The Members Home to School Transport Appeals Panel of Carmarthenshire Council met on Wednesday 30 September 2026. The primary item scheduled for discussion was an appeal against the council's decision regarding the provision of free school transport.

Appeal Regarding Free School Transport

The panel was scheduled to consider an appeal by an applicant identified as EJT concerning the authority's decision not to provide free school transport. The report pack indicates that the details of this appeal, including the specific reasons for the decision and the grounds for the appeal, were contained within documents that were not made public. This is due to the information being classified as exempt under paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007. The panel would have been required to consider whether to exclude the public from the meeting for the discussion of this item, following an application of the public interest test.

The meeting was attended by Councillor E.G. Thomas, Cabinet Member for Transport, Waste and Infrastructure, who would have chaired the panel, and Councillor G. Davies, Cabinet Member for Education & Welsh Language. Also present were local members for the ward of the appellant learner, Councillor Ll. M. Davies and Councillor D. Jones. The Chief Executive, Wendy Walters, was also represented.