTYLERI A LLANHILEDD

 

 

Blwyddyn ariannol sy'n dod i ben 31 Mawrth 2025

1.         Dyddiad cyhoeddi 16 Mehefin 2025

 

2.         Bob blwyddyn mae'r cyfrifon blynyddol yn cael eu harchwilio gan Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru. Cyn y dyddiad hwn, mae gan unrhyw berson sydd â diddordeb gyfle i archwilio a gwneud copïau o'r cyfrifon a'r holl lyfrau, gweithredoedd, contractau, biliau, talebau a derbynebau ac ati sy'n ymwneud â nhw am 20 diwrnod gwaith ar rybudd rhesymol. Ar gyfer y flwyddyn a ddaeth i ben 31 Mawrth 2025, bydd y dogfennau hyn ar gael ar rybudd rhesymol ar gais i:

The Clerk, Cyngor Cymuned Abertyleri A Llanhiledd, Swyddfa’r Cyngor, Stryd Meitre, Abertyleri, NP13 1AE

 

rhwng oriau        9:00 a 13:00o   ddydd Llun i ddydd Gwener

yn dechrau ar                              01 Gorffennaf 2025

ac yn gorffen ar                           28 Gorffennaf 2025

 

3.         O 15 Medi 2025, hyd nes y bydd yr archwiliad wedi'i gwblhau, mae gan Etholwyr Llywodraeth Leol a'u cynrychiolwyr hefyd:

·                yr hawl i holi'r Archwilydd Cyffredinol am y cyfrifon.

·                yr hawl i fynychu gerbron yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol a gwneud gwrthwynebiadau i'r cyfrifon neu unrhyw eitem ynddynt. Rhaid rhoi hysbysiad ysgrifenedig o wrthwynebiad i'r Archwilydd Cyffredinol yn gyntaf. Rhaid rhoi copi o'r hysbysiad ysgrifenedig i'r cyngor hefyd.

 

Gellir cysylltu â'r Archwilydd Cyffredinol drwy: Archwiliadau Cyngor Cymuned, Archwilio Cymru, 1 Cwr y Ddinas, Stryd Tyndall, Caerdydd, CF10 4BZ neu drwy e-bost yn communitycouncilaudits@audit.wales.

4.         Mae'r archwiliad yn cael ei gynnal o dan ddarpariaethau Deddf Archwilio Cyhoeddus (Cymru) 2004, Rheoliadau Cyfrifon ac Archwilio (Cymru) 2014 a Chod Ymarfer Archwilio Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru. 

 

Date of notice: 16 June 2025

Notice posted on Council website by the Deputy Clerk 

 

Notice of Conclusion of Audit and Right to Inspect the Annual Return for the Years Ending 31 March 2021, 2022, 2023 

 

ABERTILLERY AND LLANHILLETH COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 Section 29

Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014

	1. The audit of accounts for the Abertillery and Llanhilleth Community Council for the years ended 31 March 2021, 2022 and 2023 has been concluded.
	2. The annual return is available for inspection by any local government elector for the area of the Abertillery and Llanhilleth Community Council on application to:
(a) Insert name, position and address of person to whom local government electors should apply to inspect the annual return	Mr Stephen Edwards Clerk Council Offices Mitre Street Abertllery, NP13 1AE
(b) Insert the times between which a local government elector may apply to inspect the annual return	between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm on Mondays to Fridays          (excluding public holidays), when any local government elector may make copies of    the annual return.
(c) Insert a reasonable sum for copying costs	3. Copies will be provided to any local government elector on payment of          £0.10p for each copy of the annual return.
(d) Insert name and position of person placing the notice	Mr Stephen Edwards, Clerk
(e) Insert date of placing of the notice	Tuesday 1st April 2025

Date of notice: 1st April 2025

Notice posted on Council website by the Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer

 

 

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Ethics and Standards Committee 

The Council is required to publish the following:

A hearing was held on 26 October 2023 into the conduct of a current serving Councillor. The results of that hearing can be found HERE

A hearing was held on 21 December 2023 into the conduct of a current serving Councillor.  The results of that hearing can be found HERE

 

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