Members heard the council only became aware of the issue after being contacted by council tenants, taking remedial action to reissue notices. Responding, Cabinet Member for Housing Operations & Regulatory Services Cllr Michelle Bateman said the council had lost some £380,000 and an investigation was currently being undertaken with the council’s print and postage supplier. “What lessons have been learnt and remedial action taken?”Ĭllr Thomas had raised concerns those paying by direct debit would be unfairly penalised. ![]() He also asked: “Does this failure to deliver notices impact the further notice period of rent increases? “Clarify why this mistake was not spotted or members were not made aware until a few days before the rent increase should have been implemented?”Ĭouncillor Delme Harries asked broadly similar questions on the “embarrassing situation on the failure of delivering rental proposals”. “Please provide exact details how and from whom, this sum of money will be recovered if PCC is not to suffer the loss caused by this error? “Could the Cabinet member please confirm how much the exact loss of rental income over the mentioned three-month period is? “A rough calculation suggests that the rent increase would provide an extra £500,000 for that three-month period. “Given that a new letter would have to be drafted, it has now been suggested that the rent increase cannot be implemented until July 1 this year. Questions on the rent rise not being publicised in time were received at the May meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s full council, from Councillor Aled Thomas, Councillor Mark Carter, and Councillor Delme Harries.Ĭouncillor Mark Carter asked: “At the end of March this year an announcement was made that the required two month written notice of the April 1 rent rise to all council tenants had not been correctly made. “We are currently investigating this matter with our external contractors who print and post on our behalf.” “Therefore, as tenants have not received the required statutory notice, rent will not increase from April 1, 2023. The RSPCA’ say their rescue teams will be out in all weathers this year conducting rescue operations in situations like this, as well as rescuing animals from abuse, neglect and suffering.īack in late March the council stated: “It has come to the council’s attention that the statutory rent increase notice has only been delivered to tenants over the last couple of days. Dogs can give chase to livestock and the RSPCA is called out to many rescues in which sheep become trapped in precarious situations as they try to escape. However, the RSPCA say they would like to remind dog owners they need to consider livestock and keep their pets on leads and check for farm animals in fields. ![]() ![]() It is not known how the ewe ended up on such dangerous terrain, although it is not unusual for sheep to graze on cliff tops. “The sheep was unharmed and released at the top of the cliff on hard land. “We subsequently brought together our specially trained officers that we can draw from across England and Wales to undertake the rescue and carried out the rescue successfully. “However, due to the location of the sheep – being on Ministry of Defence land as there is a live firing range nearby – we were only able to access the area on certain days to assess and to plan the rescue. “We assessed the situation and could clearly see that the ewe was not going to get back up the cliff on her own,” said Gemma, who is DCI for the Mid and West Wales RSPCA inspectorate group. In a video capturing the rescue, an eight-strong RSPCA team are seen which includes officers from Wales, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, West Midlands and Sussex – deputy chief inspector (DCI) Gemma Cooper, deputy chief inspector Suzy Hannaby, inspectors Alan Barnes, Vicki Taylor, Joanna Pearson and animal rescue officers (AROs) Marie Stevens, Simon Kite and Dean Wilkins.
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