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Pembrokeshire: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Pembrokeshire County Council: Welsh unitary authority (unitary), Wales. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Average Band D council tax in Pembrokeshire for 2026–27: £2,166.15 a year. Of that, £1,727.96 is set by the council, £387.63 by the police and, on average, £50.56 by community councils.
Every band
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| A- | £1,203.42 |
| A | £1,444.10 |
| B | £1,684.78 |
| C | £1,925.47 |
| D | £2,166.15 |
| E | £2,647.52 |
| F | £3,128.88 |
| G | £3,610.25 |
| H | £4,332.30 |
| I | £5,054.35 |
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education | £151.4 million |
| Social services | £158.1 million |
| Council fund housing | £22.2 million |
| Local environmental services | £20.8 million |
| Roads and transport | £15.3 million |
| Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation | £5.6 million |
| Planning, economic and community development | £1.6 million |
| Local tax collection | £5.2 million |
| Debt financing costs | £12.6 million |
| Law, order and protective services | none budgeted |
| Central administration | £6.9 million |
| Other revenue expenditure | £2.3 million |
| Revenue expenditure | £402.2 million |
Pembrokeshire in numbers
- Total population
- 125,761 people
- Median age
- 49 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £21,816
- Gross median weekly pay
- £547
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 27.7%
- Claimant Count
- 3.3%
- Average house price
- £208,615
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 6.2 affordability ratio
- Female healthy life expectancy
- 61.5 years
- Male healthy life expectancy
- 61.6 years
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 10.8 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 69.2%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 365.0 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 4,835 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
60 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents, Labour and Liberal Democrats.
Councillors by party: Independent / Other 33, Conservative and Unionist 11, Labour Party 9, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 3, Liberal Democrats 2, Reform UK 1, Vacant 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 60 councillors, by ward
- Alec Cormack (Liberal Democrats) — Amroth and Saundersfoot North
- Iwan Ward (Independent / Other) — Boncath and Clydau
- Delme Harries (Independent / Other) — Bro Gwaun
- Danny Young (Conservative and Unionist) — Burton
- Jamie Adams (Independent / Other) — Camrose
- Vanessa Thomas (Independent / Other) — Carew and Jeffreyston
- John Davies (Independent / Other) — Cilgerran and Eglwyswrw
- Shon Rees (Independent / Other) — Crymych and Mynachlog-ddu
- Jacob Williams (Independent / Other) — East Williamston
- Billy Shaw (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Fishguard: North East
- Pat Davies (Independent / Other) — Fishguard: North West
- Nicola Gwynn (Labour Party) — Goodwick
- Thomas Tudor (Labour Party) — Haverfordwest: Castle
- Anji Tinley (Independent / Other) — Haverfordwest: Garth
- Tim Evans (Independent / Other) — Haverfordwest: Portfield
- Alun Wills (Independent / Other) — Haverfordwest: Prendergast
- David Bryan (Conservative and Unionist) — Haverfordwest: Priory
- Steve Alderman (Independent / Other) — Hundleton
- Aled Thomas (Conservative and Unionist) — Johnston
- Alistair Cameron (Liberal Democrats) — Kilgetty and Begelly
- David Simpson (Independent / Other) — Lampeter Velfrey
- Tessa Hodgson (Independent / Other) — Lamphey
- Michelle Bateman (Independent / Other) — Letterston
- Michael John (Independent / Other) — Llangwm
- Neil Prior (Independent / Other) — Llanrhian
- Simon Wright (Independent / Other) — Maenclochog
- Phillip Kidney (Independent / Other) — Manorbier and Penally
- Di Clements (Conservative and Unionist) — Martletwy
- John Cole (Independent / Other) — Merlin's Bridge
- Terry Davies (Independent / Other) — Milford: Central
- Guy Woodham (Labour Party) — Milford: East
- Scott Thorley (Reform UK) — Milford: Hakin
- Vivien Stoddart (Independent / Other) — Milford: Hubberston
- Alan Dennison (Independent / Other) — Milford: North
- Rhys Sinnett (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Milford: West
- Elwyn Morse (Independent / Other) — Narberth: Rural
- Marc Tierney (Labour Party) — Narberth: Urban
- Huw Murphy (Independent / Other) — Newport and Dinas
- Simon Hancock (Labour Party) — Neyland: East
- Paul Miller (Labour Party) — Neyland: West
- Michele Wiggins (Independent / Other) — Pembroke Dock: Bufferland
- Maureen Bowen (Labour Party) — Pembroke Dock: Bush
- Joshua Beynon (Labour Party) — Pembroke Dock: Central
- Vacant (Vacant) — Pembroke Dock: Market
- Tony Wilcox (Labour Party) — Pembroke Dock: Pennar
- Aaron Carey (Independent / Other) — Pembroke: Monkton and St Mary South
- Jonathan Grimes (Conservative and Unionist) — Pembroke: Monkton and St Mary South
- Jon Harvey (Independent / Other) — Pembroke: St Mary North
- Mel Phillips (Independent / Other) — Pembroke: St Michael
- Steve Yelland (Conservative and Unionist) — Rudbaxton and Spittal
- Chris Williams (Independent / Other) — Saundersfoot South
- Mark Carter (Conservative and Unionist) — Solva
- Bethan Price (Independent / Other) — St David's
- Michael James (Independent / Other) — St Dogmaels
- Rhys Jordan (Conservative and Unionist) — St Florence and St Mary Out Liberty
- Claire George (Conservative and Unionist) — St Ishmael's
- Michael Williams (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Tenby: North
- Sam Skyrme-Blackhall (Independent / Other) — Tenby: South
- Nick Neumann (Conservative and Unionist) — The Havens
- David Howlett (Conservative and Unionist) — Wiston