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RESOLVED that in accordance with Section 106 [8] Local Government Pension Scheme [LGPS] Regulations 2013 the Board goes into the confidential agenda with the public and press being excluded as some of the information may relate to financial or business affairs of a particular person or organisation.
Decided: Application 1: written warning for refusing a fare. Application 2: written warning for a driving offence (using a mobile phone while driving). Application 3: written warning for driving offences. Application 4: written warning for driving offences (the driver did not attend). Application 5: written warning for driving offences. Application 6: written warning for failing to declare a six-month driving ban. Application 7: written warning for driving offences. Application 8: licence suspended for eight weeks (the driver did not attend). Application 9: written warning for driving offences (the driver did not attend). Application 10: written warning for driving offences. Application 11: application for a new licence refused.
Decided: Members agreed, by 8 votes to 1, to authorise officers to negotiate and complete a Section 106 agreement covering the matters set out in the report.
Decided: Planning permission was granted in line with the officer's recommendation, subject to the conditions in the report and the late observations (comments sent in after the report was written). The Committee added condition 3, which requires a revised boundary and acoustic enclosure scheme (fencing that reduces noise) to be approved in writing by the council before the new plant is installed or used. The plant cannot be used until the approved scheme is installed. The boundary treatments and enclosures must then be kept and maintained for the life of the development.
RESOLVED: That the minutes be approved as a true and correct record.
RESOLVED: That decisions be recorded as shown on the Planning Application schedule attached as an appendix.
Decided: Councillor Brown moved to defer the application, which would put off the decision. He asked for a recorded vote, but that request was not supported, and the deferral was lost on a vote. Councillor Bithell then moved approval in line with the officer's recommendation, subject to the conditions in the report and the late observations. The application was approved.
Decided: The Committee was told of a change to its procedure. Recommendations on applications will be moved and seconded only after the report has been presented, after other speakers have spoken, and after the Committee has had a chance to debate the officer's recommendation.
Decided: Members noted the forward work programme, subject to three points: a report outlining the support provided to children looked after; a review of the possible need for dedicated meeting rooms in a future report on services for looked after children; and an additional meeting, because of the high number of reports due at future meetings.
Decided: Members noted the report. They recommended that a report be presented to Cabinet to highlight the improvements made, and that a follow-up report come to the Committee at an appropriate time, once the programme is well established. The follow-up should monitor how many patients are discharged successfully and how many are readmitted to hospital.
Decided: Members noted the report and the levels of activity for children looked after by the Council. They recommended that a review of the possible need for dedicated meeting rooms be included in a future report on services for looked after children.
Decided: The Committee endorsed the content of the 2025/26 Director's Report. It asked that three points be taken forward into a final draft for Cabinet: add a short explanation of the format of the percentage figures; add page numbers; and add any other clarifications the Director thinks useful after the Committee's discussion.
Decided: It agreed to publish the programme on the council website. It endorsed an update in November 2026 on earlier Task and Finish recommendations, including progress and a tracking system. It agreed the membership of the Leisure Centre Working Group until the May 2027 election: Councillors A.M. Collins (Chair), I.R. Buckley, C.A. Cave, W.A. Hennessy, J. Lynch-Wilson and N.C. Thomas.
Decided: Councillor B. Loveluck-Edwards was appointed Vice-Chair for the council year.
Decided: The Panel noted the annual review. Any feedback from members will be collected by email.
RESOLVED that Aberaeron Harbour is designated as a STOP subject to the conditions set out in the report.
RESOLVED To exclude the public and press from the meeting (3:35pm).
RESOLVED that the ELAN VALLEY LAKES PROJECT Work Package 2 is approved as a GO, subject to the conditions set out in the report.
RESOLVED to note the project update submitted for the Cynefin Project, as set out in the report.
Decided: Councillor Jeremy Kent was elected Mayor of the County Borough for the ensuing year.
RESOLVED – That the meeting be adjourned until Wednesday, 20 May 2026 at 4.00 pm
Decided: Councillor Jeremy Newton was appointed Deputy Mayor of the County Borough for the ensuing year.
RESOLVED (i) that the risk appetite statement included in the report supersedes the Council’s existing risk appetite statement dated April 2023. (ii) that the risk appetite statement is reviewed annually. The risk appetite statement would be communicated to all officers via the weekly staff newsletter and cascaded down by Heads of Service.
RESOLVED to approve the proposal to close the Cradoc campus of Ysgol Golwg Pen y Fan from the 31st August 2026, with pupils currently attending the Cradoc campus to transfer to the school’s other campuses in Brecon.
RESOLVED to approve the adoption of the Charter for the Rights of the River Wye and tributaries.
RESOLVED (i) To approve and adopt the appendix, Routemap to Net Zero as the Council’s approach for progressing decarbonisation. (ii) To note that based on current resources and national funding constraints, achieving net zero by 2030 is not feasible. (iii) To maintain the institutional target for net zero by 2030, whilst recognising under current constraints the Routemap to Net Zero sets out a route to achieving net zero in 2035, provided external capital support is available from 2030-35 (Period 3). (iv) To ask the Climate & Nature Steering Group to work with portfolio holders to assist with progression towards net zero target by 2035.
RESOLVED (i) That Cabinet notes the current budget position and the projected full year forecast to the end of March 2026. (ii) That the grants set out in section 5.1 and Appendix D of the report are noted. (iii) The virements set out in section 5.2 are approved.
RESOLVED (i) That the contents of the report are noted. (ii) That the virements in Section 5 of the report are approved.
RESOLVED that the decision record for the meeting held on the 13th March 2026 be signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED pursuant to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation)(Wales) Order 2007 that the following items were not for publication as the reports contained exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act.