The Council

The Community Council is the closest level of government to the people of a community. The Community Council will work to represent and improve the area in which it serves. The Community Council is granted its power by parliament, it raises its money through taxation (precept) and has the power to dictate how it spends the money within legislation.

Some of the Facilities/Works Carried out by Coity Higher

Allotments
Located off Heol West Plas, Coity.   For further details please see our Allotment tab.

Daffodils
In recent years these have been purchased and planted each year by the Community Council with the help of some volunteers.

Financial Donations
We have limited funds to allocate to charities and local groups. Application is via the application form on the bottom of the Finance page of the website.

Footpaths
We maintain and clear all footpaths within the Coity, Litchard and Pendre areas.   Following refurbishment works to the footpath from HMP Parc to Heol Spencer and Heol Spencer to Pantypwllau, in July we replaced the footpath between Coity Castle and St Mary’s Church, Coity, carried out tree maintenance to the trees to the side of the churchyard and added solar lights to the path.

Christmas Lights and Trees
Are purchased/rented each year by the Community Council and improvements are made each year.    In recent years we’ve constructed additional Christmas tree pits and provided 20ft trees and lighting outside the Six Bells in Coity, on Heol y Groes in Litchard, on Coity Road in Pendre and  for Christmas 2025 we are looking to add one to Oakwood View in Pendre.

Hanging Baskets
These are supplied, maintained and paid for by the Community Council each year.

Floral Planters
There are three, 1 on Coity Road, 1 at the top of Litchard Hill and 1 in Coity Village which are supplied, maintained and paid for by the Community Council each year.

Litter Bins
These are supplied on request, provided the requirement and expenditure is agreed by Community Council Members and that BCBC agrees to include them on their collection schedule.   We currently provide the litter bin waste removal on Parc Derwen and employ a contractor who empties ad hoc bins ie the one in our recreational field, the ones in our play areas etc.

Notice Boards
We have 7 noticeboards – one outside Litchard Primary School on Garfield Avenue, one next to the Post Box near Pendre Post Office, one outside Coety Primary School at Parc Derwen, one at Oakwood View, Pendre, one at Trem y Castell and one at Gerddi’r Castell and one to near the planter in Coity Village.

Play Areas
We maintain the play area at Joslin Terrace, Litchard, the one in Pendre Fields, the one at Coity Castle and the one at Tanyrallt Avenue. All have been refurbished by the Community Council and we are asset transferring land at Llys Gwyn to install a new play area for the under 8 age group.   We are also responsible for the grass cutting and bin emptying in these areas.

Green Spaces:

We maintain our land next to Joslin Terrace play area, the land which surrounds the play area at Tanyrallt Avenue, where we’ve planted a community orchard and our recreational field behind St Mary’s Church, Coity.

Dog Waste Bag Dispensers:

Unfortunately the council has made the decision not to refill the dispensers as they were being used for supply and not emergencies as was intended.

Benches and Litter Bins

We supply and maintain some of the benches and litter bins in the area.   If we are responsible for a bench or bin, there is usually a sign on the item indicating this.  We’ve recently installed two news benches, one at Oakwood View, Pendre and the other at Gerddi’r Castell, Coity.

War Memorial
We maintain the War Memorial located outside St Mary’s Church Coity.

Cae’r Eglwys (Coity Playing Field)
We maintain the field, cut the grass and empty the bin and have recently provided new the new fitness course equipment, made a bug hotel, installed bird boxes, spread wildflower seeds and planted many trees to create a hedgerow and barrier around the field.