At schools and learning overview and scrutiny committee Cllr Evans added: “It’s absolutely horrendous what is happening at the moment to families and children who aren’t in the elite, highest earnings in Pembrokeshire and without action there’s going to be more problems.” Cllr Pat Davies agreed and said that there was need to look at the affect of second homes on pupil numbers, highlighting the increasing numbers of older and retired people moving to the area. The committee also agreed that the planned work to review funding formulas for schools must be done “urgently” as parent governor representative Alison Kavanagh highlighted concerns about how new schools are funded.
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Newport Increasing housing costs are forcing local people from coastal and rural areas a councillor has said as calls are made to examine the impact of second home ownership on schools. The impact of second home ownership and the demographics of those moving to Pembrokeshire on falling school pupil numbers must be examined Cllr Mike Evans said on Thursday, April 15 adding there was “almost social purging of the indigenous population” in coastal areas as housing costs are pushed up by second and holiday home demands. “Locals and their children are being driven out of communities due to housing costs,” he said and plans for future building including the local Development Plan were useless if they did not include local communities.
A £45,000 grant will secure the purchase of new play equipment for Fishguard s Lota Park THERE is great news for Fishguard s Lota Park as a £45,000 investment will mean new equipment for youngsters of all ages at the park. The Lota Project was established in 2015. Since then fundraisers have succeeded in rejuvenating the park. Much of the old and damaged park equipment has been removed and replaced with modern interactive apparatus. This has been made possible due to a mixture of fundraising, donations from groups, individuals, the town council and support from the county council and Welsh Government. Recently installed equipment includes a zip wire, a large round swing, a gravity bowl, two new multi play installations, a new sea saw and springers. There are also plans to reinstall a skate park.
Cllr Myles Pepper proposed that Fishguard s town team should disband after mayor Jackie Stokes said it was a waste of time Fishguard and Goodwick Town Team has voted to dissolve itself after town councillors said that the collaborative group was a ‘waste of time, floundering and had lost its way’.
As previously reported in the Western Telegraph, Fishguard and Goodwick mayor, Jackie Stokes, had brought up the issue for discussion with councillors saying that there was a growing movement to dissolve the town team. Cllr Stokes who was a member of the team, representing the town council, said that there were a lot of internal disagreements within the team, adding: