The Members Home to School Transport Appeals Panel of Carmarthenshire Council met on 2 October 2025, to consider an appeal against the council's decision not to provide free school transport. Councillor Edward Thomas, Cabinet Member for Transport, Waste and Infrastructure, was scheduled to chair the meeting.

Exclusion of the Public

The agenda for the meeting of the Members Home to School Transport Appeals Panel included a statement that the report relating to the appeal by applicant H.P. would not be published because it contained exempt information as defined in paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972¹ as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007. It was noted that if, after applying a public interest test², the panel resolved to consider the item in private, the public would be excluded from the meeting during such consideration.

Appeal Against Non-Provision of Free School Transport

The panel was scheduled to consider an appeal by applicant H.P. against a decision of the authority for the non-provision of free school transport.