It agreed to write to the Cabinet Member on the first two and on the ISV site, and endorsed a task group report on filming in Cardiff for Cabinet. The minute records no Cabinet decision on the ISV site.
The Planning Committee considered six planning applications on 16 January 2025. It granted four, deferred one so councillors could visit the site, and refused one. Councillors who had declared interests in some applications left the meeting or did not vote on them.
The joint committee scrutinised the Cardiff Replacement Local Development Plan 2021-2036: Deposit Plan before Cabinet considers it on 23 January 2025. Members questioned consultation, infrastructure, biodiversity and the 2030 net-zero target. The committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with its comments.
Cabinet is due to decide on the proposals on 23 January 2025. The Committee agreed that the Chair will write to the Cabinet Member with its comments, and it also agreed how to start scrutiny of risk management in the School Organisation Programme.
Cabinet noted an estimated budget gap of £49.726 million and agreed a formal consultation running from 9 January to 5 February 2025, with the results to inform its final budget proposal. Cabinet also received a scrutiny letter, but no minute of its content has been published yet.
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Cabinet met on 12 December 2024 and considered eight substantive items, ranging from air quality and school admissions to council tax, council housing and licensing. Its main decisions were to approve the 2025/26 council tax base, approve the proposed approach to council rent setting for 2025/26, appoint a preferred bidder and approve development sites for a new housing partnership, and delegate regulatory functions under the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017.
On 12 December 2024 the Planning Committee decided several planning applications in Cardiff. It granted permission for a change of use at Pontcanna Mews with new noise and opening-hour conditions, and for a two-storey house at the rear of 19A Heol-Y-Coed, Rhiwbina.
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On both, the Committee agreed that the Chair would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations. The minutes record no Cabinet decision.
Members agreed that the Chair would write to the Cabinet Member with the committee's observations. Members also noted the committee's correspondence and work programme.
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The committee scrutinised the Council's mid-year performance assessment for 2024/25 before it goes to Cabinet, and then received an update on the new Corporate Property Strategy for 2025-30. On both items the committee agreed that the Chair will write to the Cabinet Member with its observations and recommendations.
Councillors agreed an amended motion on the Israel-Gaza conflict and an amended motion calling on Welsh Government to resolve the delayed Cardiff Parkway railway station, and they filled committee and school governor vacancies and adopted a councillor learning strategy. Public and oral questions were also put to cabinet members, but the minutes record no decisions on them.
Cardiff Council met on 28 November 2024.
Cabinet met on 21 November 2024 and considered eleven items. It approved a revised whistleblowing policy, a strategy for children's care homes, and protection for eleven parks and green spaces. It also agreed a new direction for school improvement and noted the month 6 budget forecast of a £6.355 million overspend, along with reports on complaints, treasury management and other services. The minute for the last item, scrutiny letters, has not yet been published.
The Committee examined two proposals before Cabinet decides on them: protecting 11 parks and open spaces with Fields in Trust, and changes to leases at the Old Library together with an open market sale of Mansion House. On both, the Committee agreed that the Chair would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations, and it noted an update on regional bodies and Western Gateway.
The Committee considered the Quarter 2 (July to September 2024) performance reports for Adult Services, Housing & Communities, and a briefing on winter planning for homeless provision in 2024/25. The minutes record no decisions on either, only an agreement that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's observations.