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Cabinet chose a Workplace Parking Levy as its preferred road user payment option and agreed to consult the public before any final decision. It noted a temporary increase of 60 Year 7 places at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf for 2027/28. It approved buying 60 social rented homes and a community centre at Medallion House in Cathays, subject to conditions. It also approved the plan for re-commissioning housing support for young people and the Annual Property Plan, and sent three annual reports to Full Council.
Cabinet considered three main items. It recommended that Council approve the Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2025-26 and related policies. It approved a competitive tender for Phase 1a of the Cardiff to Newport Sustainable Transport Corridor, including Kingsway improvements. It noted the 2025/26 budget outturn, which ended balanced.
It approved joint committee appointments for 2026/27, agreed a five-year youth work strategy and approved the Regeneration Strategy 2025-2030. It also let officers publish formal proposals to expand places for children with additional learning needs, and agreed steps on the Cardiff Capital Region Investment Zone.
Cabinet considered the draft Corporate Plan 2026-29, a climate review under One Planet Cardiff, the Month 9 budget monitoring report and the 2026/27 budget. Cabinet agreed to recommend the Corporate Plan and the budget to full Council on 5 March 2026, including a 3.9% Council Tax rise. It also approved a Green Growth Proposition on local renewable energy and home energy retrofit.
Cardiff Council's Cabinet met on 22 January 2026 and considered twelve substantive items. It agreed to lower the quorum (the minimum number of members needed to hold a meeting) for the National Joint Committee for adoption and fostering services, agreed a Migrant Care Workers Charter for commissioned care, and approved buying land at Central Quay for council homes and a new procurement framework for non-domestic building work. It also agreed to start an engagement exercise on Welsh-medium secondary school places, and noted several annual reports.
Cabinet met on 8 January 2026 to note an updated budget position for 2026/27 and agreed a public consultation on the budget, which runs until 1 February 2026. It also delegated authority to officers to submit Cardiff's proforma to join the UK Government's Pride in Place programme, with Ely and Caerau put forward as the strongest candidate neighbourhood.
Cabinet met on 18 December 2025 and approved the Neurodivergent Friendly Cardiff Strategy 2025-2030 and the expansion of Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof to include a nursery. It also approved consultations on new specialist places for children with additional learning needs, the draft Regeneration Strategy and changes to the social housing allocation scheme. Other decisions covered starting a procurement for a new operator of Cardiff Riding School, setting the 2026/27 Council Tax Base, and approving the approach to council housing rents and service charges for 2026/27, which the report based on a rise of up to 4.3%.
Cabinet met on 20 November 2025 and considered six substantive items: additions to the Cardiff Local Heritage List, the 2025 air quality report, the Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP), the month 6 budget, the treasury management mid-year report and a proposed visitor levy. Cabinet approved the heritage list additions and the air quality report for submission to Welsh Government, agreed to forward the RLDP to Council, and noted the budget and treasury reports. It agreed to recommend that Council approve a consultation on a visitor levy, with a final decision due in March 2026.
Cabinet met on 16 October 2025 and considered ten substantive items. It approved the Social Services Annual Report for Council, agreed that Cardiff take on the lead role for the Connect to Work employment programme, approved a City Parking Plan and a Cardiff Inclusion Strategy, and started the replacement of the Council's main back-office computer systems. It also supported a bid to host matches in the 2035 Women's World Cup, noted the complaints and corporate risk reports, and approved a housing support commissioning plan.
Cabinet met on 18 September 2025 and considered 11 substantive items. It approved an updated Advertising and Sponsorship Policy, a plan to extend the age range of Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof to include nursery pupils, a Digital Strategy for 2025 to 2030, and the 2025/26 Annual Property Plan. It also noted a projected overspend of £3.818 million for 2025/26 and a budget gap of £38.4 million for 2026/27, and it agreed to stop the search for a replacement contractor at Fairwater Community Campus.