Sully and Lavernock

Sully and Lavernock (Welsh: Sili a Larnog) is a community on the coast of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, stretching from Sully to Lavernock.

Description

The community includes the village of Sully and the coastal hamlets of Swanbridge and Lavernock. At the 2001 UK Census the population of Sully and Lavernock was 4,240 rising to 4,543 in 2011.[1] It also includes the Cosmeston area of Lavernock.

The community has a library based in Sully, Sully and Lavernock Community Library, which has been run by volunteers since 2016.[2]

Notable buildings include the 1930s Sully Hospital, which is Grade II* listed. Sully's St John the Baptist church, the centre of the old village, is Grade II listed, as is Lavernock's Church of St Lawrence.[3]

Governance

Community Council

The community is represented at the local level by Sully and Lavernock Community Council comprising eight councillors elected from the community wards of Sully (7), and Lavernock (2).[4]

In 2017 and 2018 the council experienced problems including the suspension of and investigation into the conduct of the council clerk in September 2017.[5] Other problems includes an out-of-date asset list and loss of insurance paperwork. Local residents called for the council to be disbanded at a public meeting in April 2018.[5] The suspension of the clerk on full pay, for alleged misuse of his work computer, was said to be on the verge of bankrupting the council by early 2019.[6]

A by-election took place on 15 March 2018 following the resignation of a councillor. It was won by retired police officer, Steve Oaten.[7] Councillor Oaten became chairman of the community council, but resigned in February 2019 citing "the overbearing conduct and behaviour" of some councillors and saying the council needed "a few new faces".[8]

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Sully and Lavernock is in the electoral ward of Sully for elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. Two county councillors are elected.

Cardiff RDC

Prior to 1974, Sully and Lavernock was a ward to Cardiff Rural District Council, electing one councillor. At the May 1970 elections it re-elected Independent councillor, Mrs P. M. W. Winn-Jones.[9]

References
  1. "Sully and Lavernock - Community in Wales". City Population. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. "Sully and Lavernock Community Library celebrates its first anniversary of volunteer-running". The Milford Mercury. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. "Listed Buildings in Sully and Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. "Councillors". Sully and Lavernock Community Council. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  5. Joe Langstaffe (12 April 2018). "Residents pile pressure on under-fire Sully and Lavernock Community Council at heated meeting". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. Matt Discombe (8 February 2019). "Suspension of clerk for alleged adult images is 'bankrupting' a community council, fear councillors". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  7. Joe Langstaffe (16 March 2018). "Sully and Lavernock Community Council by-election won by Steve Oaten". Gazette. Gloucestershire. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  8. "Sully Community Council chairman resigns over row about suspended clerk". Barry & District News. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. "How The Voting Went". South Wales Echo. 8 May 1970. p. 13.

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