community council

British

noun

(in Scotland and Wales) an independent voluntary local body set up to attend to local interests and organize community activities

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Trefor and Llanaelhaearn community council had asked for a "progressive and innovative" language condition in a bid to protect Welsh communities.

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John Wellwood, of North Berwick Community Council, said it was pushing for a legal review of the measures and the process of implementing it.

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Plans for 15 homes have been proposed on land in Trefor, Gwynedd, for which Trefor and Llanaelhaearn Community Council wants a Welsh language condition imposed to ensure it creates a "balanced community", saying it would be a "long-awaited lead for the rest of Wales".

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The community council said the development was a "golden opportunity to be truly progressive and innovative" by becoming the first planning authority in Wales "to impose a language condition on a new social housing estate, in the heartland of the Welsh language".

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During consultation, the community council said it did not oppose the plans but wanted two conditions - a Welsh language requirement for residents and the use of a local lettings policy instead of the usual allocation system.

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