Meetings
Every meeting of Newport City Council's committees. Meetings of the full Council, the Cabinet, scrutiny and planning committees get a plain-language summary once their minutes are published.
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The committee considered two information reports on 14 March 2023. The Eliminate report covered Welsh Government plans to remove private profit from children's care, and the committee agreed that significant profits should not be made and asked for a clear definition of profit. The committee also heard about housing provided by registered social landlords, where over 9,000 people are on the waiting list; the minute records no decision on that item.
The Planning Committee met on 1 March 2023 to consider a schedule of planning applications and a report on recent planning appeals. The minute says decisions on the applications are to be recorded as shown on an attached schedule, but that schedule is not among the documents provided, so individual outcomes cannot be reported. Members noted two appeals relating to 57 Fields Road for information.
Full Council on 28 February 2023 agreed council nominations to outside bodies, set a council tax rise of 8.5% and the 2023/24 budget, and approved capital and treasury strategies. It also adopted a business rate relief scheme for shops, hospitality and leisure, and accepted the Gwent Well-being Plan. Councillors questioned police on local issues, but the minute records no decision on that item.
The committee received an update on the Prevention and Inclusion service area, which was set up in 2022 to bring family support services together. Members asked questions about youth work, facilities and a backlog of home adaptation grants, but the minute records no decision. The committee also agreed to move one report from its 14 March 2023 meeting to 28 March 2023.
Cabinet met on 15 February 2023 to consider the council's budget, capital and treasury strategies, and monitoring reports. It agreed a final 2023/24 budget with changes made after public consultation, and recommended it and an 8.5% council tax rise to full Council on 28 February. It also recommended the capital and treasury strategies, and noted a forecast revenue underspend and delays to capital schemes.
It noted the progress and made comments to the partnership, including requests for case studies, the draft Pillgwenlly Master Plan and more work on heritage and active travel. It also received an update on its forward work programme and the dates of its next meetings.
The Committee considered the 2023-24 budget and Medium Term Financial Plan, which forecasts the council's spending and income over several years, and the public consultation on the draft proposals. Its conclusions recommend that consultation results and benchmark data on engagement with other councils come back to it, and the item due on 3 March 2023 moved to 28 April 2023.
It also agreed that planning application decisions be recorded as shown on its schedule, but the minute does not list the individual outcomes.