Council departments
The Corporate Management Team, led by the Chief Executive, oversees the day-to-day operation of the council's services. The Council’s Corporate Structure is made up of five Directorates which are responsible for the following service areas:
Chief Executives
- Chief Executive, Leader and Cabinet support
- Corporate communications
- Corporate policy and partnership
- Corporate strategy
- Democratic services
- Electoral and registration services
- Information technology
- Legal services
- People management and performance
- Performance management
- Regeneration and property
Education and Children Services
- Corporate Parenting and child welfare
- Family support
- Sustainable Communities for Learning
- Learner inclusion
- Safeguarding children and young people
- Adult community learning
- Early Years childcare, play and education
- Youth support service
- Fostering and adoption support services
- Support services for supporting learner behaviour
- School services – catering, music, admissions and governance
- School improvement and learner progress
- Transition arrangements and support for children and young people with complex needs
- Welsh in Education
Corporate Services
- Accountancy and financial management
- Creditor payments
- Corporate procurement
- Internal audit
- Payroll control
- Pensions administration
- Revenues & Housing Benefits Services
- Revenue services
- Risk management
- Treasury management and pension investments
Communities
- Adult safeguarding
- Care and support
- Carmarthenshire Home standards+
- Cultural services
- Environmental protection
- Home care
- Housing repairs and maintenance
- Independent living
- Licensing
- Mental health and learning disability services
- Older people and physical disability services
- Outdoor recreation
- Public protection
- Sport and leisure
Place and Infrastructure
- Building control
- Emergency planning
- Environmental and planning enforcement
- Flood risk management
- Highway infrastructure management
- Passenger Transport
- Planning and conservation
- Property/architectural design and maintenance
- Public rights of way
- Street cleansing, litter and grounds maintenance
- Traffic management, road safety and car parking
- Waste management and recycling
- Engineering Design
- Fleet Management
Council & Democracy
The Council
Councillors, AMs and MPs
- Your County Councillor
- Public Participation Strategy and Petition Scheme
- Councillor allowances and interests
- Town & Community Councillors
- Members of Welsh Parliament
- Members of Parliament
- Become a Councillor
Council departments
Committees & Meetings
- Agendas and minutes
- Governance & Audit Committee
- Council Diary
- Democratic Services Committee
- Cabinet
- Officer decisions
- Forward Plans
- Planning Committee
- Scrutiny
- Standards Committee
- Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
Strategies and plans
Council Budget
- Budget Digest
- Statement of accounts
- Dyfed Pension Fund
- Education through regional working (ERW)
- Swansea Bay City Deal
- Simple ways to save the Council money
Consultation & Performance
- Current Consultations
- Performance Management
- Audit Inspections & Reports
- The Well-being of Future Generations Act
- Well-being objectives
- Council's Annual Report 2021-22
Public notices
Brexit guidance
Welsh Language
Net Zero Carbon
Equality & Diversity
Armed Forces Covenant
Elections & Voting
- Local Elections 2022
- Eligibility to vote
- How do I vote?
- Register to vote
- Update your details on the Electoral Register
- Annual update of the voters roll
- How to opt-out of the open register
- Viewing the Electoral Register
- By-elections
- My nearest - Election information
- Senedd Cymru Elections 2021
- Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2021
- Parliamentary General Election 2019
- Help for Disabled Voters
- Review of Parliamentary Boundaries
- Elections Act 2022 and Voter ID
- Community Review 2023